Hesel
Encyclopedia
Hesel is a municipality
in Leer district
. It is situated approx. 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of Leer
, and 25 km (15.5 mi) east of Emden
.
Hesel is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hesel
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Leer district
Leer (district)
Leer is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Emden, the districts of Aurich, Wittmund, Friesland, Ammerland, Cloppenburg and Emsland, and by the Netherlands ....
. It is situated approx. 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of Leer
Leer
Leer is a town in the district of Leer, the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands....
, and 25 km (15.5 mi) east of Emden
Emden
Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...
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Hesel is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hesel
Hesel (Samtgemeinde)
Hesel is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Hesel.The Samtgemeinde Hesel consists of the following municipalities:# Brinkum# Firrel# Hesel# Holtland...
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