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Esens, Lower Saxony

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Location of Esens within Wittmund district

53°38′49″N 7°36′46″E / 53.64694°N 7.61278°E / 53.64694; 7.61278CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictWittmund Municipal assoc.EsensGovernment

• MayorKarin Emken^[1]Area

• Total26.83 km² (10.36 sq mi)Elevation

3 m (10 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,427 • Density280/km² (720/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

26427

Dialling codes04971Vehicle registrationWTMWebsitewww.esens.de

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.

Esens townhall in wintertime
Aerial view of Esens harbour Bensersiel

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

^ "Meeting in Esens | bewellatschool.sp16przemysl.pl.pl".
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.