Berumerfehn

Berumerfehn
Village of Großheide
Peat company building in Berumerfehn
Peat company building in Berumerfehn
Coat of arms of Berumerfehn
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Location of Berumerfehn
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Berumerfehn is located in Germany
Berumerfehn
Berumerfehn
Berumerfehn is located in Lower Saxony
Berumerfehn
Berumerfehn
Coordinates: 53°33′37″N 7°20′36″E / 53.56025°N 7.34341°E / 53.56025; 7.34341
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictAurich
MunicipalityGroßheide
Area
 • Total
21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi)
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
[2]
 • Total
1,772[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26532
Dialling codes0 49 36
Vehicle registrationAUR

Berumerfehn is part of the municipality Großheide in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

Early years

Berumerfehn was founded in 1794 by the Fehnkompanie of Norden. The Fehnkompanie was a peat digging company of people from Norden and Hage.

By this time the village was named Norderfehn, because it was the only settlement founded inside the peat (Lower German: fehn) by of people from Norden.

Later the name of the village changed to Berumerfehn because of the close distance to Berum

20th century

In 1972 Berumerfehn got incorporated into the municipality of Großheide.

21st century

On August 16, 2021, an F2 T5 tornado hit Berumerfehn and damaged about 50 houses.[3][4][5]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1821256—    
19391,278+399.2%
19461634 [6]—    
19611533 [7]—    
19701,810—    
20201,772−2.1%
population before 2020 includes Westermoordorf.

References

  1. ^ The website of the municipality Großheide cited this figure from a book, edited in 1972. Since then, population statistics were only edited as one figure for the entire municipality.
  2. ^ Großheide, Gemeinde. "Berumerfehn". Gemeinde Großheide (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  3. ^ ""Katastrophal": Schwere Schäden nach Tornado in Ostfriesland". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  4. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Germany: Suspected tornado rips through northern district | DW | 17.08.2021". DW.COM. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  5. ^ Tornadomap (2021-08-15). "[F2-Tornado] Berumerfehn (NI), 16.08.2021". tornadomap (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  6. ^ "Volks- und Berufszählung vom 29. Oktober 1946 in den vier Besatzungszonen und Groß-Berlin" (PDF). www.statistischebibliothek.de. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  7. ^ "Volkszählung vom 6. Juni 1961" (PDF). www.statistischebibliothek.de. Retrieved 2021-08-18.