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21-512: The depression is drained by the rivers Hamme , Wümme and Wörpe . The Teufelsmoor extends over an area of about 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) and is bordered in the west by the Wesermünde Geest and in the east by the Zeven Geest . The eponymous Teufelsmoor itself is an ombrotrophic raised bog that becomes a fen in the vicinity of the streams that drain it. It is one of

42-455: Is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms. Erosion -related: Collapse-related: Impact-related: Sedimentary-related: Structural or tectonic-related: Volcanism-related: Radio Bremen Radio Bremen ( pronounced [ˈʁaːdi̯o ˈbʁeːmən] ), shortened to RB ( pronounced [ɛʁˈbeː] ) is Germany's smallest public radio and television broadcaster and

63-405: Is required by law to pay a Rundfunkbeitrag (broadcast contribution) of €18.36 per month as of August 2021, to finance the public broadcast system. The fee is collected by Beitragsservice von ARD, ZDF und Deutschlandradio . Radio Bremen produces and provides programmes for the nationwide television network Das Erste , the main national public TV channel. Radio Bremen, together with NDR and

84-821: The Allied powers . Although located in an enclave entirely surrounded by the British Zone of occupation, the city of Bremen belonged, together with Bremerhaven, to the American Zone, and radio broadcasting was therefore overseen by the American command. In 1949 Radio Bremen was chartered to be the public broadcaster serving the city-state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and became a founding member of ARD in 1950. Some notable people like Loriot and Jan Böhmermann spent significant parts of their careers at Radio Bremen. Every household in Germany

105-581: The 1980s and 1990s, however, there was continued destruction of the moor. Major 'melioration' measures such as draining, deep ploughing ( Tiefumbruch ) and river regulation were supposed to increase the productivity of agriculture and even enabled arable farming. Intensive farming methods were used to grow maize as an animal feedstuff. These measures had been supported since the middle of the 20th century by various national and European subsidy programmes. This went so far that ditches dried out in summer, heath fires broke out and, during sustained periods of drought,

126-463: The 20th century the living conditions in these moor colonies were anything other than quaint or attractive. An impression of the very poor circumstances is given by the Low Saxon saying "Den Eersten sien Dood, den Tweeten sien Noot, den Drüdden sien Broot" (translates as something like "The first gets death, the second gets misery, the third gets bread."). Life expectancy in the dark, damp bog dwellings

147-467: The area around the villages of Grasberg and Worpswede . By harvesting the layers of peat and draining the land the climatic conditions of the entire area were changed considerably. By the end of the 19th century the keeping of dairy cattle had spread to the area. In Bremen the use of peat for heating was banned because on many winters days the air pollution it caused had become unbearable. Coal, with its greater energy density, superseded peat. Right into

168-424: The former SFB , began broadcasting a regional network on 4 January 1965. The name of the network was originally "Nord 3" ("North 3"), later renamed "Norddeutsches Fernsehen N 3" ("North German Television N3"). Since December 2001 the network has been known as "NDR Fernsehen" ("North German Broadcasting: Television"). As of that change, and until 2005, Radio Bremen productions carried their own logo when transmitted on

189-477: The heart of the Teufelsmoor. The name "Teufelsmoor" does not mean "devil's bog" or "devil's moor" as a literal translation would suggest. It is actually derived from doofes Moor ( Low Saxon : doof ; English: deaf ), where doof means "unfertile", "less fertile " or "dead" and moor means "bog" or "moor". Large parts of the Teufelsmoor area consist of raised bog peat which is formed from sphagnum moss . Hence

210-474: The influx of new inhabitants. The history of the Teufelsmoor is thus a good example of the cultural activities of mankind and his will to survive but also of the influences and consequences of this activity. The history of the land and its inhabitants was filmed in the 1982 TV series Teufelsmoor produced by Radio Bremen . This portrays the life of several generations of the Kehdings, a fictional farming family, from

231-406: The initial time of land reclamation to the end of the 20th century. The Teufelsmoor is also well-known from numerous TV programmes such as the recent murder mystery starring Maria Furtwängler , part of the long-running Tatort series. 53°17′00″N 8°54′00″E  /  53.2833°N 8.9000°E  / 53.2833; 8.9000 Depression (geology) In geology , a depression

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252-475: The land was artificially watered. In the 1990s a major rethink began. By leaving the land to regenerate and by reflooding it, attempts have been made to preserve the original landscape, although the moor in its original state no longer exists. Even those bogs that are still intact - like the Günnemoor - continue to be denuded by industrial peat cutting. Remnants (of peat mounds not peat cuttings) are still visible in

273-415: The landscape, but their renaturalisation is difficult due to their elevation. The dry conditions encourage the mineralisation of the peat layers and enable woods to develop. In the meantime many small temporary structures have appeared on these areas. Meanwhile, the Teufelsmoor has become part of the commuter belt for the city of Bremen, and its settlements are growing due to the shortage of building land and

294-560: The largest contiguous areas of bog in northwest Germany. Its largest extent is about 20 by 20 km. The oldest parts of the terrain in Grasberg have layers of peat eleven metres deep or more. In the centre of the moor is the Worpswede artists' colony, made famous by many landscape artists, which is near the sandy hill of the Weyerberg . Also well-known is the 'moor metropolis' of Gnarrenburg in

315-448: The legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (which includes Bremerhaven ). With its headquarters sited in Bremen , Radio Bremen is a member of the consortium of German public broadcasting organizations, ARD . In 1922 the "Deutsche Stunde für drahtlose Belehrung und Unterhaltung" ( German Hour for Wireless Education and Entertainment ) was founded with

336-513: The network. On 1 January 2005 Radio Bremen began its own regional station: " Radio Bremen TV " (RB-TV). Besides the regional programming, cooperation with NDR continues. Radio Bremen and NDR produce a combined teletext service called NDR-Text. Until December 2001 it was known by the name "Nord-Text" ("North-Text"). Radio Bremen originates and transmits four radio networks, as listed below: Until 12 August 2017, Radio Bremen produced Nordwestradio (Northwest Radio) in conjunction with NDR , although

357-469: The participation of Ludwig Roselius . On 2 May 1924 Nordische Rundfunk AG (NORAG) began broadcasting. On 30 November 1924, the "Zwischensender" Bremen was put into operation. It distributed the program from Hamburg and produced daily 3–4 hours program for the NORAG. After World War II , Radio Bremen began transmitting a daily programme on AM radio on 23 December 1945 under the post-war occupation of Germany by

378-447: The reason why it is not very fertile. The outer edges of the Teufelsmoor were first settled in the 17th and 18th centuries. Around 1750 the colonisation of the entire moor began, led by the moor's commissioner , Jürgen Christian Findorff. The settlers were simple farmhands and maids from the surrounding area, who were attracted by the prospect of having their own property and being freed from taxes and military service. Until well into

399-595: The station was only transmitted over transmitters in Bremen and Bremerhaven. After that date, the station reverted to an exclusive operation of Radio Bremen as Bremen Zwei. Radio Bremen also co-produces the Cosmo radio station, targeted at migrant communities. It is produced with WDR and RBB . The FM and TV signals (including DVB-T) are broadcast in Bremen from the Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower , which

420-510: The yard in Schlussdorf . The embankments running alongside these canals were used by burlaks to haul the barges and also opened up the long-street villages ( Straßendorf ) following the practice in the fen ( Fehn ) regions. From the embankments the narrow and very long strips of land ( Hufen ) that ran out into the moor were farmed. Even today these patterns of settlement (of the linear village or Reihendorf ) can be seen in many parts of

441-405: Was short and the moor's soils were unsuited to farming. An extensive network of drainage channels was created, the main drainage ditches being built to act simultaneously as canals for boats. At that time massive inroads were made into the environment and millions of cubic metres of peat were cut. The peat was sold for heating fuel and shipped to Bremen using peat barges, such as those built in

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