What is Aurich?
{{For|the district|Aurich (district)}} {{Infobox German location |type = Town |name = Aurich |image_photo = Fussgängerzone Aurich.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Pedestrian zone in Aurich |image_flag = Flagge Aurich.svg |image_coa = DEU Aurich COA.svg |coordinates = {{Coord|53|28|17|N|07|29|01|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Aurich in AUR.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Aurich |elevation = 4 |area = 197.21 |postal_code = 26603–26607 |area_code = 04941 |licence = AUR |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 52 001 |website = {{URL|https://www.aurich.de/}} |mayor = Horst Feddermann<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref> |leader_term = 2019&ndash;24 |party = Independent }} '''Aurich''' ({{audio|Aurich.ogg|German pronunciation}}; [[East Frisian Low Saxon]]: ''Auerk'', [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]: ''Auwerk'', {{lang-stq|Aurk}}) is a town in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of the [[Aurich (district)|district of Aurich]] and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both in population, after [[Emden]], and in area, after [[Wittmund]]. ==Twin towns – sister cities== Aurich is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Partnerstadt Appingedam|url=https://www.aurich.de/stadtinformationen/partnerstadt-appingedam.html|website=aurich.de|publisher=Aurich|language=de|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-date=9 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209085636/https://www.aurich.de/stadtinformationen/partnerstadt-appingedam.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *{{flagicon|NED}} [[Appingedam]], Netherlands ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons}} *