Grimersum

Grimersum
Grimersum
Village of Krummhörn
	Aerial view of Grimersum
	Coat of arms
	Location of Grimersum
	Grimersum Grimersum
	Coordinates: 53°28′38″N 7°10′14″E / 53.47709°N 7.17051°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Aurich
Municipality	Krummhörn
Area
• Metro	16.13 km2 (6.23 sq mi)
Elevation	3.8 m (12.5 ft)
Population
• Metro	577
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26736
Dialling codes	04920

Grimersum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Krummhörn. The village is located between Eilsum and Wirdum, about 12.5 kilometers north of Emden.

The village, like the nearby village of Groothusen, is one of the elongated warft villages that were built in the early 8th century on estuaries and bends as trading places for the expanding overseas trade of the Frisian peasant merchants.^[1] The village is dominated by an old church, which was built in the 13th century.^[2]

Gallery

Entrance to Grimersum
Worker's house
View of the Church of Grimersum

Notable people

Eggerik Beninga (1490–1562), chronicler
Johannes Acronius (1565–1627), theologian

References

^ "Grimersum". Wierden en terpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ "Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grimersum" [Evangelical Reformed Church Grimersum]. Ostfriesland (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2019.

External links

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[1] "Grimersum". Wierden en terpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2024.

[2] "Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grimersum" [Evangelical Reformed Church Grimersum]. Ostfriesland (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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