Weener
Sign in to saveWeener () is a town in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Ems. The town's population is at 15,654, making it the largest town of the region Rheiderland. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden and Bremen.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Weener
- German location.image_photo
- Weener - Am Hafen + Alter Hafen 20 ies.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- View of Weener
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Weener (Ems).png
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Stadt Weener (Ems).png
- German location.image_plan
- Weener in LER.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Leer
- German location.elevation
- 5
- German location.area
- 81.23
- German location.postal_code
- 26826
- German location.area_code
- 04951
- German location.licence
- LER
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 4 57 021
- German location.divisions
- 9 districts
- German location.website
- www.weener.de
- German location.mayor
- Heiko Abbas
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Town
- Division of the town
- Neighbouring communities
- Politics
- Mayor
- Town Council
- International relations
- Demographics
- Climate
- Previous residents
- References
- External links
Weener () is a town in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Ems. The town's population is at 15,654, making it the largest town of the region Rheiderland. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden and Bremen.
The city was first mentioned in a monastery's records in 951.