Berumerfehn is part of the municipality

Großheide Großheide (East Frisian: Grootheid) is a village and a municipality in the Aurich (district), district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km east of Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden, and 15 km northwest of ...

in the district of Aurich, in

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History

Early years

Berumerfehn was founded in 1794 by the Fehnkompanie of

Norden Norden is a Scandinavian and German word, directly translated as "the North". It may refer to: Places England * Norden, Basingstoke, a ward of Basingstoke and Deane * Norden, Dorset, a hamlet near Corfe Castle * Norden, Greater Manchester, a vill ...

. The Fehnkompanie was a

peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

digging company of people from Norden and

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 ...

. By this time the village was named Norderfehn, because it was the only settlement founded inside the peat (Lower German: fehn) by of people from Norden. Later the name of the village changed to Berumerfehn because of the close distance to Berum

20th century

In 1972 Berumerfehn got incorporated into the municipality of Großheide.

21st century

On August 16, 2021, an F2 T5

tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...

hit Berumerfehn and damaged about 50 houses.

References

{{Authority control Großheide Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia