District Leer Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 78.48 km² Population 3,679 (31 Dec 2008) | Elevation 0 m (0 ft) Postal codes 26844 Local time Friday 10:42 PM Postal code 26844 | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 87% Humidity | ||
Jemgum is a municipality in the Leer district, in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. The area is known as Rheiderland (German) or Reiderland (Dutch). The Rheiderland is located in East Friesland. The East Friesland area of Germany (also known in English as East Frisia) is home to German writers Georg Klein (Bunde) and Uwe Kreisel (Jemgum). [[Image:|thumb| left|350 px]]
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Map of Jemgum, Germany
History
Jemgum was the site of the Battle of Jemmingen on 21 July 1568, an early event of the Eighty Years' War, in which a Spanish army defeated a Dutch Rebel army under Louis of Nassau.
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Jemgum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA