Woquard
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Woquard
Krummhörn municipality
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| Height : | 4.5 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 2.52 km² |
| Residents : | 177 (December 31, 2012) |
| Population density : | 70 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 26736 |
| Area code : | 04923 |
 Card of the Krummhörn
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Woquard is a village in the municipality of Krummhörn in East Friesland ( Lower Saxony ). The place has 177 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2012).
history
In 1632 the place was mentioned for the first time under the name Wachtwert. In particular, the coat of arms of the village of Woquard tells a lot about the history of the place. The colors blue and yellow in the coat of arms indicate the Swedish royal family and are reminiscent of Countess Catherine the wife of Edzard II. The village was part of her morning gift in his time . The lion belongs to the chief coat of arms of the Manninga , the lily from the crest of the Count family Cirksena , the star can be associated with the old coat of arms of the north. The saying “Wokert is' n Rad” (Woquard is a wheel) refers to the paths in the village that, like the spokes of a wheel, lead to the church. The church was built in 1789, making it one of the youngest in Krummhörn. Nevertheless, the oldest bells in East Frisia are in this church. A castle is said to have been located on the west side of the church, but it was destroyed by a Pewsum chief.
In 1744 Woquard fell to Prussia, like all of East Frisia . In 1756 the Prussian officials compiled a statistical trade survey for East Friesland. In that year there were only six merchants and craftsmen in Woquard, which means that the small town was clearly overshadowed by the larger neighboring town of Pewsum. In Woquard there were two tailors and one carpenter, one shoemaker and one bricklayer. The merchant traded in salt, soap, flour and spices.
For centuries, the natural depths and drainage channels that crisscross the Krummhörn in a dense network were the most important modes of transport. Not only the villages but also many farms were connected to the city of Emden and the port of Greetsiel via ditches and canals. The boat traffic with Emden was particularly important. Village boatmen took over the supply of goods from the city and delivered agricultural products in the opposite direction: “From the Sielhafenort, smaller ships, so-called Loog ships, transported the cargo to the inland and supplied the marsh villages (loog = village). The loog ships from the Krummhörn enlivened the canals of the city of Emden until the 20th century. "
Peat, which was mostly extracted in the East Frisian Fehnen , played an important role as heating material for the inhabitants of the Krummhörn for centuries . The peat ships brought the material on the East Frisian canal network to the Krummhörn villages, including Woquard. On their way back into the Fehnsiedlungen the Torfschiffer often took clay soil from the march and the manure of cattle with which they their home were dug fertilized land.
In April 1919 there were so-called "bacon removals" from Emden workers, which were followed by rioting on the farm workers. Together with the Rheiderland , the district of Emden was the part of East Frisia most affected by this unrest. Workers broke into the surrounding villages in closed trains and stole food from farmers in clashes. The situation only calmed down after the deployment of the Reichswehr troops stationed in the region . As a reaction to this, resident groups were formed in almost all villages in the Emden area . The common resident defense Pewsums, Woquards and Groothusens was the strongest in terms of head count in the district of Emden and comprised 140 people. These had 40 weapons. The resident services were only dissolved after a corresponding decree by the Prussian Interior Minister Carl Severing on April 10, 1920.
The Emden – Pewsum – Greetsiel circuit , where Woquard had a breakpoint, was discontinued in May 1963 and subsequently dismantled.
On July 1, 1972 Woquard was incorporated into the new municipality of Krummhörn.
Architectural monuments
literature
- Gerhard de Buhr: Woquard village family book (1683–1938), north district, Weser-Ems . Ostfr. Ortssippenbücher 1, Dt. Local clan books 176, "Die Ahnen des Deutschen Volkes" 24th ed .: Association for rural family history and rural coats of arms, Blut und Boden-Verlag, Goslar 1939
- Folkert Köster: The families of the former Pewsum office from the parishes of Pewsum, Woquard, Loquard and Campen and their descendants up to the 20th century . Self-published, 2005
- Karl Leiner: Panorama North District . Self-published district of Norden , Norden 1972, p. 505 ff .
- Hajo van Lengen : History of the Emsigerland from the early 13th to the late 15th century . In 2 parts. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1973, pp. 177 f., 257
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Heinrich Kaufhold ; Uwe Wallbaum (Ed.): Historical statistics of the Prussian province of East Friesland (sources on the history of East Friesland, Volume 16), Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1998, ISBN 3-932206-08-8 , p. 383.
- ^ Harm Wiemann / Johannes Engelmann: Old streets and ways in East Frisia . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 169 (East Frisia in the protection of the dyke; 8)
- ^ Gunther Hummerich: The peat shipping of the Fehntjer in Emden and the Krummhörn in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Emder Yearbook for Historical Regional Studies in Ostfriesland , Volume 88/89 (2008/2009), pp. 142–173, here p. 163.
- ↑ Hans Bernhard Eden: The Resident Services of Ostfriesland from 1919 to 1921. In: Emder Yearbook for Historical Country Studies of Ostfriesland , Vol. 65 (1985), pp. 81-134, here pp. 94, 98, 105, 114.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 263 f .
