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The Smuggler's Path
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Alwin R 🚲
October 19, 2021
Cycling
When smuggling flourished
From then British Helgoland, the smuggled goods also reached the municipality of Apen via tributaries of the Ems. It was extremely dangerous, but also very lucrative.
Vreschen-Bokel Nowadays it's not a problem: Everyone has free travel on the country road between Vreschen-Bokel and Deternlehe. Just go shopping from A to B - nothing easier than that. But it wasn't always like that. Even when the East Frisians came under Prussian rule, customs duties were levied on the state border with the Duchy of Oldenburg. There was a strict border between East Friesland and Oldenburgerland.
From then British Helgoland, the smuggled goods also reached the municipality of Apen via tributaries of the Ems. It was extremely dangerous, but also very lucrative.
Vreschen-Bokel Nowadays it's not a problem: Everyone has free travel on the country road between Vreschen-Bokel and Deternlehe. Just go shopping from A to B - nothing easier than that. But it wasn't always like that. Even when the East Frisians came under Prussian rule, customs duties were levied on the state border with the Duchy of Oldenburg. There was a strict border between East Friesland and Oldenburgerland.
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Karla Chen
July 21, 2019
Cycling
The smuggling padd connects the Vreschen-Bokel district of Aper with the East Frisian town of Deternerlehe.
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•Karla Chen
January 4, 2023
Cycling
It was used to smuggle goods that had landed in Hengstforde during Napoleon's continental blockade.
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