Ostrhauderfehn
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Ostrhauderfehn is a municipality
in the Leer district
of Lower Saxony
, Germany
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It split from Rhauderfehn
sometime between 1820 and 1830. Ostrhauderfehn was for many years one of the largest municipalities in the district of Leer.
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 ....
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...
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It split from Rhauderfehn
Rhauderfehn
Rhauderfehn is a municipality in the Leer district, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
sometime between 1820 and 1830. Ostrhauderfehn was for many years one of the largest municipalities in the district of Leer.