In the area of conflict between the large overseas ports of Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven, the last intact fishing port in Butjadingen is fighting for its existence. As a touristattraction, this small working port for local shrimp boats is an important place in the region. an important place in the region. In the immediate vicinity lies the estuary of the Weser. Larger and larger ships are to be  the way to Bremerhaven and Bremen for international goods handling. handling of goods. The result is that the Weser has to be deepening of the Weser. The economic interests and the corresponding lobby are lobby are huge, as is the damage to the local region. Due to the the deepening of the Weser causes the crab fishermen's channels to silt up and become impassable. Only throughcostly dredging work will it be possible to maintain this port in the future. For how much longer?

Vertellstohl: The Bucket

Location: Georg-Coldewey-Pad, Stollhamm

Water plays an important role in the Wesermarsch. Fresh water is extremely precious because the groundwater is of poor quality. quality. Ditches that criss-cross the landscape are  characteristic here, they regulate the irrigation and drainage of the land. Water determines the history of the countryand the threat to Butjadingen. Dthe bucket symbolizes the element of water like no other utensil in this region. element water. Where the Eimer listening chair stands today, the rivers Ahne once flowed, Heete and Hayenschloot.  

Vertellstohl: Lustereck

Location: beach area in Eckwarderhörne

Sunken villages,giant container ships, rural coastal idylls. All this is at the can be seen and sensed at the tip of the Eckwarderhörne coast. This special contrast between the village home and the global center of activity of the Jade-Weser Port opposite Wilhelmshaven are interesting contrasts that meet here in one place. here in one place. A world heritage site in direct contrast to international trade. Rural area in the face of a lively city, separated and and connected by the Jade Bay.

Vertellstohl:Face to face

Location: Garden of Eden in Waddens

The Garden of Eden, on the one hand a protected paradisiacal space, a place of contemplation and remembrance. A reminder of the former village of Alt-Waddens, which its inhabitants had to defend for centuries against the recurring the devastating storm surges that occurred time and again, until they finally lost the grueling battle and had to abandon the old village. The villagers founded the new Waddens on two mounds further inland. Waddens. The suffering and loss were great at that time. Today, however ever higher dykes protect the land and the inhabitants of Waddens. But Climate change and rising sea levels are also currentlyforeshadowing the dangers of the nearby sea. The Garden of Eden is reminiscent of the biblical expulsion from paradise, of the expulsion of people from their homeland and of the necessary the need to treat the environment responsibly in order to make life here possible in the long term. possible in the long term.