Pewsum
Sign in to savePewsum is a village in the municipality of Krummhörn in the west of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Pewsum is both the administrative seat as well as the trade and craft centre of the municipality. The number of inhabitants was 3,352 in 2006 and the village lies at a height of .
Key facts
- German location.name
- Pewsum
- German location.type
- Village
- German location.image_photo
- J38 436 Mühle Pewsum.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Windmill in Pewsum
- German location.Wappen
- Wappen Pewsum.png
- German location.Municipality
- Krummhörn
- German location.district
- Aurich
- German location.state
- Lower Saxony
- German location.elevation
- 0
- German location.area
- 6.68
- German location.population
- 3,352
- German location.Stand
- 2006-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 26736
- German location.area_code
- 04923
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Pewsum is a village in the municipality of Krummhörn in the west of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Pewsum is both the administrative seat as well as the trade and craft centre of the municipality. The number of inhabitants was 3,352 in 2006 and the village lies at a height of .
== History == Pewsum was first mentioned in 945 as the castle of the Manninga family of chieftains. From 1565, Pewsum belonged to the Cirksena dynasty. Well-known people who resided in Pewsum included the Swedish marshall, Dodo von Knyphausen, General Peter Ernst II von Mansfeld and the Great Elector.