Wittmund
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Location of Wittmund within Wittmund district
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| Coordinates: 53°34′30″N 7°46′51″E / 53.57500°N 7.78083°ECoordinates: 53°34′30″N 7°46′51″E / 53.57500°N 7.78083°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Wittmund | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Rolf Claußen (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 210 km2 (80 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 20,735 | |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 26409 | |
| Dialling codes | 04462 | |
| Vehicle registration | WTM | |
| Website | www.wittmund.de | |
Wittmund is a town and capital of the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Wittmund is a town of 21,000 inhabitants located in Germany's historic coastal district of East Frisia, between the towns of Aurich and Jever. The town's borough covers an area of 52,000 acres (210 km2) which make it one of the largest boroughs in Lower Saxony.
While the town of Wittmund is about 9 miles (14 km) from the North Sea coast, its borough includes the little port of Harlesiel which is the starting point for ferries to the island of Wangerooge. Harlesiel is named after the Harle, a small river that starts and finishes within Wittmund borough. (A siel is a sluice in a dyke. At low tide, water from the river may flow into the sea.)
Villages: - Ardorf - Asel - Blersum - Berdum - Burhafe - Buttforde - Carolinensiel - Eggelingen - Funnix - Hovel - Leerhafe - Uttel - Willen
Towns: - Wittmund
Since November 1, 2006, Rolf Claußen is the mayor of Wittmund. He was reelected in 2014.
The town of Wittmund, on the edge of the geest, and its surroundings are an ancient area of settlement. It was linked to inland East Frisia's network of roads early on and commercially oriented to the nearby coast. Around 1200, Wittmund was the hub of the rural parish (Landgemeinde) of Wangerland and was called Wiedemund or Wiedemundheim at that time. The territorial units of the rural parishes were based roughly on old Frisian districts. Esens was the administrative centre of the Harlingerland.
The chieftain family of Kankena lived in a castle in the town in the late 14th century. Around 1400, Hamburg forces occupied the castle grounds as a result of allegations that the Kankenas had supported piracy against the Hanseatic city. The release of the castle into the hands of the ruling chieftain family of tom Brok saw the Kankenas regaining possession of their estate.
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