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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Lower Saxony
- Capital
- Jever
- District admin
- Sven Ambrosy ( SPD )
- Total
- 608 km (235 sq mi)
- Density
- 165/km (428/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- FRI
- Website
- friesland.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Friesland is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Wesermarsch, Ammerland, Leer and Wittmund, and by the North Sea. The city of Wilhelmshaven is enclosed by—but not part of—the district.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Friesland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.