Moormerland

Moormerland
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Moormerland within Leer district
Moormerland Show map of Germany Moormerland Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 53°19′11″N7°25′22″E / 53.31972°N 7.42278°E / 53.31972; 7.42278
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Leer
Government
•  Mayor (2021–26)	Hendrik Schulz [1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	122 km2 (47 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3.3 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31) [2]
• Total	23,429
• Density	192/km2 (497/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26802
Dialling codes	04954, 04945, 04924
Vehicle registration	LER
Website	moormerland.conne.net

Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.

History

Moormerland was created on January 1, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities. ^[3] The eleven constituent Ortschafte are:

Village	Population (2016)
Boekzetelerfehn	748
Gandersum	85
Hatshausen	602
Jheringsfehn	2,440
Neermoor	4,748
Oldersum	1,533
Rorichum	444
Terborg	105
Tergast	457
Veenhusen	4,157
Warsingsfehn	7,951
Total	23,270

Notable people

• Friedhelm Erich Haak (born 1945) - newspaper publisher

References

1. "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
2. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
3. "Geschichte // Gemeinde Moormerland". www.moormerland.de. Retrieved 2024-03-08.