Berumerfehn Explained

Type:	Village
Berumerfehn
Image Coa:	Wappen Berumerfehn.png
Coordinates:	53.55°N 27°W
State:	Lower Saxony
District:	Aurich
Municipality:	Großheide
Elevation:	4
Area:	21.99
Population:	1772^[1]
Pop Ref:	^[2]
Postal Code:	26532
Area Code:	0 49 36
Licence:	AUR

Berumerfehn is part of the municipality Großheide in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

Early years

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

In 1972 Berumerfehn got incorporated into the municipality of Großheide.

21st century

On August 16, 2021, an F2 T5 tornado hit Berumerfehn and damaged about 50 houses.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: Großheide. Gemeinde. Berumerfehn. 2021-08-18. Gemeinde Großheide. de.
3. Web site: "Katastrophal": Schwere Schäden nach Tornado in Ostfriesland. 2021-08-18. www.msn.com.
4. Web site: Welle (www.dw.com). Deutsche. Germany: Suspected tornado rips through northern district DW 17.08.2021. 2021-08-18. DW.COM. en-GB.
5. Web site: Tornadomap. 2021-08-15. [F2-Tornado] Berumerfehn (NI), 16.08.2021]. 2021-08-18. tornadomap. de.