"Observationes ueber die Elbingsche Einlage und des Nogathstroms" des Bürgermeisters Fabian Horn als Quelle zur Erkenntniss der Besiedlungs- und Wasserverhältnisse im nordöstlichen Teil des Großen Werders im 17. Jahrhundert

• Authors: Wiesław Długokęcki

Title variants

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„Observationes ueber die Elbingsche Einlage und des Nogahtstroms” by the mayor Fabian Horn as the source to research settlement relations in the north-western part of Żuławy Wielkie in the 17th century

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

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In the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern period the north-eastern part of Żuławy Wielkie belonging to Elbląg, situated between the Stobienska Sandbar [German: Stubsche Lache] and the Nogat below the village of Półmieście [German: Halbstadt], also referred to as “Einlage”, played a function of a retarding basin for the rising waters of the Nogat. The role of “Einlage” became even more significant when in the mid-16th century the hitherto swampy and neglected economically area of the so called Ellerwald, located on the opposite bank of the Nogat, was dehydrated and provided with ramparts. For this reason, in the first half of the 17th century when permanent settlements appeared in “Einlage”, the inhabitants of Ellerwald insisted that the authorities allowed the construction of exclusively low ramparts with fire-bridges (the so called Reie) so that “Einlage” continued to serve as a container for excess water from the Nogat. In the meantime Fabian Horn, the external treasure administrator and later the mayor of the city (in the second half of the 17th century) showed in “Observationes ueber die Elbingsche Einlage und des Nogahtstroms” that providing ramparts to Einlage should not constitute any threat to Ellerwald. He argued that ice blockages causing the accumulation of water, the destruction of ramparts and flood took place in the middle course of the Nogat since the current of the river was too weak. The construction of ramparts along “Einlage” on the one hand was to make the riverbed narrower allowing the faster pace of the water flow; on the other hand, it was to develop the area, which would increase Elbląg’s revenue.

Keywords

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Elbląg in the Early Modern Times; Elbląg’s patrimony; municipal water management; settlement in floodplains; the city’s finances; floods

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu
• Journal: Zapiski Historyczne
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 111-142

Contributors

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Wiesław Długokęcki

• Instytut Historii, Uniwersytet Gdański