Filsum: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Filsum
Townscape
The historic center of Filsum is characterized as a typical East Frisian clustered village with historic farmhouses. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Filsum can then continue searching for accommodation.
The altar in St. Paul’s Church dates from around 1500. The pulpit bears the inscription “Anno 1660.”
Culture
Nature
The Filsum Moor is the remnant of a genuine raised bog. A five-kilometer circular hiking trail leads around the moor. The route offers views of peat layers that accumulated over approximately 3,000 years and reached a thickness of about three meters. Protected hedgerows provide habitats for birds and small animals.
Things to Do
The Stork Route is described as a well-signposted, family-friendly 33-kilometer route. It has nine information boards, stork nests, a nest model, and an observation tower with a telescope. Filsum Moor and Filsum Westerende are located near the Stork Route. Its information lists Augustfehn and Leer as the nearest train stations. It also includes the following locations in Filsum: Dorfstraße, Bahnhofstraße, Schule, and Scholz.
A hand-operated ferry connects Filsum and Holtland across the Holtlander Ehetief for cyclists and pedestrians. Filsum also has an equestrian facility with a large indoor arena and outdoor areas where high-level competitions take place.
More town pages: Rhauderfehn, Jemgum, Ostrhauderfehn, Neukamperfehn, Hesel, Detern, Brinkum.
To the higher-level travel overview: Leer.
