Jade Bight

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Map showing Jade Estuary (Jadebusen) at lower center
Jadebusen and river Weser estuary

The Jade Bight[1][2] (or Jade Bay;[3] German: Jadebusen) is a bight or bay on the North Sea coast of Germany. It was formerly known simply as Jade or Jahde.

About 180 km² (70 mi²) in area, the Jade was largely created by storm floods during the 12th and 16th centuries. During this period it was connected in the East to the river Weser. This connection was closed between 1721 and 1725 by dikes reconnecting Butjadingen to the mainland as a peninsula.

In the West the Jade extended far into the Frisian peninsula. From the early sixteenth century a number of dikes were built against the storm floods and to arable land. The main dike, Ellenser Damm, was built between 1596 and 1615 based on an agreement between the principalities of East Frisia and Oldenburg.

The Jade is a part of the German Wadden Sea National Parks.

The port of Wilhelmshaven is on the western shore of the bay.

During World War I, the German High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte), the main battle fleet of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), was based at Wilhelmshaven in the Jade Bight.

Animation of the development of Jadebusen

References

  1. ↑ Elkins, T H (1972). Germany (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972, p. 281. ASIN B0011Z9KJA.
  2. ↑ Holden, Joseph (ed.) (2008), An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment, 2nd ed., Pearson, Harlow, 2008, p. 483. ISBN 978-0-13-175304-4.
  3. ↑ Britannica Online Encyclopedia: Jade Bay

Sources

  • Karl-Ernst Behre: Das Moor von Sehestedt − Landschaftsgeschichte am östlichen Jadebusen. Vol. 21 of the Reihe Oldenburger Forschungen
  • David Blackbourn: Die Eroberung der Natur - Eine Geschichte der deutschen Landschaft. Aus dem Englischen von Udo Rennert, 1. Auflage, München, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2006, ISBN 978-3-421-05958-1
  • Eilert Schimmelpenning: Der Jadebusen und das Schwarze Brack, Schortens, 2004, ISBN 3-936691-21-5
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Coordinates: 53°27′N 8°12′E / 53.450°N 8.200°E / 53.450; 8.200


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