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Leer is a town located in Lower Saxony, a state in northern Germany. It serves as a local administrative and cultural center for the region.
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- Official name
- Leer (Ostfriesland)
- Population
- 35163
- Area
- 70.11
- Elevation
- 7
- Official website
- www.leer.de
- Image
- Leer Rathaus Hafen townhall harbour 2008.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0491
- Licence plate code
- LER
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- Commons category
- Leer (Ostfriesland)
- postal code
- 26789
- short name
- Leer/Ostfriesland
- native label
- Leer (Ostfriesland)
- P8168
- Zayandeh Rud
- P12749
- Ivanovo
- phone number
- +49 491 9782-0
- fax number
- +49 491 9782-399
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- street address
- Rathausstraße 1, 26789 Leer (Ostfriesland)
- hashtag
- LeerOstfriesland
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Aerial view of Leer Leer ( German pronunciation: [leːɐ̯] ) is a town in the district of Leer in the region of East Frisia, in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leda, a tributary of the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands. With 34,958 inhabitants (2021), it is the third-largest city in East Frisia after Emden and Aurich.
It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden, Bremen and the South (Rheine and the Ruhr industrial region).