Esens, Lower Saxony

Esens, Lower Saxony
Coat of arms
Esens, Lower Saxony
Location of Esens, Lower Saxony within Wittmund district
Coordinates: 53°38′49″N 7°36′46″E / 53.64694°N 7.61278°E / 53.64694; 7.61278Coordinates: 53°38′49″N 7°36′46″E / 53.64694°N 7.61278°E / 53.64694; 7.61278
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Wittmund
Municipal assoc.	Esens
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Wilbers (SPD)
Area
• Total	26.83 km2 (10.36 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,284
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	26427
Dialling codes	04971
Vehicle registration	WTM
Website	www.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.

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  Esens townhall in wintertime
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  Aerial view of Esens's 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

Christian Everhard

References

External links

• Media related to Esens at Wikimedia Commons

Towns and municipalities in Wittmund (district)
Blomberg Dunum Esens Eversmeer Friedeburg Holtgast Langeoog Moorweg Nenndorf Neuharlingersiel Neuschoo Ochtersum Schweindorf Spiekeroog Stedesdorf Utarp Werdum Westerholt Wittmund