Weener
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Not to be confused with Wiener.
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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Leer |
| Town subdivisions | 9 districts |
| Mayor | Wilhelm Dreesmann (Ind.) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 81.24 km2 (31.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population | 15,654 (30 June 2006) |
| - Density | 193 /km2 (499 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | LER |
| Postal code | 26826 |
| Area code | 04951 |
| Website | www.weener.de |
| Location of the town of Weener within Leer district | |
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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.
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[edit] Town
[edit] Division of the town
The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:
- Weener
- Kirchborgum
- Diele
- Vellage/ Halte
- Stapelmoor
- Holthusen
- Weenermoor/ Möhlenwarf
- St. Georgiwold
- Beschotenweg
[edit] Neighbouring communities
In the district of Leer:
In the district of Emsland:
[edit] Politics
[edit] Mayor
Wilhelm Dreesmann is the mayor of Weener since Nov. 1, 2006. He won 51.9% of the votes.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Twin towns
[edit] 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
- 2003 - 15.625
- 2004 - 15.666
- 2005 - 15.602
[edit] External links
- Official site (German)
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