Hage
Hage | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Hage
within Aurich district | |
Location of Hage | |
Hage Hage | |
| Coordinates: 53°36′N 7°17′E / 53.600°N 7.283°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Aurich |
| Municipal assoc. | Hage |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Erwin Sell (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.62 km2 (6.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 6,534 |
| • Density | 393.1/km2 (1,018/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 26524 |
| Dialling codes | 0 49 31 |
| Vehicle registration | AUR |
| Website | www.hage-nordsee.de |
Hage (East Frisian: Haag) is a small East Frisian town (Flecken) in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located in the district of Aurich close to the North Sea, approximately 5 km east of Norden, Hage has a population of 6,424 as of 31 December 2022. Hage is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hage.
To the municipality of Hage belong the villages (Ortsteile) of Berum, Blandorf, Hagerwilde, and Wichte. The former is the site of Berum Castle, which played an important role in East Frisian history.
Gallery
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Burg Berum
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Windmill
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Hage railway station
Notable people
- Johan Rudolph Deiman (1743–1808), physician and chemist
- Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert (born 1954), Egyptologist
- Rudolf Ströbinger (1931–2005), journalist and writer
References
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.