Jemgum
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Location of Jemgum within Leer district
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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). Rheiderland is located in East Friesland.
History
Jemgum was the site of the Battle of Jemmingen on 21 July 1568, an early event of the Eighty Years' War, in which a Spanish army defeated a Dutch Rebel army under Louis of Nassau.
References
- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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Towns and municipalities in Leer (district)
- Borkum
- Brinkum
- Bunde
- Detern
- Filsum
- Firrel
- Hesel
- Holtland
- Jemgum
- Leer
- Moormerland
- Neukamperfehn
- Nortmoor
- Ostrhauderfehn
- Rhauderfehn
- Schwerinsdorf
- Uplengen
- Weener
- Westoverledingen
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