Weener
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Location of Weener
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| Coordinates: 53°10′09″N 07°21′23″E / 53.16917°N 7.35639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Leer |
| Subdivisions | 9 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Heiko Abbas[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.23 km2 (31.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 15,215 |
| • Density | 187.3/km2 (485.1/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 (German pronunciation: [ˈveːnɐ] ⓘ) 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.
Town
[edit]Division of the town
[edit]The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:
- Weener
- Kirchborgum
- Diele
- Vellage / Halte
- Stapelmoor
- Holthusen
- Weenermoor / Möhlenwarf
- St. Georgiwold
- Beschotenweg
Neighbouring communities
[edit]In the district of Leer:
In the district of Emsland:
Politics
[edit]Mayor
[edit]- 2006–2014: Wilhelm Dreesmann
- 2014–2021: Ludwig Sonnenberg
- 2021–incumbent: Heiko Abbas
Town Council
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (November 2021) |
The composition of the town council for the 2021-2026 electoral period is:
International relations
[edit]Weener is twinned with:
Demographics
[edit]Statistics are as of December 31 of each year:
- 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
- 2018 – 16.276
Climate
[edit]Weener is in a temperate climate zone, influenced by the North Sea. During the summer, the temperatures are lower than those in the rest of Germany. In winter, the temperatures are higher than the other regions.[citation needed]
Previous residents
[edit]Recent findings published in the academic periodical Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft[3] (Journal of Historical Studies) by the German historian Jürgen Matthäus, show that Jakobus Onnen, a German citizen born in the adjoining hamlet of Tichelwarf, is erroneously listed as a war victim on the memorial located at the Heimatverein Rheiderland museum in Weener[4] is the perpetrator photographed[5] in "The Last Jew in Vinnitsa". This massacre was most likely carried out on 28 July 1941 in Berdychiv by the Einsatzgruppe C, a mobile death squad of the Nazi SS, of which Jakobus Onnen was a member.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ↑ "Tabelle EVAS 12411, Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2024" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ↑ "Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft – Metropol Verlag".
- ↑ "Google Maps".
- ↑ Cole, Deborah (2 October 2025). "Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image". The Guardian.
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in German)
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