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From May through October, the local history society serves coffee and cake here on the first Sunday of every month. Highly recommended.

The two peat boat pullers on the Splitting Canal, even if they are only cast in cast iron, depict the tradition of towing ships, in which a man pulled up to ten barges along the towpath behind him on a rope. They tell of the long-gone fen culture in the Emsland region.

In 1629 Dietrich von Velen bought the dilapidated Papenburg on the edge of East Frisia from Friedrich von Schwarzenberg, and in 1631 he was also granted feudal rights. There he founded the first moor colony on German soil, following the Dutch model. To do this, he had a new canal dug that drained the moor colony into the Ems. On the Ems he had this canal protected from flooding with a sluice gate. During the Thirty Years' War, the new colony suffered greatly from military influence. The occupation of the Emsland from 1633 to 1638 almost brought this plan to failure. But after the conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia, the settlement quickly recovered. In 1657, Papenburg was granted the status of a lordship by the Prince-Bishop of Münster, Christoph Bernhard von Galen. Today, the Von Velen open-air museum in Papenburg commemorates the founding of the moor colony. In 1987, a monument to Dietrich von Velen was erected on the grounds of the open-air museum.

Two men or a horse pulled the peat barge across the canals. At that time there were fewer paved roads and fewer bridges. Imagine the hard work today, especially in the rain and against the wind!

In 1629, Dietrich von Velen bought the dilapidated Papenburg on the edge of East Frisia from Friedrich von Schwarzenberg and in 1631 he was also granted feudal rights. There he founded the first moor colony on German soil, following the Dutch model.

Relaxed cycling on the service path along the coastal canal

The von Velen complex is named after the founder of the city of Papenburg, Dietrich von Velen. The Papenburg houses built here and furnished with old furniture vividly show the living conditions of the town's inhabitants in earlier times. Under the motto "From peat cutter to deep sea captain" visitors to the von Velen complex are guided through the Fehn open-air museum by experienced men and women from the museum team. During a journey through the past, the history of the city of Papenburg and its people is experienced first hand. The story tells of the formation of the moor, peat mining and the shipping of the peat, the life of the early settlers in the primitive moor cottages, but also of deep sea shipping and shipbuilding at Papenburg's formerly numerous shipyards. At the end of the journey through time through the nursery of the city of Papenburg, visitors are invited to an idyllic boat trip on the MS Michaela or MS Leidi. The small boats, powered by an electric motor, glide silently under bridges and trees on the von Velen Canal to an idyllic lake. Here, guests are treated to a picturesque view of the huge winter garden of the Historical-Ecological Education Center (HÖB), which fits in perfectly with the overall picture of the beautiful nature around the lake. After passing under several bridges, experienced skippers steer the boats to a modern residential area built according to ecological principles. Highly interesting houses and wonderful gardens as well as the local nature and flora amaze the boat guests. Afterwards, every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday in the old captain's house, the Papenbörger Hus, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., there is the opportunity to enjoy a hearty buckwheat pancake meal with real East Frisian tea or to linger over coffee and cake. Guests of the Von Velen complex also have the opportunity to marvel at the beautiful Von Velen sculpture garden, which is part of the open-air museum and is particularly beautiful in spring. During the season, visitors who are unable to take part in a group tour have the opportunity to explore the museum themselves, e.g. by using the "digital museum guide" on their smartphone/tablet to find out more in advance. https://von-velen-anlage.de/