Weener
Weener | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Weener within Leer district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Leer |
| Subdivisions | 9 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wilhelm Dreesmann (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 81.24 km2 (31.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 15,997 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 26826 |
| Dialling codes | 04951 |
| Vehicle registration | LER |
| Website | www.weener.de |
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, approx. 10 km southwest of Leer, and 25 km southeast of Emden.
The city was first mentioned in a monastery's records in 951 A.D.
South of Weener, there is the 380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing.
Town
Division of the town
The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:
- Weener
- Kirchborgum
- Diele
- Vellage/ Halte
- Stapelmoor
- Holthusen
- Weenermoor/ Möhlenwarf
- St. Georgiwold
- Beschotenweg
Neighbouring communities
In the district of Leer:
In the district of Emsland:
Politics
Mayor
Wilhelm Dreesmann is the mayor of Weener since Nov. 1, 2006. He won 51.9% of the votes.
Town Council
The last election to the town council took place in 2006:
- SPD = 53,0%, 17 seats
- CDU = 19,6%, 6 seats
- UWG = 19,0%, 6 seats
- Grüne = 5,6%, 2 seats
- FDP = 1,9%, 1 seat
Two members of the SPD group have split and form a single group in the council today.
Twin towns
Demographics
Always on December, 31.
- 1980 - 14.115
- 1985 - 14.245
- 1990 - 14.320
- 1995 - 14.831
- 2000 - 15.338
- 2001 - 15.406
- 2002 - 15.534 123fuck u!!!1
- 2003 - 15.625
- 2004 - 15.666
- 2005 - 15.602
External links
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