What is Leer (district)?
{{Infobox District DE | name=Leer | state=Lower Saxony | capital=[[Leer]] | area=1086 | Kreisschlüssel = 03457 | population=163,800 | population_as_of=2002 | density=151 | carsign=LER | url= [http://www.landkreis-leer.de landkreis-leer.de] | map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}} |image_coa = DEU Landkreis Leer COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge Landkreis Leer.svg }} '''Leer''' is a [[districts of Germany|district]] (''Landkreis'') in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. The District is located in the southern part of [[East Frisia]]. The [[Ems (river)|Ems]] River runs through the District, coming out of the [[Emsland]] in the south and flowing into the [[Dollart]], a bay of the [[North Sea]]. The island of [[Borkum]], belonging to the [[East Frisian Islands]], is also a part of the District. Some of the area of the District is in the [[Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park]]. ==Cities and municipalities== [[File:Municipalities in LER.svg|thumb|300px|left|Towns and municipalities in Landkreis Leer]] {| ! align=left width=50%|Cities ! align=center width=50%|[[Amt (political division)|Samtgemeinden]] |- valign=top || #[[Borkum]] #[[Leer]] #[[Weener]] <br> '''Free municipalities''' #[[Bunde, Germany|Bunde]] #[[Jemgum]] #[[Moormerland]] #[[Ostrhauderfehn]] #[[Rhauderfehn]] #[[Uplengen]] #[[Westoverledingen]] || *'''1. [[Hesel (Samtgemeinde)|Hesel]]''' # [[Brinkum]] # [[Firrel]] # [[Hesel]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Holtland]] # [[Neukamperfehn]] # [[Schwerinsdorf]] *'''2. [[Jümme]]''' # [[Detern]] # [[Filsum]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Nortmoor]] |- |||align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Samtgemeinde |} '''Unincorporated Area'''<br> The uninhabited island [[Lütje Hörn]] is also part of Leer district, but not part of any municipality ([[unincorporated area]]). ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Lower Saxony}} {{Coord|53.25|7.5|display=title|format=dms}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Districts of Lower Saxony]]