Loquard

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Map of Krummhoern

Loquard is a town in the municipality Krummhoern in the district of Aurich in East Friesland. In the village of 614 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).

History

1744 fell Loquard as quite Ostfriesland to Prussia. The Prussian officials created in 1756 a statistical overview for commercial Ostfriesland. In that year there were in Loquard 35 merchants and artisans, more than in most crumhorns villages - with the exception of Greetsiel and Pilsum. This was mainly due to the relatively high number of linen weavers, namely ten. Moreover, in place of four cutters and carpenters, three bakers, bricklayers and shoemakers, two blacksmiths as well as one cooper and wheelwright were established. Of the four merchants traded with a tea, coffee, sugar, spices and sheeting, and other woolen goods, the other three were called huckster, so shopkeepers.

Loquard belonged to the Hanoverian time Ostfrieslands to the Official Emden ( 1824), in the Bailiwick Larrelt and in turn to lower bailiwick Loquard, which included not only the seat of the Bailiwick also Woltzeten, Rysum, camping, Heiselhusen and Canum.

For centuries, the natural lows and the drainage canals that crisscross the Krummhoern in a dense network, the most important mode of transport. About ditches and canals not only the villages but also many farmsteads with the city of Emden and the harbor Greetsiel were connected. Especially the boat traffic with Emden was important. Village boatmen took over the supply of places with goods from the city and delivered in the opposite direction of agricultural products: "From Sielhafenort smaller vessels, called Loogschiffe, the folded cargo transported inland and supplied the march villages ( loog = village). Until the 20th century the Loogschiffe from the bustling Krummhoern the canals of the city Emden "Already in 1824 wrote the historian Fridrich Arends in his geography of the principality of East Friesland and the Harlingerland ". Using water no office is abundantly provided as this one. (...) In winter and spring, the transport of grain and other goods is done both in this than in Greetmer office always to water, which has extraordinary benefits for the poor clay trails in the season. " Loquard was Loquarder through the low and the Larrelter depth with the seaport city of Emden connected and it still is today, although the knock Tief, which was extended in the far half of the 19th century, since that time represents a connection between the first two.

Peat, which was mostly recovered in the East Frisian Fehnen, played for centuries an important role as a fuel for the inhabitants of the Krummhoern. The Torfschiffe brought the material on the East Frisian channel network to the villages of Krummhoern, including by Loquard. On their way back into the Fehnsiedlungen the Torfschiffer took often with clay soil from the march and the dung of cattle, with which they fertilize their land were dug up at home.

In April 1919, there were so-called "Bacon parades " Emden workers to the country joined labor unrest. Together with the Rheiderland the county Emden was the most affected by these riots part of East Friesland. Workers broke into full train to the surrounding villages and stole food from farmers, where there were clashes. The situation calmed down only after the deployment of troops stationed in the region of the Reichswehr. In response, were formed in almost every town in the Emden area Einwohnerwehren. The Einwohnerwehr Loquards comprised 38 people. These possessed 25 weapons. The Home Guards were released only after the adoption of the Prussian Minister of the Interior Carl Severing on 10 April 1920.

On July 1, 1972 Loquard was incorporated into the new municipality Krummhoern.

Culture and sights

Among the attractions of the place is one of the nave, clinkers and church. It was built in the 13th century and is 34 meters long. Inside, a precious carved altar with the representation of the Passion of Christ. It is a Flemish carving that originated about 1520.

Next to the church was located in the middle ages a castle, in which the chiefs lived. The castle has been destroyed on the orders of the 15th century at the end of the Pirates time. The preserved only the annular moat, which is accessible via a wooden bridge, and inside which there is now a small garden situated in which the outlines of the old castle are simulated by roses.

The Loquarder primary school has been set up in an old Gulfhof. Here sometimes events take place the Rural Academy Krummhoern, and during school holidays the school is used for exhibitions.

Sports

Sports Club of the place is the FC black and white Loquard. It was founded in 1928 as a football club Alemannia black and white Loquard and remained such until the inauguration of the sports hall in Loquard 1981. Since then, indoor sports are offered, among other things, the club has a table tennis division. The first football men's team plays from the 2013/2014 season in the newly formed this season, ostfriesland wide circle League (Ostfriesland League ), the third lowest (or highest eight ) game class in the league system in Lower Saxony.