Edewecht (; ) is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately west of Oldenburg.
Villages and populations
Friedrichsfehn Nord 1,747 Friedrichsfehn Süd 3,185 Husbäke 1,005 (known for the bog bodies found there; see: List of bog bodies) Jeddeloh I 1,101 Jeddeloh II 1,333 Kleefeld 439 Klein Scharrel 1,229 Nord Edewecht I 2,246 Nord Edewecht II 2,548 Osterscheps 1,604 Portsloge 1,962 Süddorf 608 Süd Edewecht 2,256 Westerscheps 554 Wildenloh 805 Wittenberge 386
total: 23,008
Edewecht only 7,050 Friedrichsfehn only 4,932
Source: website of the Edewecht Municipality.
Date: June 30, 2020.
The population figures include people who have a second home in Edewecht besides a dwelling elsewhere, and legally residing foreigners.
History Edewecht was the scene of severe fights during the last weeks of the Second World War. Coming from Friesoythe in the south, on April 17, 1945, Canadian troops had to conquer Edewecht in fierce house-by-house fighting against fanatic German paratroopers and other soldiers. The famous German artist Joseph Beuys, who was a young man in those days, was one of the Wehrmacht paratroopers defending Edewecht, and got injured on April 27 during battle.
This battle was the fifth time that Edewecht was destroyed in a war. The first four times were in the 15th and 16th centuries. Edewecht had been a border watch location between Eastern Frisia and the County of Oldenburg for many centuries.
Twin towns Edewecht is twinned with: Krosno, Poland Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary Wusterhausen/Dosse, Brandenburg, Germany
Notable people Hein ten Hoff (1919–2003), German boxer
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