Weener

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Weener within Leer district

(2021–26) Heiko Abbas^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total81.24 km² (31.37 sq mi)Elevation

5 m (16 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total15,997 • Density200/km² (510/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

26826

Dialling codes04951Vehicle registrationLERWebsitewww.weener.de

Weener (German pronunciation: [ˈveːnɐ] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Ems. The towns population is at 15,654, making it the largest town of the region Rheiderland. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden and Bremen.

The city was first mentioned in a monastery's records in 951.

Town

Division of the town

The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:

Weener
Kirchborgum
Diele
Vellage / Halte
Stapelmoor
Holthusen
Weenermoor / Möhlenwarf
St. Georgiwold
Beschotenweg

Neighbouring communities

In the district of Leer:

Bunde
Leer
Jemgum
Westoverledingen

In the district of Emsland:

Papenburg
Rhede

Politics

Mayor

2006–2014: Wilhelm Dreesmann
2014–2021: Ludwig Sonnenberg
2021–incumbent: Heiko Abbas

Town Council

The last election to the town council took place in 2006:

SPD = 53,0%, 17 seats
CDU = 19,6%, 6 seats
UWG = 19,0%, 6 seats
Grüne = 5,6%, 2 seats
FDP = 1,9%, 1 seat

Two members of the SPD group have split and form a single group in the council today.

International relations

Weener is twinned with:=

Eurajoki in Finland
Les Pieux in France

Demographics

Statistics are as of December 31 of each year:

1980 – 14.115
1985 – 14.245
1990 – 14.320
1995 – 14.831
2000 – 15.338
2001 – 15.406
2002 – 15.534
2003 – 15.625
2004 – 15.666
2005 – 15.602

Climate

Weener is in a temperate climate zone, influenced by the North Sea. During the summer the temperatures are lower than those in the rest of Germany, in winter the temperatures are higher than the other regions.

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.