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Weener (Lower Saxony)
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital.
The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity. Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Weener is a town in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated close to the border of the Netherlands, on the river Ems, 10 kilometers southwest of Leer, and 25 kilometers southeast of Emden. On the south of Weener, there is the 380 kilo Volt Ems-overhead Power line. Its population is 15,602 inhabitants as per 2005 census in an area of 81 squared kilometers.
The northwestern portion of Lower Saxony is a part of Frisia, which is called as Ostfriesland. It lies on the coast of the North Sea and includes seven islands that are known as the East Frisian Islands. In the southwest of Lower Saxony, Emsland is a sparsely populated area, which is full of inaccessible swamps. The northern half of Lower Saxony is flat, although there are two mountain chains in the south, Weserbergland and the Harz. The middle of the state houses the largest cities and the economic centers of Hanover, Hildesheim, Wolfsburg, Salzgitter and Braunschweig.
Weener is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in Germany. It is worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place leaves a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justifies the proud cultural tradition of Germany.
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