Critzum
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Critzum
Jemgum parish
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| Height : | 1 (1–1.5) m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 6.97 km² |
| Residents : | 158 (Jun 30, 2015) |
| Population density : | 23 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1973 |
| Postal code : | 26844 |
| Area code : | 04958 |
 Map of the Rheiderland
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 Church in the center of Critzum
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Critzum in Rheiderland is a village in the municipality of Jemgum in the district of Leer in Lower Saxony in East Frisia .
history
Critzum is a circular terp village and was founded around the birth of Christ on the Ems . As a fortified church in the center of the village, the Evangelical Reformed Critzum Church is still partly surrounded by a wide moat. Critzum has belonged to the Jemgum Municipality since the municipality reform that came into effect on January 1, 1973. It has 158 inhabitants and an area of 6.97 square kilometers. The village between Midlum and Hatzum is heavily influenced by agriculture.
literature
- Helmut Anneessen (ed.): The families of the parish Critzum (1724-1900) . Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, Aurich 2006, ISBN 3-934508-25-1 (Ostfriesland Ortssippenbücher, vol. 76; German Ortssippenbücher, vol. A 402).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 263 .
- ↑ Jemgum.de: villages , accessed on April 5 2018th
