Berumerfehn | |
|---|---|
 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[2] |
| • Density | 80.58/km2 (208.7/sq mi) |
| 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
editEarly years
editBerumerfehn 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
editIn 1972 Berumerfehn got incorporated into the municipality of Großheide.
21st century
editOn 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- ^ Großheide, Gemeinde. "Berumerfehn". Gemeinde Großheide (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""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.
