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{{Infobox German place
| Name = Wybelsum
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| Art = [[Quarter (urban subdivision)|District]]
| City = [[Emden]]
| image_photo = Alter Friedhof und Kirche Wybelsum (Emden).jpg
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'''Wybelsum''' is a [[village]] in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. Located to the west of the city, it is administratively a [[quarter (urban subdivision)|district]] ({{lang|de|Stadtteil}}) of [[Emden]]. The village was incorporated as such on 1 July 1972, as were the villages of [[Logumer Vorwerk]] and [[Twixlum]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982. |publisher=W. Kohlhammer GmbH |location=Stuttgart and Mainz |year=1983 |isbn=3170032631 |page=260 |author=Statistisches Bundesamt |language=de}}</ref>
The village was mentioned in a document in 1348 as ''Wivelsum'', probably a combination of the nickname ''Wifel'' and the suffix ''-um'' ('home'), therefore meaning "Wifel's home".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Von Aaltukerei bis Zwischenmooren – Die Siedlungsnamen zwischen Dollart und Jade |last=Remmers |first=Arend |year=2004 |publisher=Verlag Schuster |location=Leer |isbn=3796303595 |page=248 |language=de}}</ref>
The village has a church from 1700, which replaced the [[:de:Wybelsumer Kirche|church]] of the village of [[Geerdsweer]], which was abandoned after a storm surge in 1699.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archiv-heinze.de/kirchorte/kirchorte.html#Wybelsum |title=Alte Kirche in Wybelsum gibt es seit 300 Jahren |website=Archiv-Heinze.de |access-date=16 October 2023 |language=de |last=Heinze |first=Michael Till}}</ref>
==Gallery==
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Gulfhof Bettewehrstraße 12 in Wybelsum (Emden).jpg|Monumental house
Gulfhaus Bettewehrstraße 1 in Wybelsum (Emden, 2023).jpg|Monumental house
Wybelsum lighthouse-msu-2021-16-.jpg|Wybelsum lighthouse
Flug Emden zum Pilsumer Leuchtturm 2010 036.JPG|[[Lock (water navigation)|Lock]] near Wybelsum
</gallery>
==Notable people==
* [[André Krzatala]] (born 1990), professional football player
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Emden]]
[[Category:Populated places in Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Towns and villages in East Frisia]]