Horum
Horum
Wangerland municipality
Coordinates: 53 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ N , 7 ° 59 ′ 6 ″ E
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Postal code : | 26434 | |
Area code : | 04426 | |
Location of Horum in Lower Saxony |
Horum is a district of the municipality of Wangerland in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony .
location
The place is in the northern part of the Wangerland. The district road 87, the so-called Störtebekerstrasse, runs through Horum .
history
In 1542 Horum was called "up den hoern", that is, on the corner, namely the northeast corner of Jeverland , which consists of sand and shells . Later the place name "up den horen" became the name Horum.
The largest employer in Horum from 1902 was the Horum dairy , in 1972 the company fell victim to the "dairy death". From 1988, the dairy building designed by the architect Theodor Eilers (* 1867 , † 1949 ) was converted into a hotel.
The inhabitants of the region, which in the past was dominated by agriculture , now live mainly from tourism .
References and footnotes
- ↑ The Störtebekerstraße , accessed December 29, 2015.
- ↑ Erhard Ahlrichs : Horumersiel : vom Sielort zum Nordseeheilbad , Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-130-4 , p. 11.
- ↑ Development of the dairy structure in Lower Saxony since 1950 (PDF; 20.1 kB), accessed on August 29, 2018.
- ↑ Melanie Hanz: 449 houses and buildings bear Eilers' signature . NWZonline of October 23, 2015 , accessed January 7, 2017.
- ↑ History of the former Horum dairy , accessed on December 29, 2015.