List of municipalities in the district of Aurich

Map of the district of Aurich

The list of municipalities in the district of Aurich gives an overview of the 24 smallest administrative units in the district . Four of the municipalities are cities . Aurich and Norden are medium- sized towns , Norderney and Wiesmoor are small towns . The places Greetsiel (municipality Krummhörn ), Hage , Marienhafe , Nesse (municipality Dornum ) and Pewsum (municipality Krummhörn) are town-like settlements with market rights, so-called spots .

In its current form, the district of Aurich was created in the course of the Lower Saxony district reform in 1977/78. The district was formed from the districts of Aurich and Norden . The current church structure was completed in 1980. In the case of the municipalities, it is noted to which district the main town of the municipality belonged before the regional reform. The year in which they joined the municipality is noted for the suburbs of the municipalities. This is also noted for the suburbs that belonged to a different district than the main town of today's municipality before the regional reform.

description

The district can be further subdivided into two municipalities :

• Integrated community Brookmerland : with the communities Marienhafe , Leezdorf , Osteel , Rechtsupweg , Upgant-Schott and Werdenum ;
• Integrated municipality of Hage : with the municipalities of Hage , Berumbur , Hagermarsch , Halbemond and Lütetsburg ;

The cities of Aurich , Norden , Norderney and Wiesmoor , like the municipalities of Baltrum , Dornum , Großefehn , Großheide , Hinte , Ihlow , Juist , Krummhörn and Südbrookmerland, are unitary municipalities.

The district has a total area of ​​1287.22 square kilometers . The city of Aurich has the largest area within the district with 197.21 square kilometers. It is followed by the municipalities of Krummhörn with 159.2 square kilometers, Großefehn with 127.25 square kilometers, Ihlow with 123.0 square kilometers and the city of Norden with 104.39 square kilometers. Each municipality has an area larger than 90 square kilometers, 80 square kilometers (the city of Wiesmoor ), 70 square kilometers, 60 square kilometers, and 40 square kilometers, respectively. Three municipalities cover an area of ​​over 20 square kilometers, including the city of Norderney , five municipalities are over 10 square kilometers and six municipalities are smaller than 10 square kilometers. The smallest areas have the municipalities of Berumbur with 6.42 square kilometers, Rechtsupweg with 5.13 square kilometers and Marienhafe with 4.06 square kilometers. The municipality-free area , the island of Memmert, has a size of 5.17 square kilometers.

The cities of Aurich with 42,040 inhabitants and Norden with 24,873 inhabitants have the largest share of the district's population of 189,694 inhabitants, followed by the municipality of Südbrookmerland with 18,319 inhabitants. Four communities, including the city of Wiesmoor , have over 10,000 inhabitants. Another four communities, including the city of Norderney , have over 5000 inhabitants. Ten municipalities have between 1000 and 5000 inhabitants. The three smallest municipalities in terms of population have less than 1000 inhabitants; these are the municipalities of Lütetsburg with 719 inhabitants, Baltrum with 604 and Hagermarsch with 431 inhabitants.

The entire district of Aurich has a population density of 147 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest population density within the district has the smallest municipalities in terms of area, Marienhafe with 590 inhabitants per square kilometer, Rechtsupweg with 410 and Berumbur with 432 followed by Hage with 377. Four municipalities have a population density of over 200, including the cities of Norden , Norderney and Aurich . In ten municipalities the population density is between 100 and 200. In five of these ten municipalities, including the city of Wiesmoor , the population density is higher than the district average of 147. The remaining six municipalities have a population density of less than 100 inhabitants per square kilometer. The most sparsely populated communities are Dornum with 58, Lütetsburg with 43 and Hagermarsch with 19 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Legend

• Municipality : Name of the municipality or city and information about the district to which the eponymous place of the municipality belonged before the regional reform
• Subsites : Enumerated are the formerly independent municipalities of the administrative unit. The year of incorporation is also given. This is also noted for the suburbs that belonged to a different district than the main town of today's municipality before the regional reform
• Joint congregation : Shows the affiliation to one of the joint congregations
• Coat of arms : coat of arms of the municipality or city
• Map : Shows the location of the municipality or city in the district
• Area : Area of ​​the city or municipality, given in square kilometers
• Population : number of people living in the municipality or city (as of December 31, 2019)
• Population density : The population density is given, calculated on the area of ​​the administrative unit, given in population per square kilometer (as of December 31, 2019)
• Altitude : Altitude of the eponymous town or town in meters above sea ​​level
• Image : Image from the respective municipality or city

Communities

local community	Sub-locations	Joint municipality	coat of arms	map	surface	Residents	EW density	height	image
Aurich district					1,287.22	189,694	147
Aurich (city) (belonged to the district of Aurich (East Frisia) before the regional reform)	Aurich Brockzetel (1972) Dietrichsfeld (1972) Egels (1972) Extum (1972) Georgsfeld (1972) Haxtum (1972) Kirchdorf (1972) Langefeld (1972) Middels (1972) Pfalzdorf (1972) Plaggenburg (1972) Popens (1972) Rahe (1972) Sandhorst (1972) Schirum (1972) Spekendorf (1972) Tannenhausen (1972) Walle (1972) Wallinghausen (1972) Wiesens (1972)				197.21	42,040	213	4th
Baltrum (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Baltrum				6.5	604	93	5
Berumbur (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Berumbur	Hage			6.42	2,773	432	3
Dornum (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Dornum Dornumersiel Nesse (Flecken) (was a joint municipality from 1972 to 2001 )				76.78	4,427	58	0
Großefehn (belonged to the district of Aurich (East Frisia) before the regional reform)	Akelsbarg Aurich-Oldendorf Bagband Felde Fiebing Holtrop Mittegroßefehn Ostgroßefehn Spetzerfehn Strackholt Ulbargen Timmel Westgroßefehn Wrisse (merger 1972)				127.25	13,982	110	5
Großheide (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Großheide Arle (1972) Berumerfehn (1972) Menstede-Coldinne (1972) Westerende (1972) Großheide, Arle, Berumerfehn and Menstede-Coldinne formed the municipality of Berumerfehn from 1971 to 1972.				69.32	8,597	124	3
Hage (Flecken) (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Hage Berum (1972) Blandorf-Wichte (1972)	Hage			16.62	6,272	377	1
Hagermarsch (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Hagermarsch Junkersrott (1972)	Hage			22.32	431	19th	2
Half moon (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Half moon	Hage			6.55	1.005	153	1
Rear (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Hinte Canhusen (1972) Cirkwehrum (1972) Groß Midlum (1972) Loppersum (1972) Osterhusen (1972) Suurhusen (1972) Westerhusen (1972)				48.06	7.106	148	0
Ihlow (belonged to the district of Aurich (East Frisia) before the regional reform)	Bangstede Barstede Ihlowerfehn Ihlowerhörn Ludwigsdorf Ochtelbur Ostersander Riepe Riepster Hammrich Simonswolde Westerende-Holzloog Westerende-Kirchloog (merger 1972)				123.0	12,467	101	0
Juist (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Juist Loog				16.43	1,524	93	3
Krummhörn (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Pewsum (Flecken) Campen Canum Eilsum Freepsum Greetsiel (Flecken) Grimersum Groothusen Hamswehrum Jennelt Loquard Manslagt Pilsum Rysum Upleward Uttum Visquard Woltzeten Woquard (merger 1972)				159.2	11,977	75	0
Leezdorf (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Leezdorf	Brookmerland			8.45	1,811	214	1
Lütetsburg (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Lütetsburg	Hage			16.73	719	43	0
Marienhafe (Flecken) (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Marienhafe Tjüche (1973)	Brookmerland			4.06	2,397	590	0
Norden (city) (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Norden Tidofeld (1952; previously belonged to the municipality of Lütetsburg) Bargebur (1972; previously belonged to the municipality of Lütetsburg) Leybuchtpolder (1972) Neuwesteel (1972) Norddeich (1972; was called Lintelermarsch until 1972 ) Ostermarsch (1972) Süderneuland I (1972) Süderneuland II ( 1972) Westermarsch I (1972) Westermarsch II (1972)				104.39	24,873	238	10
Norderney (city) (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Norderney fishing port Nordhelm				26.29	6,090	232	5
Osteel (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Osteel	Brookmerland			19.9	2.162	109	1
Rechtsupweg (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Rechtsupweg	Brookmerland			5.13	2,101	410	1
Südbrookmerland (belonged to the district of Aurich (East Friesland) before the regional reform)	Bedekaspel Forlitz-Blaukirchen Moordorf Moorhusen Münkeboe Oldeborg Theene Uthwerdum Victorbur Wiegboldsbur (merger 1972)				96.8	18,319	189	3
Upgant-Schott (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Upgant-Schott Siegelum (1969)	Brookmerland			24.78	3,782	153	1
Wiesmoor (city) (belonged to the district of Aurich (Ostfriesland) before the regional reform) (establishment of the place: 1906; establishment of the municipality: 1922; since 2006: city; several incorporations between 1922 and 1972)	Wiesmoor incorporations in 1972: Marcardsmoor Voßbarg Wiesederfehn (belonged to the district of Wittmund before the regional reform) Zwischenbergen				82.99	13,236	159	11
Werdenum (belonged to the north district before the regional reform)	Willum	Brookmerland			14.94	999	67	0
Unregulated areas	Memmert Island				5.17

Former parishes

See also : Municipalities of the Aurich district since 1885

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. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).