Twete
A Twete , ( Twechte , Twedge or Zwische as well as Twiete ) is a small, usually not passable alley . In most cases, it is cross paths between two properties, two houses or two streets, etc., in the open field, paths between hedges or fields.
Spread of the term
The use of the term Twete is particularly widespread in North Rhine-Westphalia , southern Lower Saxony and the Magdeburg Börde ; further north (in the Hamburg area) the term Twiete is used instead , and more rarely the term Tweute . In southern Lower Saxony, in addition to Twete, today's street names also include Twegte (district of Schaumburg), Twetge (district of Northeim), Twetsche (districts of Hameln-Pyrmont and Hildesheim) and Twetje / Tweftje (districts of Hildesheim and Holzminden, city of Springe).
Street naming
Since Tweten are small streets, they typically do not have an official street name, but they are often called popularly , with the names mostly connotations to the residents ("Bäckertwete", "Hildebrandtwiete"), adjacent buildings ("Posttwete") , "Twete zur Synagoge") or the appearance ("Brombeertwiete", "Twete behind the wall", "Lüttke Twiete").
Since some of the original Tweten have developed into streets over time, a number of official street names can still be found today that go back to the terms Twete, Twiete or Tweute. For example, there are 15 street names in Braunschweig that end in "twete" (→ List of Tweten in Braunschweig ); the Hamburg street directory even includes 110 street names that contain the term "Twiete". Well-known are the Brandstwiete with the former headquarters of the editorial office of the “ Spiegel ”, the Fischertwiete spanned by the Chilehaus , the Springeltwiete running through the inner courtyard of the Sprinkenhof or the Kniehauertwiete with the Versmannhaus . Street names with “Tweute” exist in the Brunsbüttel area, such as Wurtleutetweute . But there are also modifications such. B. "Twethge".
A special historical tour has been published for Oerlinghausen under the title “Die Tweten” (see under literature).
Occurrence in literature
The term “Twete” / “Twiete” is also used more frequently in the literature , and it is usually a scene of unpleasant events.
In Theodor Storm's short story Carsten Curator , a “house on the Twiete des Hafenplatz” is mentioned in the first sentence, while his novella Von Today and then speaks of a “narrow, sunless Twiete”. This Twiete in Storm's hometown Husum is still a narrow alley from the inland port to the main road.
In the “Ballad for Frank Wedekind” by Klabund (Alfred Henschke) it says: “... Put me out in dark Twiete, went to Ulrikusgasse in the brothel ...”.
In Friedrich Hebbel's poem " Mother and Child " it says: "Blown in the dirtiest Twiete by the nastiest rank, ..."
The term “Twete” can also be found in more recent works: In 1996 the novel “Toter in der Opfertwete” (a real street in Braunschweig, see Opfertwete ) by Dirk Rühmann was published . The plot of the fantasy novel “Das magische Erbe” from the series “ Das Schwarze Auge ” by Christel Scheja , published in 1998, takes place, among other things, in the “twisty twets of Nalleshof, in which jugglers and dancers entertained people and pretty boys challenged the young women winked ”.
See also
literature
- Werner Höltke: The "Tweten". Dreamy stairs and alleys in Oerlinghausen. Publishing house Thomas P. Kieper, Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 3-9803990-3-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ RWLE Möller , Bernd Polster: Between. In: Celle. The city book. ES, Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-00-012605-8 , p. 259