Berumerfehn

Berumerfehn is part of the municipality Großheide in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

Early years

Berumerfehn was founded in 1794 by the Fehnkompanie of Norden. The Fehnkompanie was a peat digging company of people from Norden and Hage.
By this time the village was named Norderfehn, because it was the only settlement founded inside the peat by of people from Norden.
Later the name of the village changed to Berumerfehn because of the close distance to Berum

20th century

In 1972 Berumerfehn got incorporated into the municipality of Großheide.

21st century

On August 16, 2021, an F2 T5 tornado hit Berumerfehn and damaged about 50 houses.