Berumerfehn
Berumerfehn | |
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 Peat company building in Berumerfehn | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Berumerfehn  | |
  Berumerfehn  Berumerfehn | |
| Coordinates: 53°33′37″N 7°20′36″E / 53.56025°N 7.34341°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Aurich |
| Municipality | Großheide |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.99 km2 (8.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,772[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 26532 |
| Dialling codes | 0 49 36 |
| Vehicle registration | AUR |
Berumerfehn is part of the municipality Großheide in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
History
[edit]Early years
[edit]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
[edit]In 1972 Berumerfehn got incorporated into the municipality of Großheide.
21st century
[edit]On August 16, 2021, an F2 T5 tornado hit Berumerfehn and damaged about 50 houses.[3][4][5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 256 | — |
| 1939 | 1,278 | +399.2% |
| 1946 | 1634 [6] | — |
| 1961 | 1533 [7] | — |
| 1970 | 1,810 | — |
| 2020 | 1,772 | −2.1% |
| population before 2020 includes Westermoordorf. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Großheide, Gemeinde. "Berumerfehn". Gemeinde Großheide (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ ""Katastrophal": Schwere Schäden nach Tornado in Ostfriesland". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Germany: Suspected tornado rips through northern district | DW | 17.08.2021". DW.COM. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ Tornadomap (2021-08-15). "[F2-Tornado] Berumerfehn (NI), 16.08.2021". tornadomap (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "Volks- und Berufszählung vom 29. Oktober 1946 in den vier Besatzungszonen und Groß-Berlin" (PDF). www.statistischebibliothek.de. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "Volkszählung vom 6. Juni 1961" (PDF). www.statistischebibliothek.de. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
Villages in the municipality of Großheide | ||
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