Woltzeten Explained

Woltzeten
Art:Village
Wappen:Woltzeten.jpg
Coordinates:53.4113°N 7.0912°W
Bundesland:Lower Saxony
Landkreis:Aurich
Municipality:Krummhörn
Höhe:3.5
Area Metro:3.68
Pop Metro:184
Plz:26736

Woltzeten is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Krummhörn. The village consists of two built-up areas, Woltzeten in the west and Woltzetener Vorwerk in the east.

The village is located on a warft, three kilometers south of Pewsum and about eight kilometers northwest of the city of Emden. The current church of Woltzeten was built in 1727.[1] Before that there was a larger church, which had to be demolished in 1725 due to dilapidation. This predecessor church probably dates from the 12th century.

A Premonstratensian monastery stood in the village from the 15th to 16th century, which probably bore the name Blauhaus, named after the color of its roof.[1] An earlier monastery in Woltzeten was lost in a storm flood in the 13th century.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Woltzeten Krummhörn . Krummhörn Greetsiel . 17 October 2023 . de.
  2. Web site: Woltzeten . Greetsiel-Krummhoern.de . 17 October 2023 . de.