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Dornum 
DornumLocation of Dornum within Aurich district
Coordinates 53°39′N 7°25′E / 53.65°N 7.41667°ECoordinates: 53°39′N 7°25′E / 53.65°N 7.41667°E Administration Country Germany State Lower Saxony District Aurich Municipal subdivisions 8 districts Mayor Michael Hook (Ind.) Basic statistics Area 69.32 km2 (26.76 sq mi) Elevation 0 m (0 ft) Population 4,748 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 68 /km2 (177 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate AUR Postal code 26553 Area codes 0 49 33,
0 49 38 (Sielrott, Westdorf)Website www.dornum.de Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 15 km east of Norden, and 20 km north of Aurich.
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Division of the municipality
A few towns of Dornum are: Neßmersiel, Dornumersiel, Nesse, Roggenstede, Westerbur, Westeraccum, Schwittersum.
Notable places
Dornum is home to the Lutheran St. Bartholomaeus Church. Bartholomaeus church contains an organ built by Gerhard von Holy. The organ is now considered a national treasure. Dornum also houses the only surviving building of a synagogue in East Frisia.
The receiving terminal for gas through Europipe I and II lies at Dornum. The gas is transported on from here through a 48 kilometre pipeline to Emden for quality and volume metering. From here the gas is routed to customers’ gas grids. The Czech Republic and Austria receive gas through Europipe II at Dornum. The Czechs take over the gas here for onward transport via the German St Katerina gas grid, at the German-Czech border. Austria takes over the gas at the German-Austrian border at Oberkappel.
Notable residents
Minnie Schönberg (Minnie Marx), 1865–1929, mother of the Marx brothers, and her brother Al Shean
The fishing harbour at Dornumersiel
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.
External links
- www.dornum.de (German)
- Pipe organ concert tour (German)
Aurich | Baltrum | Berumbur | Dornum | Großefehn | Großheide | Hage | Hagermarsch | Halbemond | Hinte | Ihlow | Juist | Krummhörn | Leezdorf | Lütetsburg | Marienhafe | Norden | Norderney | Osteel | Rechtsupweg | Südbrookmerland | Upgant-Schott | Wiesmoor | Wirdum
Categories:- Municipalities in Lower Saxony
- Towns and villages in East Frisia
- East Frisia stubs
- Weser-Ems region geography stubs
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