Grimersum

Grimersum

Grimersum

Village of Krummhörn in Lower Saxony, Germany

Grimersum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Krummhörn. The village is located in between Eilsum and Wirdum, about 12.5 kilometers north of Emden.

Quick Facts Country, State ...

The village, like nearby Groothusen, is one of the elongated warft villages that were built in the early 8th century on estuaries and bends as trading places for the expanding overseas trade of the Frisian peasant merchants.[1] The village is dominated by an old church, which was built in the 13th century.[2]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Grimersum". Wierden en terpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grimersum" [Evangelical Reformed Church Grimersum]. Ostfriesland (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2019.

Media related to Grimersum at Wikimedia Commons


Stub icon

This German location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Grimersum, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.