Norden, Lower Saxony

Norden (East Frisian Low Saxon: Nörden) is a town in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea shore, in East Frisia.

Norden
Town
Ludgeri-Church
Ludgeri-Church
Flag of Norden
Flag
Coat of arms of Norden
Coat of arms
Location of Norden within Aurich district
Norden is located in Germany
Norden
Norden
Norden is located in Lower Saxony
Norden
Norden
Coordinates: 53°35′48″N 07°12′20″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictAurich
Subdivisions10 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Florian Eiben[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total106.33 km2 (41.05 sq mi)
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total25,179
 • Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26506, 26492–26496, 26501, 26519–26520
Dialling codes04931
Vehicle registrationAUR, NOR
Websitewww.norden.de

Town and land use
+ Area in ha by usage
As at 30 June 2009[3]
Areaarea
Buildings and open spaces 943.54
Business areas 33.38
Fields and sports facilities 71.34
Roads, paths and parking lots 420.76
Agricultural land 8,410.04
Forests 46.64
Waterbodies, ditches, ponds 291.11
Protected areas among others 250.10
Total area 10,466.91

Norden consists of the town itself and ten official subdistricts. In addition to the old town centre, the main town includes the former municipality of Sandbauerschaft and the subdistricts Ekel, Lintel and Westgaste. They are divided into various quarters and residential areas such as Neustadt, Westlintel, Ostlintel, Ekelergaste, In der Wirde, Vierzig Diemat, Martensdorf, or "millionaire quarter". They have in common that they do not have any administrative function, but are places referred to in everyday local language.

The other subdistricts are Bargebur, Leybuchtpolder, Norddeich (which bore the name Lintelermarsch until 1972), Westermarsch I, Westermarsch II, Southderneuland I, Southderneuland II and Tidofeld.

The main town and the villages of Bargebur, Norddeich, Süderneneuland I and Süderneuland II, as well as parts of Westermarsch II, have largely grown together, and with the exception of Norddeich and Westermarsch II, form extensive residential and commercial areas in the south and east of the borough. About 92.5% of the total urban population live in this "metropolitan area".[4] The remaining subdistricts continue to be very rural and mostly sparsely populated, but they occupy by far the largest share of the total area of the borough.

Cemeteries
  • Marienhafe, a neighboring village
    Marienhafe, a neighboring village

Notable people
Hermann Conring
  • Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia (1408–1466), Count of East Frisia
  • Wilhelm Gnapheus (1493–1568), a humanist and Reformed Protestant scholar
  • Hermann Conring (1606–1681), German physician and politician
  • Pieter Claesen Wyckoff (ca 1620 – 1694), emigrant to Kings County, (Brooklyn) Long Island, New York.
  • Wilhelm von Freeden (1822–1894), German mathematician, scientist and oceanographer and founder of the North German Naval Observatory.[5]
  • Gustav Hölscher (1877-1955), an Evangelical-Lutheran theologian and a professor of Old Testament Studies.
  • Recha Freier (1892–1984), writer, winner of the Israeli State Prize
  • Johann Cramer (1905–1987), German politician (SPD), member of the German Bundestag
  • Otto Ites (1918–1982), decorated Rear Admiral of the Federal Navy
  • Johann Schröder (1925–2007), German mathematician
  • Barbara Schlag (born 1951), teacher, mayor of Norden from 1998 to 2016
  • Herbert Müller, (DE Wiki) (born 1953), painter

Sport
  • Heiko Schwartz (1911–1973), water polo player, team silver medallist at the 1932 Summer Olympics
  • Marco Kutscher (born 1975), show jumper, bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Karsten Fischer (born 1984), former footballer, played over 300 games

See also
  • Norddeich
  • Norden also hosts the launch point of the world's longest submarine cable, SEA-ME-WE 3
  • St. Ludgeri church houses the famous organ (1686/92) by organ builder Arp Schnitger
  • Norden was the seat of Dornkaat distillers (est. 1806), producer a.o. of the nationwide known brand Dornkaat, a triple distilled korn. The vast production area is kept under monument law, partially a museum, but mostly with new companies in the old buildings.

References
  1. "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. "Numbers & Data - Areas" (in German). Norden. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  4. Stadt Norden: Einwohnerzahlen nach Ortsteilen Archived 2011-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (Stand: 31. Dezember 2009)
  5. "Freeden, Wilhelm Ihno Adolf von" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. VIII. 1905.
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