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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Lower Saxony
- Capital
- Leer
- District admin
- Matthias Groote ( SPD )
- Total
- 1,086 km (419 sq mi)
- Density
- 155.7/km (403.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- LER
- Website
- landkreis-leer.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Leer is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the city of Emden, the districts of Aurich, Wittmund, Friesland, Ammerland, Cloppenburg and Emsland, and by the Netherlands (Province of Groningen).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.