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Jümme
Jümme is a collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') in the district of Leer (district), Leer in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the River Jümme (river), Jümme which flows through all three constituent communities. It has an area of 82.34 km2 and a population of 6,421. It is situated in the region of East Frisia. Along with the ''Samtgemeinde'' of Hesel (Samtgemeinde), Hesel, it is one of two in the district. It was formed in the wake of local government reform in 1973. Filsum serves as the administrative centre. The constituent municipalities are (area in km2 / population): # Detern, Flecken (43.30 / 2,621) # Filsum (23.76 / 2,131) # Nortmoor (15.28 / 1,669) Due to its location on the rivers Jümme and Leda, Jümme is also known as ''Zweistromland'' ("Two Rivers Land"). The East Frisian geographer, Dodo Wildvang, coined the term "East Frisian ''Zweistromland''" in the 1920s. On the rivers are the ''Pünte (Wiltshausen), Pünte'' at Wiltshausen, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jümme (river)
Jümme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a tributary of the Leda (river), Leda. The Jümme's headwaters are the Aper Tief, which flows from the Oldenburg Land, Oldenburg geest (topography), geest, and the Soeste. The Jümme proper is long from the Aper Tief to its confluence with the Leda near Wiltshausen and is tidal. Including its source river Soeste, its total length is . Fishing rights rest with the local fishing club, ''Fischereiverein Altes Amt Stickhausen'', which issues fishing permits to its members and to visiting angling, anglers. The Jümme gives its name to the collective municipality of Jümme. Together with the Leda the Jümme forms the so-called ''Zweistromland'' or "Two Rivers Land", the Leda-Jümme region, one of the most charming areas in East Frisia, with its numerous lakes such as the ''Jümmesee'' which covers an area of . See also * List of rivers of Lower Saxony References External links The ''Pünte'' - a floating monument on the Jü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stickhausen Castle
Stickhausen Castle is located on the western edge of the village Stickhausen, a district of the East Frisian municipality Detern in the Landkreis of Leer in Lower Saxony. Location The castle is situated on the banks of the Jümme. This river, together with the nearby Leda forms the so-called East Frisian ''Mesopotamia'', the Leda-Jümme area. Both rivers were important trade routes in the Middle Ages and early modern times, because they flowed in an east-west direction. Name The name of the castle as well as the village is composed of the words ''Sticke'' (stick, pole) and ''Hause'' (house) and means a house fortified with palisades. History Unlike the other castles of East Friesia, Stickhausen Castle was never the seat of the East Frisian chieftains. It was built around 1345 by the city of Hamburg to protect their westbound trade routes. After intense debate, the Hamburg pledged them in about 1453 to the chieftain and later to Count Ulrich I of East Frisia. This cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pünte (Wiltshausen)
The ''Pünte'' in Wiltshausen, part of the borough of Leer in East Frisia, Germany, is a small, hand-operated cable ferry over the River Jümme, close to its confluence with the Leda. It links the villages of Amdorf and Wiltshausen and is believed to be the oldest hand-hauled ferry in Northern Europe. Retrieved 4 Jan 2024. The crossing at Wiltshausen is recorded as being in operation as early as 1562. In former times it ferried horses and carts, cattle, people with bicycles and handcarts.''Geschichte und Geschichten rund um die Pünte'' at www.puentenverein.de. Retrieved 4 Jan 2024 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nortmoor
Nortmoor is a municipality in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Towns and villages in East Frisia Leer (district) {{Leer-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leer (district)
Leer is a districts of Germany, district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the city of Emden, the districts of Aurich (district), Aurich, Wittmund (district), Wittmund, Friesland (district), Friesland, Ammerland, Cloppenburg (district), Cloppenburg and Emsland, and by the Netherlands (Groningen (province), Province of Groningen). History In 1744, East Frisia was annexed by Prussia. In 1867, the region was subdivided into districts, and the districts of Leer and Weener were established. In 1932, these two districts were merged. Geography The District is located in the southern part of East Frisia. The Ems (river), Ems River runs through the District, coming out of the Emsland in the south and flowing into the Dollart, a bay of the North Sea. The island of Borkum, belonging to the East Frisian Islands, is also a part of the District. Some of the area of the District is in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Coat- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detern
Detern is a municipality in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... The Battle of Detern was fought here in 1426. References Towns and villages in East Frisia Leer (district) {{Leer-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filsum
Filsum is a small municipality in the Leer district, in the North West of Germany. The municipality lies approximately 30 km from the Netherlands border, and 50 km from where the coast meets the North Sea. It is home to the 'horse whisperer' and bonesetter, Tamme Hanken. Mayors Gerhard Bruns (CDU) was elected in 2016 honorary mayor of Filsum. He ist the successor of Margret Schulte-Cramer (CDU), retrieved 29. Dezember 2016. she was in office 2011-2016. References External links German Language site for the municipality * |
Plaggen
Plaggen soil or plaggic anthrosol is a type of soil created in parts of northwest Europe in the Middle Ages, as a result of so-called "plaggen" agriculture on marginal podzol soils. In order to fertilize the fields, pieces of heath or grass including roots and humus ("plaggen") were cut and used as bedding for cattle or sheep. In springtime, this bedding, enriched with slurry was then spread over the fields near the village as manure. The long term practice of this form of agriculture created a rich agricultural soil to a depth of between 40 cm and over 1.50 m, unlike modern arable soils, which tend to be just 30 centimetres deep. The raised fields give rise to a typical landscape with sharp breaks in elevation and are called Plaggenesche in Germany or ''Es'' in Dutch. This form of agriculture stopped around 1900 with the introduction of fertilizers. In Orkney these soils were created already in the 12th to 13th centuries, and on some islands in Shetland these methods continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is usually defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing more than 85 percent sand-sized particles by mass. The composition of sand varies, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), usually in the form of quartz. Calcium carbonate is the second most common type of sand. One such example of this is aragonite, which has been created over the past 500million years by various forms of life, such as coral and shellfish. It is the primary form of sand apparent in areas where reefs have dominated the ecosystem for millions of years, as in the Caribbean. Somewhat more rarely, sand may be composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulder Clay
Boulder clay is an unsorted agglomeration of clastic sediment that is unstratified and structureless and contains gravel of various sizes, shapes, and compositions distributed at random in a fine-grained matrix. The fine-grained matrix consists of stiff, hard, pulverized clay or rock flour. Boulder clay is also known as drift clay; till; and unstratified drift.Charlesworth, J. K., 1957. ''Chap 18, Boulder Clay''. In ''The Quaternary Era, with Special Reference to its Glaciation''. v. 1, London, United Kingdom, Edward Arnold, p. 376-388.Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005) ''Glossary of Geology'' (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp. The term ''boulder clay'' is infrequently used for gravelly sedimentary deposits of nonglacial origin. These deposits include submarine slump and slide deposits along continental margins,Reineck, H.E. and Singh, I.B., 1982. ''Depositional sedimentary environments: with reference to terrige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podsol
Podzols, also known as podosols, spodosols, or espodossolos, are the typical soils of coniferous or Taiga, boreal forests and also the typical soils of eucalypt forests and heathlands in southern Australia. In Western Europe, podzols develop on heathland, which is often a construct of human interference through grazing and burning. In some British moorlands with podzolic soils, cambisols are preserved under Bronze Age barrows. Term Podzol means "under-ash" and is derived from the Russian language, Russian () + ('); the full form is ('), meaning "under-ashed soil". The term was first given in mid-1875 by Vasily Dokuchaev, and over time adopted by soil science. It refers to the common experience of Russia, Russian peasants of plowing up an apparent under-layer of ash (leached or Eluvium, E horizon) during first plowing of a virgin soil of that type. Characteristics Podzols can occur on almost any parent material but generally derive from either quartz-rich sands and sandston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landesamt Für Statistik Niedersachsen
The statistical offices of the German states (German language, German: ) carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Federal Statistical Office. The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution is executed at state level. The Bundestag, federal government has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive legislation for the "statistics for federal purposes." There are 14 statistical offices for the States of Germany, 16 states: See also * Federal Statistical Office of Germany References {{Reflist National statistical services, Germany Lists of organisations based in Germany, Statistical offices Official statistics, Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
