Horstsee

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Former clay pit

The Horstsee is a former clay pit on the edge of Hohentorsvorstadt of Stade in Lower Saxony.

The volume of the lake is approximately equal to the total water volume of the upper arm. The average depth in the western part is 4 to 5 meters. In the eastern part of the lake is up to 9 meters deep. The surface is approximately 3.75 acres. The lake is a 640 meter long hilly trail. At the feeding place for ducks to 2010 was to see the brick passage to the previously existing brick on the building area on Horstsee. During the refurbishment of Horst road access has been filled.

Formation

In 1854 a brick between the rocker and the Horst through the merchant Johann Hinrich Elfers and the smith Johann Mars Peter Kübler was founded. A now added, inundated Duct to swing allowed the removal of the brick on the swingarm. The red clay for firing the brick was taken from a huge cow on the Horst, who was connected with the Brickyard by a tunnel under the road Horst. 1872 Actien Brickyard Horst was built in 1873 already produced 4.68 million bricks and 100 men were employed by Lipper. In 1893 the company was taken over by the Brunsbütteler land and brick company in Hamburg. The operation has been extended until 1905, after which the brick fell more and more into trouble. 1911 only 22 workers were employed.

The end of the brickyard came when in 1921 a water vein was punctured in the clay pit. Within a night, the clay pit was flooded, so that neither the trucks nor the associated rails could be recovered. The Brickyard presented subsequently in the same year to operate.

After the demolition of the brick took over in 1922 the sports club VfL Stade terrain and established there a sports field. Today there is a new development area on Horstsee.

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