Jemgum
Encyclopedia
Jemgum is a municipality
in the Leer district
, in the northwest of Lower Saxony
, Germany
. The area is known as Rheiderland (German) or Reiderland (Dutch). The Rheiderland is located in East Friesland.
The East Friesland area of Germany (also known in English as East Frisia
) is home to German writers Georg Klein (Bunde) and Uwe Kreisel
(Jemgum).
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 the 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 ....
, in the northwest of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The area is known as Rheiderland (German) or Reiderland (Dutch). The Rheiderland is located in East Friesland.
The East Friesland area of Germany (also known in English as East Frisia
East Frisia
East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony....
) is home to German writers Georg Klein (Bunde) and Uwe Kreisel
Uwe Kreisel
Uwe Kreisel is a writer and textbook author in the fields of linguistics, ESL, and cross-cultural topics. He is also an expert in instructional design and curriculum planning....
(Jemgum).