Berumbur is a municipality in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipal association (''

Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of Municipalities of Germany, municipalities, equivalent to the ''Amt (administrative division) ...

'') of

Hage Hage (East Frisian language, East Frisian: ''Haag'') is a small East Frisian town (''Flecken'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located in the Aurich (district), district of Aurich close to the North Sea, approximately 5 km east of Norden, Lower S ...

. In 2022 it had approximately 2,700 inhabitants and covers an area of 6.42 square kilometers. It is east of the town of

. The municipality includes the districts (''

Ortsteile A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

'') Kleinheide and Holzdorf. Directly to the west of Berumbur is Berum, home to

Berum Castle Berum Castle is located in the Berum district the East Frisian town of Hage in Germany. It is one of the most important sites in East Frisian history. History The castle is first mentioned in a document of 1310, as the seat of a member of ...

, which played a prominent role in East Frisian history.

Etymology

The place was first officially mentioned as ''Bherum Buer'' in 1552. Later names were ''Behrumsbuhr'' (1645) and ''Berumbuer'' (1730). In the name of this settlement, the

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...

root ''*būr''- appears twice: in the defining word as an umlauted

Old Frisian Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the late 13th century and the end of 16th century. It is the common ancestor of all the modern Frisian languages except for the North Frisian language#Insular North Frisian, Insular North ...

form ''bēre'', in the base word as

Middle Low German Middle Low German is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle Ages and has been documented in writing since about 1225–34 (). During the Hanseatic period (from about 1300 to about 1600), Mid ...

''būr''. The meaning is "farming community belonging to Berum".

References

Aurich (district) Towns and villages in East Frisia {{EastFrisia-stub