Filsum is a small

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Leer district, in the North West of

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. The municipality lies approximately 30 km from the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

border, and 50 km from where the coast meets the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

. It is home to the '

horse whisperer Natural horsemanship is a collective term for a variety of horse training techniques which have seen rapid growth in popularity since the 1980s. The techniques vary in their precise tenets but generally share principles of "a kinder and gentler ...

' and

bonesetter Traditional bone-setting is a type of a folk medicine in which practitioners engaged in joint manipulation. Before the advent of chiropractors, osteopaths and physical therapists, bone-setters were the main providers of this type of treatment. T ...

Tamme Hanken Tamme Hanken (May 16, 1960 – October 10, 2016) was a German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter known from the two documentary TV shows ''Der XXL-Ostfriese'' on NDR and ''Knochenbrecher on Tour'' on kabel eins, the latter of which had up to ...

Mayors

Gerhard Bruns (CDU) was elected in 2016 honorary mayor of Filsum. He ist the successor of Margret Schulte-Cramer (CDU),OZ-Online: Eine glasklare Sache für die CDU
retrieved 29. Dezember 2016. she was in office 2011-2016.

References

External links

German Language site for the municipality
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Towns and villages in East Frisia Leer (district) {{EastFrisia-stub