Tidofeld

Tidofeld has been an autonomous part of the East Frisian borough of Norden since 1996 and has around 1,000 inhabitants (as at 12/2016)),[1] spread over an area of just 0.47 km².[2] Its built-up area is completely integrated with the town itself. Until 1952, Tidofeld was part of the municipality of Lütetsburg.

Tidofeld
Stadtteil of Norden
Lage von Tidofeld im Stadtgebiet von Norden
Tidofeld
Tidofeld
Coordinates: 53°35′44″N 07°14′11″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
TownNorden
Area
 • Total0.468 km2 (0.181 sq mi)
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2016-12-31)
 • Total991
 • Density2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26506
Dialling codes04931

History

The name Tidofeld goes back to a schloss that was built here in the 17th century on this site. It was built by Tido, Freiherr of Innhausen and Knyphausen (1582–1638). Freiherr Tido was a brother of Field Marshal Dodo of Innhausen and Knyphausen.

Tidofeld gained particular importance from the fact that after the Second World War in a former Wehrmacht barracks (a naval transit camp), a displaced persons camp was established which held 6,000 people and was thus one of the largest camps in Germany.[3] In the middle of the camp a barrack hut was turned into a church building.[3] It was the forerunner of the Church of Grance (Gnadenkirche) built in 1961 and - after it was deconsecrated - documentation centre.

Sights
The Church of Mercy, Tidofeld (erbaut 1961), today a documentation centre about the history of the displaced persons

Among the attractions in Tidofeld is a permanent exhibition in the disused Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Mercy, which documents the ethnic cleansing of the former German eastern territories.[4] This project is under the patronage of the former Lower Saxon minister-president, David McAllister. Until she stepped down, Margot Käßmann, former state bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran State Church of Hanover, was a patroness of the documentation centre.

References
  1. Norden.de: Einwohnerzahl nach Ortsteilen
  2. Norden.de: Ortsteile der Stadt Norden
  3. Evangelisch-lutherischer Kirchenkreis Norden: Tidofeld 1945-1960, Dokumentationen und Bilder zum Flüchtlingslager Tidofeld; gesehen am 13. Januar 2010
  4. Evangelisch-lutherischer Kirchenkreis Norden: Gnadenkirche Tidofeld; retrieved 13 January 2010
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