Ammerland

53°15′N 7°55′E

Ammerland
Flag of Ammerland
Coat of arms of Ammerland
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
CapitalWesterstede
Area
  Total728 km2 (281 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
  Total128,253
  Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWST
Websiteammerland.de

Ammerland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Oldenburg and the districts of Oldenburg, Cloppenburg, Leer, Friesland and Wesermarsch.

Geography

The central point of the district is the Zwischenahner Meer near the resort town of Bad Zwischenahn, a lake with an area of 5.5 km2 (Meer is the German word for "sea", but in the local Low German, as in Dutch, it means "lake").

Cities and municipalities

Towns and municipalities in Ammerland
Cities Municipalities
  1. Westerstede
  1. Apen
  2. Bad Zwischenahn
  3. Edewecht
  4. Rastede
  5. Wiefelstede

References

Other websites

Media related to Landkreis Ammerland at Wikimedia Commons

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