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Westochtersum is next to Barkholt and Ostochtersum one of three districts of Ochtersum , a municipality in the integrated municipality of Holtriem in the East Frisian district of Wittmund , Lower Saxony .

The village is located about five kilometers northeast of Westerholt at an altitude of 3.9  m above sea level. NHN . The terp and row settlement covers an area of ​​3.87 square kilometers. The soil consists largely of Plaggeneschboden, which are underlain by pseudogley brown earth soils. The village is predominantly agricultural. The name of the place refers to the location in the west of the municipality Ochtersum. Their name is probably a derivation of the Latin noun ortus (= sunrise).

The St. Materniani Church, built in the last third of the 13th century, is worth seeing .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft: Westochtersum, Samtgemeinde Holtriem, Landkreis Wittmund (PDF; 507 kB), accessed on January 19, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 20.4 "  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 30.5"  E