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Emsland

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Also known as District of Emsland, Landkreis Emsland

Landkreis Emsland () is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (district of Steinfurt), the district of Bentheim in Lower Saxony, and the Netherlands (provinces of Drenthe and Groningen).

Key facts

German district.name
Emsland
German district.state
Lower Saxony
German district.capital
Meppen
German district.area
2,881
German district.Kreisschlüssel
03454
German district.district_admin
Marc-André Burgdorf
German district.admin_party
CDU
German district.carsign
EL
German district.image_coa
DEU Landkreis Emsland COA.svg
German district.image_flag
Flagge Landkreis Emsland.svg
German district.url
www.emsland.de

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Landkreis Emsland

Der Landkreis Emsland, am 1. August 1977 aus den Kreisen Aschendorf-Hümmling, Meppen und Lingen gebildet, ist flächenmäßig der größte Landkreis Niedersachsens und zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Regionen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

emsland.de

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Wikidata facts

Population
325657
Area
2882.07
Elevation
25
Official website
www.emsland.de
Licence plate code
EL
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Commons category
Landkreis Emsland
inception
1977-00-00
Commons gallery
Landkreis Emsland
male population
165784
female population
159873
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Landkreis Emsland () is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (district of Steinfurt), the district of Bentheim in Lower Saxony, and the Netherlands (provinces of Drenthe and Groningen).

== History == thumb|left|Memorial at the site of the entrance to the former Börgermoor concentration camp thumb|left|Transrapid test track

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