Filsum

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Location of Filsum within Leer district

53°14′N 7°38′E / 53.233°N 7.633°E / 53.233; 7.633CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictLeerMunicipal assoc.JümmeGovernment

• MayorGeorg Gathen (CDU)Area

• Total23.76 km² (9.17 sq mi)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total2,221 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

26849

Dialling codes04957Vehicle registrationLERWebsitefilsum.de

Filsum is a small municipality in the Leer district, in the North West of Germany.

The municipality lies approximately 30 km from the Netherlands border, and 50 km from where the coast meets the North Sea.

It is home to the 'horse whisperer' and bonesetter, Tamme Hanken.

Mayors

Gerhard Bruns (CDU) was elected in 2016 honorary mayor of Filsum.^[2] He ist the successor of Margret Schulte-Cramer (CDU),^[3] she was in office 2011-2016.

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ Gemeinderat Filsum Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 29. December 2016.
^ OZ-Online: Eine glasklare Sache für die CDU, retrieved 29. Dezember 2016.