Esens, Lower Saxony

Esens
Town
Flag of Esens
Flag
Coat of arms of Esens
Coat of arms
Location of Esens within Wittmund district
WangeroogeWittmund (district)Lower SaxonySpiekeroogLangeoogBaltrumWilhelmshavenFriesland (district)Leer (district)Aurich (district)FriedeburgWittmundEsensNeuharlingersielWerdumWesterholt
Esens is located in Germany
Esens
Esens
Esens is located in Lower Saxony
Esens
Esens
Coordinates: 53°38′49″N 7°36′46″E / 53.64694°N 7.61278°E / 53.64694; 7.61278
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictWittmund
Municipal assoc.Esens
Government
 • MayorKarin Emken[1]
Area
 • Total
26.83 km2 (10.36 sq mi)
Elevation
3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
6,995
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26427
Dialling codes04971
Vehicle registrationWTM
Websitewww.esens.de

Esens is a municipality in the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 14 km northwest of Wittmund, and 20 km northeast of Aurich.

  • Esens townhall in wintertime
    Esens townhall in wintertime
  • Aerial view of Esens harbour Bensersiel
    Aerial view of Esens harbour Bensersiel

Esens is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Esens.

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Eilert Dieken (1898-1960), German Nazi policeman and gendarme who murdered the Ulma family in Markowa (Poland) in 1944
  • David Fabricius (1564-1617), theologian, major amateur astronomer and cartographer
  • Johann Hülsemann (1602-1661), Lutheran theologian
  • Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714), composer
  • Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia (1665-1708), Prince of East Friesland from the House of Cirksena
  • Enno Rudolph Brenneysen, (1669-1734), jurist and chancellor of East Friesland
  • Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725-1776), theologian, zoologist and professor in Erlangen
  • Theodore Thomas (conductor) (1835-1905), composer, founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Gerhard Tappen (1866-1953), General of the Artillery
  • Timo Schultz (born 1977), German footballer
Christian Everhard

References

  1. ^ "Meeting in Esens | bewellatschool.sp16przemysl.pl.pl".
  2. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  • Media related to Esens at Wikimedia Commons


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