Berumerfehn

{{Infobox German place

|type = Village

|name = Berumerfehn

|image_photo = BerumerfehnKompaniehaus.jpg

|image_caption = Peat company building in Berumerfehn

|image_coa = Wappen Berumerfehn.png

|coordinates = {{coord|53.56025|N|7.34341|E|region:DE|display=inline,title}}

|state = Lower Saxony

|district = Aurich

|Municipality = Großheide

|elevation = 4

|area = 21.99

|population = 1772The 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.

|pop_ref = {{Cite web|last=Großheide|first=Gemeinde|title=Berumerfehn|url=https://www.grossheide.de/berumerfehn.html|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Gemeinde Großheide|language=de}}

|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.{{Cite web|title="Katastrophal": Schwere Schäden nach Tornado in Ostfriesland|url=https://www.msn.com/de-de/nachrichten/panorama/katastrophal-schwere-sch%C3%A4den-nach-tornado-in-ostfriesland/ar-AANqkW8?li=BBqfP3p|access-date=2021-08-18|website=www.msn.com}}{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Germany: Suspected tornado rips through northern district {{!}} DW {{!}} 17.08.2021|url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-suspected-tornado-rips-through-northern-district/a-58882936|access-date=2021-08-18|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|last=Tornadomap|date=2021-08-15|title=[F2-Tornado] Berumerfehn (NI), 16.08.2021|url=https://www.tornadomap.org/post/vberumerfehn21|access-date=2021-08-18|website=tornadomap|language=de}}

{{historical populations

|1821|256

|1939|1278

|1946|1634 {{Cite web|title=Volks- und Berufszählung vom 29. Oktober 1946 in den vier Besatzungszonen und Groß-Berlin|url=https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/DEMonografie_derivate_00001265/gemeindeverzeichnis.pdf|access-date=2021-08-18|website=www.statistischebibliothek.de}}

|1961|1533 {{Cite web|title=Volkszählung vom 6. Juni 1961|url=https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/DEMonografie_derivate_00001935/FS-A-VZ1961-Vorbericht-04-1961.pdf|access-date=2021-08-18|website=www.statistischebibliothek.de}}

|1970|1810

|2020|1772

|footnote=population before 2020 includes Westermoordorf.}}

References

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{{Municipality of Großheide}}

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Category:Großheide

Category:Villages in Lower Saxony

Category:Towns and villages in East Frisia