Harlebucht

The Harlebucht was originally a 15 km wide and about 10 miles inland reaching bay north of Witt mouth in today Friesland and East Frisia. The water dips in the Second Marcellus 1362 into the hinterland to the Geest at Jever gave rise to side bays and increased the Harlebucht enormous. By 1550, the reclamation of water areas for land reclamation began. Piece by piece was recovered until the completion in 1894 with the Elizabeth Groden fertile marshland.

Location

The bay stretched to the west of Neuharlingersiel until after Minsen over a width of about 15 kilometers. Inland handed about 10 kilometers to Berdum. According to satellite images, the area of the former seabed is clearly visible today. The development of the embankment can be well modeled on the basis of previous Sielorte on the way from Witt mouth to Harlesiel today. The places along the route, as Altfunnixsiel, Neufunnixsiel, Carolinensiel Harlesiel, like a chain line up and carry the suffix " Siel ". There, the rain water of the inland was conducted in the North Sea, where the sluices at the same time prevented the ingress of seawater into the country.

Through the middle of the former Bay was created in the 17th century Golden Line as the boundary between the Principality of East Frisia and the County of Oldenburg. Reason for their existence was to avoid disputes over the ownership and to the drainage of the new and future country.

Explorations by bicycle

The Project: " Learn the Harlebucht " ( in both senses: be traveling by bike, while some learning ) began in 1994 by the museum educators from the Alexander -von- Humboldt -Schule Witt mouth for the Sielhafenmuseum Witt mouth Carolinensiel. It was picked up by the Regional Environmental Center RUZ in Wilhelmshaven and found with the creation of eight - round bike tours in the Harlebucht be temporary end.

Chronological data

The following events were relevant for the Harlebucht:

Literature and sources

  • F. Schucht: The Harlebucht, their formation and sedimentation. Friemann, Aurich 1911.
  • Carl Woebcken: hiking trips through the Friesland. Wilhelmshaven 1982
  • Walter Deeters: A Short History of East Frisia. empty 1985
  • Frerich, Eilts: Ollsieller Plum'nmarkt (magazine). Wilhelmshaven 1993
  • Dettmar Coldewey: Frisia Orientalis. Wilhelmshaven 1987
  • Andreas -Michael Pajonk: The Harlebucht. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2003, ISBN 3-89598-973-8.
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