Suurhusen is a village north of Emden in the German region of East Frisia . It has about 1,100 inhabitants and is administered by the municipality of Hinte . The steeple of the Suurhusen church , inclined at an angle of 5.19 degrees, is the most leaning tower of the world, beating the Leaning Tower of Pisa by 1.22 degrees.
2-430: The settlement was first mentioned in documents from 1255 and in former times was also called Zuiderhusen ("Southern Husen"), most likely due to close proximity of Osterhusen and Westerhusen . However, a stone with the year 1004 and ceramic objects found in the old church tower point to the fact that the village is much older. In the village centre is a small museum in which the life of an agricultural worker's family
4-497: Is illustrated. This Friesland (district) location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Westerhusen Westerhusen is a village in the region of East Frisia , in Lower Saxony , Germany . Administratively, it is an Ortsteil of the municipality of Hinte , of which it is located to the southwest. Westerhusen is about 5 kilometers to the north of Emden . The Church of Westerhusen from
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