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

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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, Leybuchtpolder, Norddeich (which bore the name '' Lintelermarsch'' until 1972), Westermarsch I, Westermarsch II, Süderneuland I, Süderneuland II, Tidofeld and Ostermarsch. 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". 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.

Transport

Norden railway station is served by

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and

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trains of

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Cemeteries

Image:Weissmann_Norden.jpg, Marienhafe, a neighboring village

Notable people

Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia Ulrich I of East Frisia was the first count of East Frisia, from 1408 in Norden to 25 or 26 September 1466, in Emden. He was a son of the chieftain Enno Edzardisna of Norden and Greetsiel, and Gela of Manslagt. Biography His father Enno ...

(1408–1466), Count of East Frisia * Wilhelm Gnapheus (1493–1568), a humanist and Reformed Protestant scholar *

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 c ...

(1606–1681), German physician and politician *

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 trac ...

(ca 1620 – 1694), emigrant to Kings County, (

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) Long Island, New York. *

Wilhelm von Freeden Wilhelm Ihno Adolf von Freeden (12 May 1822 Norden, German Confederation – 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. Biogra ...

(1822–1894), German mathematician, scientist and oceanographer and founder of the North German Naval Observatory. * Gustav Hölscher (1877-1955), an Evangelical-Lutheran theologian and a professor of

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Studies. *

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 * Johann Cramer (1905–1987), German politician (

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), member of the German Bundestag *

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 Ite ...

(1918–1982), decorated

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of the Federal Navy *

Johann Schröder Johann Schröder may refer to: * Johann Schröder (physician) (1600–1664), German physician and pharmacologist, recognised that arsenic was an element * Johann Heinrich Schröder (1784–1883), banker * Johann Schröder (mathematician) (1925–20 ...

(1925–2007), German mathematician * (born 1951), teacher, mayor of Norden from 1998 to 2016 * Herbert Müller, (DE Wiki) (born 1953), painter

Sport

* Heiko Schwartz (1911–1973), water polo player, team silver medallist at the

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Marco Kutscher Marco Kutscher (born 2 May 1975 in Norden, Lower Saxony) is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes eventing, hunters, and ...

(born 1975), show jumper, bronze medallist at the

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* Karsten Fischer (born 1984), former footballer, played over 300 games

References

External links

Official site

Norddeich, a District of Norden
{{Authority control Towns and villages in East Frisia Port cities and towns of the North Sea Port cities and towns in Germany Aurich (district) Populated coastal places in Germany (North Sea) Appeared in the novel by Erskin Childers, and the film, Riddle of the Sands. WW1 fictional historic novel.