Esens, Lower Saxony
# Esens, Lower Saxony

Esens is a municipality in the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 14 km northwest of Wittmund, and 20 km northeast of Aurich.

* Esens townhall in wintertime
* Aerial view of Esens harbour Bensersiel

Esens is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Esens.

## Sons and daughters of the city

* David Fabricius (1564-1617), theologian, major amateur astronomer and cartographer
* Johann Hülsemann (1602-1661), Lutheran theologian
* Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714), composer
* Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia (1665-1708), Prince of East Friesland from the House of Cirksena
* Enno Rudolph Brenneysen, (1669-1734), jurist and chancellor of East Friesland
* Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725-1776), theologian, zoologist and professor in Erlangen
* Theodore Thomas (conductor) (1835-1905), composer, founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
* Gerhard Tappen (1866-1953), General of the Artillery
* Timo Schultz (born 1977), German footballer
