Edewecht

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Edewecht
Municipality
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Location of Edewecht within Ammerland district
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Edewecht
Coordinates: 53°07′33″N07°58′57″E / 53.12583°N 7.98250°E / 53.12583; 7.98250 Coordinates: 53°07′33″N07°58′57″E / 53.12583°N 7.98250°E / 53.12583; 7.98250
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Ammerland
Subdivisions15 districts
Government
 •  Mayor (2021–26) Petra Knetemann [1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total113.50 km2 (43.82 sq mi)
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
 • Total22,748
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26188
Dialling codes 04405
Vehicle registration WST
Website www.edewecht.de

Edewecht (Low German: Erwech) is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 kilometres (9 miles) west of Oldenburg.

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Villages in the municipality and their population

total: 23,008

Source: website of the Edewecht Municipality.

Date: June 30, 2020.

The population figures include people, who have a second home in Edewecht besides to a dwelling elsewhere, and legally residing foreigners.

History

Edewecht was the scene of severe fights during the last weeks of the Second World War. Coming from Friesoythe in the south, on April 17, 1945, Canadian troops had to conquer Edewecht in fierce house-by-house fighting against fanatic German paratroopers and other soldiers. The famous German artist Joseph Beuys, who was a young man in these days, was one of the Wehrmacht paratroopers defending Edewecht, and got injured on April, 27 during battle.

This battle was the fifth time that Edewecht was destroyed in a war. The first four times were in the 15th and 16th centuries. Edewecht had been a border watch location between Eastern Frisia and the County of Oldenburg for many centuries.

Twin towns

Edewecht is twinned with

Sons and daughters

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References

Notes
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  2. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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