OLDENBURG – Bloherfelde on the Haaren
There you stand with your mobile in your hand, in connection with the whole world, but on former farmland. On your phone-screen farmers and locals share their memories of the ground beneath your feet. Is there anything left that reminds them of the former use of this land? Yes, the old field roads are marked by massive oaks and a few stalwart chestnuts still spread their canopies, but the farmhouse has gone. For two whole centuries the view here was determined by tillage and the current of the Haaren. Fifty years ago that agricultural landscape was slowly but surely transformed into a housing estate. If you stroll around you will encounter eight landmarks that recall the Former Farmland. Sons and daughters of farmers and farm labourers from Bloherfelde remember the landscape of their youth. Farmers from the surroundings of Oldenburg describe how landscape is still formed by the cultivation of the land. The sights that meet the eye as you walk around the city district of Bloherfelde are brought to life by the photos and stories in the mobile phone. The housing estate is recreated as Former Farmland.