Hage

Hage
Municipality
St. Ansgari Church
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Hage within Aurich district
Location of Hage
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Coordinates: 53°36′N 7°17′E / 53.600°N 7.283°E / 53.600; 7.283
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  (2024-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,520
• Density	392/km2 (1,020/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