Suurhusen is a village north of
Emden
Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528.
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in the
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region of
East Frisia
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. It has about 1,100 inhabitants and is administered by the municipality of
Hinte
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. The
steeple of the Suurhusen
church
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, inclined at an angle of 5.19 degrees, is the most
leaning tower
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of the world, beating the
Leaning Tower of Pisa by 1.22 degrees.
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Weltrekord in Ostfriesland. Der schiefste Turm der Welt
The settlement was first mentioned in documents from 1255 and in former times was also called ''Zuiderhusen'' ("Southern Husen"), most likely due to close proximity of ''Osterhusen'' and ''Westerhusen''. However, a stone with the year 1004 and ceramic objects found in the old church tower point to the fact that the village is much older.
In the village centre is a small museum in which the life of an agricultural worker's family is illustrated.
References
Towns and villages in East Frisia
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