Uphusen is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany. The East Frisian village is currently a borough (Stadtteil) of the city of Emden together with Marienwehr.

Uphusen
Church of Uphusen
Location of Uphusen-Marienwehr within Emden
Uphusen is located in Germany
Uphusen
Uphusen
Uphusen is located in Lower Saxony
Uphusen
Uphusen
Coordinates: 53°22′37″N 7°15′03″E / 53.37682°N 7.25083°E / 53.37682; 7.25083
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
CityEmden
Population
 • Metro
817
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Dialling codes04921
Vehicle registration26725

Uphusen was originally a village built on a warft. The current warft, with the church on it, was created from three smaller mounds.[1] The current church dates from the fifteenth century. This replaced an earlier church from the thirteenth century that was said to have been demolished and rebuilt in Veenhusen.

The name of the place is a combination of up ('higher') and husen ('houses'), therefore meaning “higher located houses”.[2]

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Schwarz, Wolfgang (1995). "Archäologische Quellen zur Besiedlung Ostfrieslands im frühen und hohen Mittelalter". In Behre, Karl-Ernst; Van Lengen, Hajo (eds.). Ostfriesland. Geschichte und Gestalt einer Kulturlandschaft (in German). Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft. p. 75–92. ISBN 3925365850.
  2. ^ Remmers, Arend (2004). Von Aaltukerei bis Zwischenmooren – Die Siedlungsnamen zwischen Dollart und Jade (in German). Leer: Verlag Schuster. p. 224. ISBN 3796303595.
edit

  Media related to Uphusen (Emden) at Wikimedia Commons