Norden (

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: ''Nörden'') is a town in the district of Aurich, in

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. It is situated near the

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shore, in East Frisia.

Town and land use

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 __FORCETOC__ Bargebur is an urban quarter in the east of the borough of Norden (East Frisia), Norden, northwestern Germany, and has a population of around 500 (as at 12/2016), who inhabit an area of just 0.65 km². The houses of Bargebur have been ...

, Leybuchtpolder, Norddeich (which bore the name '' Lintelermarsch'' until 1972), Westermarsch I, Westermarsch II, Southderneuland I, Southderneuland II and

Tidofeld __FORCETOC__ Tidofeld has been an autonomous part of the East Frisian borough of Norden since 1996 and has around 1,000 inhabitants (as at 12/2016)), spread over an area of just 0.47 km². Its built-up area is completely integrated with the ...

. 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".''Stadt Norden: Einwohnerzahlen nach Ortsteilen''
(Stand: 31. Dezember 2009) 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.

Cemeteries

Image:Weissmann_Norden.jpg, Marienhafe, a neighboring village

Notable people

Hermann Conring Hermann Conring (9 November 1606 – 12 December 1681) was a German intellectual. He made significant contributions to the study of medicine, politics and law. Descended from Lutheran clergy on both sides of his family, second-youngest of ten ch ...

(1606–1681), German physician and politician * Johann Cramer (1905–1987), German politician (

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

), member of the German Bundestag *

Wilhelm von Freeden Wilhelm Ihno Adolf von Freeden (12 May 1822 Norden, Lower Saxony – 11 January 1894 Bonn) was a German mathematician and expert on navigation. He was the founder of the North German Naval Observatory. Freeden Bank bears his name. Biography He ...

(1822–1894), German mathematician, scientist and oceanographer and founder of the North German Naval Observatory *

Recha Freier Recha Freier (Hebrew: רחה פריאר) born Recha Schweitzer, (October 29, 1892 in Norden, East Frisia – April 2, 1984 in Jerusalem) founded the Youth Aliyah organization in 1933. The organization saved the lives of 7,000 Jewish childre ...

(1892–1984), writer, winner of the Israeli State Prize *

Wilhelm Gnapheus Wilhelm (sometimes ''William, Willem, Guilielmus'') Gnapheus (''de Volder, van de Voldesgraft, Fulonius''; 1493 in The Hague – 29 September 1568 in Norden, Lower Saxony) was a Dutch-born Protestant religious figure and writer. After studyin ...

(1493–1568), a humanist and Reformed Protestant scholar *

Otto Ites Otto Christian Ites (5 February 1918 – 2 February 1982) was a German naval officer, serving first as a submarine commander with the '' Kriegsmarine'' during World War II, and later as ''Konteradmiral'' with the ''Bundesmarine''. Career Otto It ...

(1918–1982), Rear Admiral of the Federal Navy, support the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Federal Order of Merit *

Jann-Peter Janssen Jann-Peter Janssen (12 February 1945 – 7 December 2022) was a German politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal ...

(1945-2022), politician *

Marco Kutscher Marco Kutscher (born 2 May 1975 in Norden, Lower Saxony) is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. Kutcher originally finished fourth in the show jumping competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but ...

(born 1975), show jumping * Herbert Müller (born 1953), painter * Johann Schröder (1925–2007), German mathematician *

Heiko Schwartz Heiko Schwartz (September 21, 1911 – October 29, 1973) was a German water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Norden. In 1932, he was part ...

(1911–1973), water polo player * Barbara Schlag (born 1951), teacher, mayor of Norden from 1998 to 2016

Emigrants

Pieter Claesen Wyckoff Pieter Claesen Wyckoff (ca. 1620 – June 30, 1694) was a prominent figure in Dutch and later English colonial Kings County, Long Island, New York. Most persons surnamed Wyckoff in North America, including many variations in spelling, can be tra ...

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