Leer (Ostfriesland) railway station

Leer (German pronunciation: [leːɐ̯] ) is a town in the district of Leer, in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leda, a tributary of the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands. With 34,958 inhabitants (2021), it is the third-largest city in East Frisia after Emden and Aurich. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden, Bremen and the South (Rheine and the Ruhr industrial region).

The Ubbo-Emmius-Gymnasium is a gymnasium in the town of Leer in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The Harderwykenburg is one of the oldest extant castles of East Frisia. It was built in the style of a medieval stone house soon after 1450 in Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany. The original building, in the form of a tower, was built of stones from a monastery, and measures 8.09 x 11.13 meters. The external walls are between 0.96 and 1.23 meters thick. The tower was later supplemented by a two-storey extension. The steeply proportioned building has now been not entirely satisfactorily restored. The first owner of the castle was probably the chieftain Hayo Unken, on his mother's side a grandchild of the chieftain Focko Ukena. The castle was also known as the "Unkenburg", after Hayo's family name. In 1588 the steward (Drost) Dietrich Harderwyk Armgard married a daughter of Hayo Unken IV, and thus came into possession of the castle, which now bears his family name. In 1788 possession of the building passed from the then owner, Carl Stephan von Schilling, to Carl Gustav, Baron zu Inn und Knyphausen, whose descendants continue to live there.

Haneburg is a castle in East Frisia, Germany. It is one of the few buildings remaining of the Renaissance time in north-west Germany, which was much affected by the Netherlands. The castle was built by the chieftain of Leer, Hayo Unken, in the middle of the 15th century.Subsequently, the castle passed via the Frese family into the possession of the Hane family, from whom the building takes its present name. Joest Hane, the steward (Drost) of the Count of East Frisia in Stickhausen, began to repair the castle in 1621 and extended it by the addition of the southern Renaissance wing. His son Dietrich Arnold Hane built the northern wing in 1671. Until some years ago the Haneburg was an old people's home. After complex renovation work it is today the home of the office of the people's high school for the city and district of Leer. Temporarily it is in use for art exhibitions and conferences. It is the property of the district of Leer, which uses the knights' hall for representative causes. However, historical interiors are no longer present in the castle.

The Evenburg is a water castle in the village of Loga (Leer) in north Germany (East Frisia/Ostfriesland) not far from the River Leda.

Leer is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the city of Emden, the districts of Aurich, Wittmund, Friesland, Ammerland, Cloppenburg and Emsland, and by the Netherlands (Province of Groningen).

Bingumer Sand is a small river island in the Ems off the Rheiderland shore near Bingum in East Frisia. It is part of the Emsauen zwischen Ledamündung und Oldersum nature reserve. Not far from the Bingumer Sand is the Jann Berghaus Bridge.

Logabirum is a quarter in the city of Leer in East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Jümme is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a tributary of the Leda. The Jümme's headwaters are the Aper Tief, which flows from the Oldenburg geest, and the Soeste. The Jümme proper is 19 kilometres (12 mi) long from the Aper Tief to its confluence with the Leda near Wiltshausen and is tidal. Including its source river Soeste, its total length is 95.1 km (59.1 mi).Fishing rights rest with the local fishing club, Fischereiverein Altes Amt Stickhausen, which issues fishing permits to its members and to visiting anglers. The Jümme gives its name to the collective municipality of Jümme. Together with the Leda the Jümme forms the so-called Zweistromland or "Two Rivers Land", the Leda-Jümme region, one of the most charming areas in East Frisia, with its numerous lakes such as the Jümmesee which covers an area of 11 hectares (27 acres).

The Pünte in Wiltshausen, part of the borough of Leer in East Frisia, Germany, is a small, hand-operated cable ferry over the River Jümme, close to its confluence with the Leda. It links the villages of Amdorf and Wiltshausen and is believed to be the oldest hand-hauled ferry in Northern Europe.The crossing at Wiltshausen is recorded as being in operation as early as 1562. In former times it ferried horses and carts, cattle, people with bicycles and handcarts.It was used until 1975, its last operator, the county of Leer, then closed it for financial reasons. When its closure was announced in 1974 a citizens' movement formed the "Society for the Preservation of the Historic Pünte As A Monument on the Water" (Verein zur Förderung und Erhaltung der historischen Pünte als Denkmal auf dem Wasser), which restarted the operation of the ferry in 1988. In 2002 the pünte was placed under conservation.From the outset, the society had several hundred local members; later people joined from all over the world, even those who had never seen the pünte themselves. Although the society is voluntary, it has not received any public subsidies since the 1980s. The hand-operated, rope-guided punt-type ferry can transport up to three cars and about 30 foot passengers. Its operating season is from May to early October and Wednesday to Sunday. Today, the pünte is relatively strongly aimed at the tourist trade. The pünte season traditionally begins on 1 May and is celebrated a bit like a folk festival. Other pünten in the county of Leer, in Halte, Hilkenborg, Esklum and Loga, had been closed before the pünte at Wiltshausen.

Veenhusen is a village in the municipality of Moormerland in Leer District, Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. Formerly an independent municipality, Veenhusen was fused with ten other villages during the municipal reform of January 1, 1973 to form Moormerland.In 2007 the village had a population of 3,848 residents.The Veenhusen Church dates from around 1400 and contains a church organ built by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs between 1801 and 1802.

Westoverledingen is a municipality in the Leer district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It contains about a dozen villages. The biggest of them are Flachsmeer, Völlen and Ihrhove, where the town hall is located. Völlen lies at the southern edge of the municipality, close to the Meyer-Werft shipyard in Papenburg. Many villagers are employed there. Most villages have interesting old churches, including five that date from the Middle Ages. The Bundesstraße 70 the connects the municipality to Papenburg and Leer. Westoverledingen does not have a train station. The Emsland Railway passes the municipality between stations Leer and Papenburg. The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway splits off from it towards Weener station. The Ihrhove railway station is to be reopened in 2024 or 2025. A touristic bicycle trail, following the Ems, goes through Westoverledingen. Westoverledingen's economy is dominated by agriculture. Many of its inhabitants, however, have a job in nearby towns like Leer or Papenburg.