Dornumergrode

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Dornumergrode
Dornum municipality
Dornumergrode coat of arms
Coordinates: 53 ° 40 ′ 16 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 2  (1–5)  m above sea level NN
Residents : 299  (2008)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Incorporated into: Dornumersiel
Postal code : 26553
Area code : 04933
Dornumergrode (Lower Saxony)
Dornumergrode

Location of Dornumergrode in Lower Saxony

Dornumergrode is a district of the municipality of Dornum in East Friesland . In 2008 the district had 299 inhabitants.

Dornumergrode is about one kilometer south of the North Sea coast. The main town of the municipality, Dornum, is about three kilometers to the south. The place was founded on a long throw , which is surrounded by Kalkmarsch . Dornumergrode is on Störtebekerstrasse, the "green coastal road". Today the small village is a collection of farms and holiday homes.

The place is mentioned for the first time in 1443 as in Astragroda . The current spelling has been used since 1528/30. The area of ​​today's local area was finally diked in 1570. Before that, however, there must have been attempted dikes, as indicated by old dike lines.

On July 1, 1972, Dornumergrode was incorporated into the municipality of Dornumersiel. On November 1, 2001 this came to the Dornum community.

The town's coat of arms shows a black, red-armored bear with a gold collar growing in the golden field of blue waves sprinkled with black clover leaves. It symbolizes the history of the place: For the fertile pasture and arable land reclaimed from the water, the coat of arms shows the waves in the base of the shield and the cloverleaves scattered over the surface of the shield. The growing bear, the heraldic animal of Attena , who were chiefs of Dornum, stands for the first part of the place name.

Web links

Commons : Dornumergrode  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Old photos from Hagermarsch, Hilgenriedersiel, Dornum, Dornumergrode and Dornumersiel

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipality of Dornum: Brief information on the municipality of Dornum , accessed on August 11, 2010.
  2. ^ Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft: Dornumergrode, Samtgemeinde Dornum, Landkreis Aurich (PDF; 28 kB) , accessed on August 11, 2010.
  3. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 264 .
  4. ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
  5. ↑ Dornum municipality: Dornumergrode coat of arms , accessed on August 11, 2010.