Historical circular route Timmel - Historischer Rundweg Timmel

The Historical circular route Timmel is an educational trail through the historic center of Timmel in the East Frisian local community Großefehn. In the village itself, in addition to the church, the former nautical school and seven Gulf houses are under monument protection.[1]

description

The historical circular route is intended to convey to tourists and locals the local building history, the life and economy of the residents of the East Frisian village of Timmel, and at the same time provide an insight into the historical building culture of Northern Germany that goes beyond the local heritage.[2] In addition to typical East Frisian buildings such as Gulfhöfen, the church and the former nautical school, which is rather unusual for an inland town, are listed.

The route can be walked both individually and as part of a guided tour. Was accompanied by Großefehn Tourist and Local History Association a map with a brief description was issued in which the course with the individual stations is explained.[3]

history

In 2007, on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the pharmacy in Timmeler Löwen-Apotheke, a guided walk through historic Timmel was carried out for the first time. A selection of the historical buildings of the place was presented on this. The tour was the reason for the formation of the volunteer working group Historical circular route Timmel in the traffic and homeland association Großefehn. He developed an extended route on which 26 historical buildings are now presented,[3] which shape the appearance of the place with its around 900 inhabitants.[4]

The circular route was opened on May 11, 2008.[5]

Stops on the historical circular route

The historical circular route leads to 26 historical buildings that are characteristic of the townscape. These are in detail:

  1. Tea mixer Laukner / Tourist Info:
  2. Jakobscher Hof: The living area is designed in the style of the early 19th century.[2]
  3. Timmeler Church: The building is dated to the year 1736. During excavations, the foundations of the brick church built around 1300 and the remains of an earlier wooden church were discovered in the nave.[6]
  4. The pastorei
  5. The Kastanjehoff: The listed building was built in 1883. After standing empty for years, it has housed a restaurant and real estate office since 2011.[7]
  6. Prussian eagle
  7. Old sextonry (1857)
  8. Old school (1891)
  9. Master carpenter Dannholz
  10. Blacksmith harrows
  11. Old Mill
  12. Lüttje Hus: A typical small farm workers house with a living room and a stable. It was built in 1910.[2]
  13. Royal Navigation School Timmel: The Timmel seafaring school was founded in 1846 to impart nautical knowledge to the Fehn seafarers, even for long journeys. The current building was erected in 1862. In 1917 the training company was discontinued.[8] (1846)
  14. Baker Collmann
  15. Birthplace of the local poet Toni Wübbens (1842)
  16. Birthplace of the philosopher Wilhelm Schapp (around 1850)
  17. Buurmester Weers
  18. Old Vogthaus: The listed building is dated to 1794. The Gulf barn was shortened in 1968 during repairs.[2] In the period 2004-2006, it was extensively restored in cooperation with the monument protection and dismantled to the building status of 1834.
  19. Löwen Pharmacy: The building was erected in 1885. The Löwenapotheke housed in it has been in Timmel since 1831 and is therefore one of the oldest still in existence in East Frisia.[9]
  20. Chandler Mesch (1802)
  21. Wheel maker Cashiens
  22. Monastery fore: Presumably in 1221, the Cistercians laid out a farm in the south-east of the village that went into effect after the Reformation. Ditch and ramparts were partially preserved until the end of the 20th century. Today there is an agricultural yard on the site.[10]
  23. Onneken farm
  24. Hof van Osten
  25. Old Blehs Brewery (approx. 1650): The Gulfhaus is considered to be the oldest building in Timmel. Its Gulf framework is dated to the second half of the 17th century. [2] The Gulfhaus was demolished in February 2012.
  26. Gasthof Dinkgräve

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Siegfried Lüderitz (working group of local chronicles of the East Frisian landscape: Timmel, community of Großefehn, district of Aurich, accessed June 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2,02,12,22,32,4Wilhelm Lienstromberg: Searching for clues in Timmel. The historic Timmel buildings as part of the cultural landscape around the fen areas of East Frisia. (Abstract), accessed June 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3,03,1Working group: Historical circular route Timmel, accessed June 21, 2011.
  4. ↑Working group: Historical circular route Timmel, accessed June 17, 2011
  5. ↑Ostfriesische Nachrichten of May 5th, 2008: Timmel: Historical circular route with 25 houses.
  6. ↑Genealogy forum: Timmel, as seen June 21, 2011.
  7. ↑Ostfriesen-Zeitung of May 25, 2011: After many years, the "Kastanjehoff" in Timmel is back to life, accessed June 22, 2011.
  8. ↑The "old seafaring school" in Timmel, accessed June 17, 2011
  9. ↑Mohammad Hossein Beheshty: History of the pharmacy, accessed June 22, 2011.
  10. ↑Siegfried Lüderitz - Working group of local chronicles of the East Frisian landscape: Timmel, community of Großefehn, district of Aurich, accessed June 21, 2011.

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