Grimersum

Grimersum
Aerial view of Grimersum
Aerial view of Grimersum
Coat of arms of Grimersum
Location of Grimersum
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Grimersum is located in Germany
Grimersum
Grimersum
Grimersum is located in Lower Saxony
Grimersum
Grimersum
Coordinates: 53°28′38″N 7°10′14″E / 53.47709°N 7.17051°E / 53.47709; 7.17051
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictAurich
MunicipalityKrummhörn
Area
 • Metro
16.13 km2 (6.23 sq mi)
Elevation
3.8 m (12.5 ft)
Population
 • Metro
577
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26736
Dialling codes04920

Grimersum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Krummhörn. The village is located between Eilsum and Wirdum, about 12.5 kilometers north of Emden.

The village, like the nearby village of Groothusen, is one of the elongated warft villages that were built in the early 8th century on estuaries and bends as trading places for the expanding overseas trade of the Frisian peasant merchants.[1] The village is dominated by an old church, which was built in the 13th century.[2]

  1. ^ "Grimersum". Wierden en terpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grimersum" [Evangelical Reformed Church Grimersum]. Ostfriesland (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2019.