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The Semkenfahrt is part of a canal system in Germany. It was used in former times (about 1750 to 1918) by barges to bring peat from the Teufelsmoor area to the town of Bremen. In the area of Teufelsmoor the peat was dug and dried, and in Bremen it was used for heating purposes. ''Semkenfahrt'' denotes three parts of the canal system: the ''Alte Semkenfahrt'' (= Old Semkenfahrt), the ''Semkenfahrtkanal'' (= Semkenfahrt canal), and the ''Neue Semkenfahrt'' (= New Semkenfahrt). The word ''Semkenfahrt'' originated from ''Semken'', the surname of a family who gave the land to build the canal, and ''Fahrt'' which means a navigable channel in the nautical sense. == History of the Semkenfahrt == With a barge carrying peat from Worpswede bound for Bremen, a skipper had to use the rivers Hamme, Lesum and Wümme. The journey took about three to four days. In the year 1754 a project was started to connect the newly founded village of Tüschendorf with the river Hamme. The canal, called ''Alte Semkenfahrt'', had to make an arc to pass the hill of Weyerberg, then joining the river Hamme. While the peat barges were in the Semkenfahrt they had to be hauled. On reaching the river Hamme, if the wind came from an easterly direction, the skipper could use sail. But in North Germany the wind comes mostly from the west, so for the most part the skipper could set the sails only on the way back, when the barges were empty. On the way to Bremen they mostly had to punt or to scull. The peat barge traffic reached its peak at the end of the 19th century. For example, in the year 1880, 25,000 shiploads reached Bremen. About 5,000 to 6,000 of these shiploads used the Semkenfahrt. The cargo was in total approximately 30,000 to 36,000 cubic meters in volume. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Semkenfahrt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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