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| State: | Lower Saxony |
| Capital: | Wittmund |
| Adm. Region: | Weser-Ems |
| Area: | 656.64 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 57,600 (2003) |
| pop. density: | 88 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | WTM |
| Homepage: | http://www.wittmund.de/landkreis |
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The district is located at the short to the North Sea. The coastal areas of the mainland are also known as Harlinger Land. The islands of Langeoog and Spiekeroog , both belonging to the East Frisian Islands, are part of this district.
The district was created in 1885 from the Amt Wittmund, the Amt Esens and the city Esens. All were previously part of the district Aurich. In 1977 the district was merged with the district Friesland, which was however not popular. The merger was declared as unconsiitutional in 1979, and the two districts were re-established in their old boundaries.
The district has a partnership with the district Schönebeck in Saxony-Anhalt, which was started with the German reunification in 1990 to help to establish the district administration in former East Germany.
| The ship in the coat of arms symbolize the coastal location of the district. The three sails show heraldic symbols for the district - the front one show a bear as the symbol of the Attena family from Esens, who ruled in the 14th and 15th century14th century 15th century 16th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. Events Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art. The New Monarchs come to power i. The main sail shows two whips as the symbol of the Hero Omken, taken from the coat of arms of the city Wittmund. The eagle in the rear sail stands for the caste and Amt Friedeburg. |
| Towns | SamtgemeindenAn Amt (plural mter is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundeslander (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this subdivision in the past. Some states have similar | free municipalitiesA municipality or general-purpose district (see also: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. Municipalities are not necessa |
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