Wolthusen | |
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Coordinates: 53°22′17″N7°13′35″E / 53.37129°N 7.22648°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
City | Emden |
Population | |
• Metro | 4,081 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Dialling codes | 04921 |
Vehicle registration | 26725 |
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The village character can still be found around the old village church from 1784. The church, located on a yard, was built on the location where a predecessor had already been built in the fifteenth century. [1] The name of the village refers to its location in low, swampy meadows (wold), composed of -husen, i.e. 'houses'. [2]
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