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Apen
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Gemeinde
- German location.name
- Apen
- German location.image_photo
- Rathaus Gemeinde Apen (Landkreis Ammerland).jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall in Apen
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Apen.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Apen COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Apen in WST.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Ammerland
- German location.elevation
- 3
- German location.area
- 77.02
- German location.postal_code
- 26689
- German location.area_code
- 04489
- German location.licence
- WST
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 4 51 001
- German location.divisions
- 9 districts
- German location.website
- www.apen.de
- German location.mayor
- Matthias Huber
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Apen
- Population
- 12359
- Area
- 77.02
- Elevation
- 3
- Official website
- www.apen.de
- Image
- Rathaus Apen.jpg
- Dialing code
- 04489
- Licence plate code
- WST
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- Apen
- postal code
- 26689
- native label
- Apen
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Apen (; ) is a municipality in the district of Ammerland, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
== History == The first historical mentions of Apen date to around 1230, when the Knights of Apen provided military service to the Count of Oldenburg. At that time, it was an important border town on the water and land route to East Frisia. The St. Nikolai Church was built around this time. The first windmill in the Ammerland region was built in Apen in 1340. Apen was the most important fortress town in the Ammerland region against the East Frisian "foreigners" for centuries.
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