Esens, Lower Saxony

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Country Germany District Wittmund Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 6,934 (31 Dec 2008)		State Lower Saxony Municipal assoc. Esens Postal codes 26427 Local time Tuesday 10:58 PM

Weather 2°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 84% Humidity Points of interest Wattenhuus Bensersiel, Peldemühle, Museum „Leben am Meer“, Siegfried Esmarch, Ferienhof Inselblick

Esens is a municipality in the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 14 km northwest of Wittmund, and 20 km northeast of Aurich.

Map of 26427 Esens, Germany

Esens is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Esens.

Sons and daughters of the city

David Fabricius (1564-1617), theologian, major amateur astronomer and cartographer

Johann Hülsemann (1602-1661), Lutheran theologian

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714), composer

Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia (1665-1708), Prince of East Friesland from the House of Cirksena

Enno Rudolph Brenneysen, (1669-1734), jurist and chancellor of East Friesland

Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725-1776), theologian, zoologist and professor in Erlangen

Theodore Thomas (conductor) (1835-1905), composer, founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Gerhard Tappen (1866-1953), General of the Artillery

Timo Schultz (born 1977), German footballer

References

Esens, Lower Saxony Wikipedia

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Map of 26427 Esens, Germany

Sons and daughters of the city

References