Norden, Lower Saxony

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Norden

Town

Ludgeri-Church

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Location of Norden within Aurich district

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Coordinates: 53°35′48″N 07°12′20″E﻿ / ﻿53.59667°N 7.20556°E﻿ / 53.59667; 7.20556
Country| Germany
State| Lower Saxony
District| Aurich
Subdivisions| 10 districts
Government

• Mayor (2021-26) | Florian Eiben[1] (SPD)
Area

• Total

| 106.33 km2 (41.05 sq mi)
Elevation

| 7 m (23 ft)
Population

(2023-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 25,093
• Density| 240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

26506, 26492–26496, 26501, 26519–26520

Dialling codes| 04931
Vehicle registration| AUR, NOR
Website| www.norden.de

Norden (German pronunciation: [ˈnɔʁdn̩] ⓘ; 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.

## Town and land use

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\+ Area in ha by usage
As at 30 June 2009[3]

Area | area
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, Süderneuland I, Süderneuland II, Tidofeld and Ostermarsch.

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.

## Transport

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Norden railway station is served by InterCity and Regional-Express trains of Deutsche Bahn.

## Cemeteries

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* Marienhafe, a neighboring village

## Notable people

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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 [de] (born 1951), teacher, mayor of Norden from 1998 to 2016
* Herbert Müller, (DE Wiki) (born 1953), painter

### Sport

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
2. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (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.

## External links

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* Official site (in German)
* Norddeich, a District of Norden (in German)

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Towns and municipalities in Aurich (district)

* Aurich
* Baltrum
* Berumbur
* Dornum
* Großefehn
* Großheide
* Hage
* Hagermarsch
* Halbemond
* Hinte
* Ihlow
* Juist
* Krummhörn
* Leezdorf
* Lütetsburg
* Marienhafe
* Norden
* Norderney
* Osteel
* Rechtsupweg
* Südbrookmerland
* Upgant-Schott
* Wiesmoor
* Wirdum

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The borough of Norden

Old divisions|

* Armenplatz (today: Norden-Neustadt)
* Bargebur
* Ekel
* Hollande
* Lintel
* Westgaste
* Westlintel
* Zingel

New divisions after the regional reform|

* Leybuchtpolder
* Tidofeld
* Neuwesteel
* Norddeich
* Ostermarsch
* Süderneuland I
* Süderneuland II
* Westermarsch I
* Westermarsch II

Authority control databases

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Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

Other|

* Yale LUX

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