Westeel

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Westeel is a village in the area of ​​the Leybucht that went under in the 14th century . The place Süderpolder was built in its place in the 20th century , which was given the name Neuwesteel in 1939 in memory of the disappeared municipality .

history

Westeel was a wealthy market village and the headquarters of the chief Manninga family , who also owned properties in Lütetsburg , Bargebur (old place name: Bergum ) and Pewsum . Five goldsmiths are said to have made a living in Westeel.

The first Dionysius flood on 8./9. October 1373 heralded the downfall. The floods of 1375 and 1377 further destroyed the country, so that it had to be dammed. The church ruins could still be seen many years after the devastating flood. Then it was finally torn down. A deed of donation dated March 24, 1387 proves that the stones of the Westeeler church were used in the reconstruction of the church in Marienhafe, which was damaged by fire .

Over time, the area was diked again and is now part of the city of Norden . Today the Süder-Charlotten-Polder is located there . While plowing, stones occasionally come to light on the western edge of the village of Osteel, which are interpreted as an indication of the submerged village. Its center is said to have been near a watercourse formerly known as Kerkenriede at the Warf von Hohebeer. In total, Westeel consisted of seven terps.

literature

  • Karl Leiner: Panorama North District . Norden 1972. pp. 309–314 (Neuwesteel)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. North district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  2. ^ Karl Leiner: Panorama district north . Norden 1972. p. 312
  3. ↑ Peter Seidel (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape): Osteel, community Brookmerland, district Aurich (PDF; 395 kB), accessed on March 18, 2013.