Hage ( East Frisian: ''Haag'') is a small

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 ...

n town (''Flecken'') in

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. Located in the district of Aurich close to the

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, approximately 5 km east 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 ...

, Hage has a population of 6,424 as of 31 December 2022. Hage is also the seat of the ''

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) ...

'' ("collective municipality")

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 ...

. To the municipality of Hage belong the villages (''Ortsteile'') of Berum, Blandorf, Hagerwilde, and Wichte. The former is the site of

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 an important role in East Frisian history.

Gallery

Burg Berum-msu-2021-210-4738.jpg, Burg Berum Hager Mühle ohne Fluegel.jpg, Windmill Bahnhof Hage (Ostfriesland).jpg, Hage railway station

Notable people

Johan Rudolph Deiman Jan Rudolph Deiman or Johann Rudolf Deimann (29 August 1743 – 15 January 1808) was a German-Dutch physician and chemist who was among the first to examine electrolysis of water, and examine the application of electricity for medical uses along wi ...

(1743–1808), physician and chemist * Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert (born 1954), Egyptologist *

Rudolf Ströbinger Rudolf Ströbinger (1931, Hage –2005) was a German journalist and writer. 1931 births 2005 deaths German male journalists German-language writers German male writers Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Ge ...

(1931–2005), journalist and writer

References

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