Pilsum

Pilsum
Pilsum
Village of Krummhörn
	Aerial view of Pilsum
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pilsum
	Pilsum Pilsum
	Coordinates: 53°28′59″N 7°03′49″E / 53.48308°N 7.06351°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Aurich
Municipality	Krummhörn
Area
• Metro	10.81 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Elevation	5.5 m (18.0 ft)
Population
• Metro	537
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26736
Dialling codes	04926

Pilsum 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 Manslagt and Greetsiel.

Pilsum was built on a warft. The original version of the current Church of Pilsum was built around 1240.^[1] To the northwest of Pilsum is the 11 metres high Pilsum Lighthouse, located on a dyke on the Wadden Sea.^[2]

Gallery

Notable people

Andreas Bodenstein (1486–1541), theologian

References

^ "Pilsum". Wierden en terpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ Scheiblich, Reinhard; Staack, Hans Helge (2010). Leuchttürme Lexikon [Glossary of Lighthouses] (in German). Edition Ellert & Richter. pp. 136–138. ISBN 978-3-8319-0038-1.

External links

Media related to Pilsum at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Pilsum". Wierden en terpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 October 2023.

[2] Scheiblich, Reinhard; Staack, Hans Helge (2010). Leuchttürme Lexikon [Glossary of Lighthouses] (in German). Edition Ellert & Richter. pp. 136–138. ISBN 978-3-8319-0038-1.

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