A fire in Ferry Gate at Sudholt destroys 3 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No…
local · 13 January 1971 · Sudholt
A fire in Ferry Gate at Sudholt destroys 3 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost. The entry rests on the report in the Herald of the day, which the Encyclopedia cites; it has no other source.[1]

Those concerned
- Sudholt (location)
- Ferry Gate (street)
Place
Sudholt (town), The Ostrand.
Grand Chancellor at the time: Karl Brenn. The Chancellery's roll gives the Grand Chancellor in office on the date.
The same year at Sudholt
- 22 March 1971: A page of a soldier's journal, undated but describing grass, is found in a Sudholt bookbinder's stock. It is seized. Among those questioned is a K. Wendl.
- 21 July 1971: Saltel Import is founded at Sudholt by Klaus Saltel.
- 8 September 1971: Electric light is switched on in the market square at Sudholt.
- 4 October 1971: Electric light is switched on in the market square at Sudholt.
- 30 October 1971: Ostrand Assurance is founded at Sudholt by Sabine Serfeld.
- 1 November 1971: The autumn fair opens at Sudholt. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.
References
- ^ “A fire in Ferry Gate at Sudholt destroys 3 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost.” The Schwartzistan Herald. 13 January 1971. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- The Schwartzistan Herald, full issue of 13 January 1971. Compare The Evening Courier of the same day.