Rysum is a village located 15 kilometers west 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 ...

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 ...

, in

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. 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 ...

. The village is home to the Rysum organ, one of the earliest

pipe organ The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a Musical keyboard, keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single tone and pitch, the pipes are provide ...

s in playable condition. The village, built on a ''

warft A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...

'', was first mentioned in the 10th century. The Evangelical Reformed Church of Rysum dates from the 15th century.

Gallery

Rysum von der Kiebitzstraße.jpg, View of Rysum Rysum-church-msu-2958.jpg, Church of Rysum Rysum-Kirche-msu-2023-0I9A-6236-.jpg, Rysum organ J38 418 Galerieholländermühle Rysum.jpg, Windmill in Rysum

References

External links

Rysum official website

The history of Rysum
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