Dunum

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Dunum
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Dunum highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 39'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Wittmund
Joint municipality : Esens
Height : 5 m above sea level NHN
Area : 26.83 km 2
Residents: 1086 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 26427
Area code : 04971
License plate : WTM
Community key : 03 4 62 002
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Süddunumer Weg 13
26427 Dunum
Mayor : Erwin Freimuth (FWDB)
Location of the community Dunum in the district of Wittmund
Landkreis Aurich Langeoog Spiekeroog Landkreis Friesland Nordsee Landkreis Aurich Landkreis Friesland Landkreis Leer Wilhelmshaven Blomberg (Landkreis Wittmund) Dunum Esens Eversmeer Friedeburg Holtgast Moorweg Nenndorf (Landkreis Wittmund) Neuharlingersiel Neuschoo Ochtersum Schweindorf Stedesdorf Utarp Werdum |Westerholt Wittmundmap
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Dunum is a municipality in the Esens municipality in the Wittmund district in Lower Saxony . The municipality had about 1150 inhabitants in 2004 and covers an area of ​​26.83 square kilometers. The community borders the city of Wittmund in the east and the districts of Langefeld and Middels of the city of Aurich in the south .

history

Legend has it that the Frisian king Radbod is buried in Dunum on the so-called Radbodsberg .

In the village of Dunum there is a brick church from the 13th century. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1420. The beginnings of the Reformation in Harlingerland go back to the time after 1525, when Ricardo Hicco began to preach in Dunum according to an evangelical order of worship.

The district of Brill with a larger settlement from the Roman Empire also belongs to the municipality . The grave of Frau von Brill from the Bronze Age, which is considered to be one of the most important finds of this period in East Frisia, was also discovered in the municipality .

religion

83% of the population are Protestant, 4% Catholic . The Dunumer church belongs to the parish of Harlingerland in Sprengel Ostfriesland-Ems of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover ; however, the village of Brill is assigned to the parish of Middels in the Aurich parish . The local Catholics belong to the parish of St. Willehad in Esens , which belongs to the Deanery of East Frisia of the Diocese of Osnabrück . Free church Christians have their parish centers in Neuschoo ( Evangelical Methodist Church ) and in Esens ( Baptists ). New Apostolic churches can be found in Neuschoo, Esens and Wittmund.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the community of Dunum consists of eleven councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 1001 and 2000 inhabitants. The eleven council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following result:

Political party Proportional votes Number of seats Change voices Change seats
Free Community of Voters Dunum / Brill (FWDB) 100.00% 11 0% 0

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 60.69%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous local election on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 58.55%.

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms is divided by Göpelschnitt ; in front a silver bar covered with two red hearts, behind in silver a blue cross, below in red three silver ears of wheat.

Culture and sights

See: List of architectural monuments in Dunum

Web links

Commons : Dunum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ↑ census database
  3. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on December 29, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Municipality of Dunum - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on December 29, 2016
  5. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016 .