Westdorf (Dornum)

Westdorf Dornum municipality
	Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 40 ″ N , 7 ° 19 ′ 9 ″ E
Height :	3 (2.3–8.9) m above sea level NN
Residents :	197 (2011)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Incorporated into:	Nesse
Postal code :	26553
Area code :	04938
Location of Westdorf in Lower Saxony

Westdorf is a district of the municipality of Dornum in East Frisia . In 2011 the district, which also includes Ostdorf , had 197 inhabitants.

Westdorf is about three kilometers south of the North Sea coast. The main town of the municipality, Dornum, is about six kilometers away in an easterly direction. The first traces of settlement in the area of today's district date from the Roman Empire. The Warfendorf was founded in the middle of the Kalkmarsch on the former Hilgenried Bay. Agriculture plays an important role economically. Horse breeding and keeping have a special place here. In this area the farmers from Westdorf were able to show success as district, provincial and state winners. For this reason, the horseshoe appears in the coat of arms.

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

The coat of arms of the place shows a green mountain in silver over a silver shield base, raised by a black horseshoe. It symbolizes the history of the place: The green mountain indicates the warfen in the area of the municipality. The horseshoe illustrates the importance of agriculture.

The painter, graphic artist and sculptor Ruth Schmidt Stockhausen (1922–2014) lived very close to the warf from 1983 to 2014 in an old Gulfhof on Westdorfer Cankebeerstrasse. Her artistic estate is managed by the Westdorf-based Ruth Schmidt Stockhausen Foundation and her studio rooms can be viewed every summer on selected weekends.

Web links

Commons : Westdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Brief portrait of the Dornum community , accessed on July 22, 2014
^ Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft: Westdorf, Samtgemeinde Dornum, Landkreis Aurich (PDF; 23 kB), accessed on August 11, 2010.
^ 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 .
↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
^ Municipality of Dornum: Westdorf coat of arms , accessed on August 11, 2010.
^ Ruth Schmidt Stockhausen Foundation

[1] Brief portrait of the Dornum community , accessed on July 22, 2014

[Ortschronisten-2] Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft: Westdorf, Samtgemeinde Dornum, Landkreis Aurich (PDF; 23 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] Municipality of Dornum: Westdorf coat of arms , accessed on August 11, 2010.

[6] Ruth Schmidt Stockhausen Foundation