Freepsum is a village in the region of

East Frisia East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia and to the ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

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. The village has 437 inhabitants (2006) and lies about ten kilometres northwest of the seaport of

Emden Emden () is an Independent city (Germany), independent town and seaport in Lower Saxony in the north-west of Germany and lies on the River Ems (river), Ems, close to the Germany–Netherlands border, Netherlands border. It is the main town in t ...

. It is part of the municipality of

Krummhörn Krummhörn is a municipality in the Aurich (district), district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Ems (river), Ems estuary, approximately 15 km southwest of Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden, and 10 km northwest of ...

Freepsum was an independent parish until the foundation of the municipality of Krummhörn as part of the Lower Saxony municipal reforms in 1972. Today the village is one of the 19 parishes in ''the Krummhörn'', as the municipality is colloquially called. Immediately southeast of the village is the Freepsum Sea or ', a former inland lake that has since been drained. The lowest point of the resulting hollow was for a long time the lowest point in Germany, at 2.5 metres below

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, but has since been superseded in that respect by a point in

Neuendorf-Sachsenbande Neuendorf-Sachsenbande is a municipality in Wilstermarsch, in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town is notable for containing the lowest accessible point in Germany, which is 3.54 m (11.61 ft) below sea le ...

which has officially been measured at 3.54 m (11.61 ft) below

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. The Church of Freepsum was built in the 13th century.

Gallery

Freepsum Orgel.jpg, Organ in the Church of Freepsum Freepsum sonnenuhr.jpg, Sundial Freepsumer Meer 1201.JPG, Information sign at the Freepsumer Meer

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