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Lower Saxony

Friesland

Friesland is a district in , . It is bounded by the districts of , , and , and by the . The city of is enclosed by—but not part of—the district.
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  • Type: County with 100,000 residents
  • Description: district of Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “Friesland (district)” and “Friesland in Jever”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Synagogue (Neustadtgödens) and Sande station.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum.

Railway station
Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.
is a railway station located in , , . The station is located on the Oldenburg–Wilhelmshaven railway and Sande-Esens railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn.

Nature reserve
Photo: Walter Rademacher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sande and Mariensiel.

Village
Photo: Ref-lit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Friesland, , . It is situated near the , approximately 7 kilometres west of , and 12 kilometres southeast of .

Village
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is a village.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Friesland, , . It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of , and 12 km west of . is twinned with the county of in the Highlands of Scotland.

Friesland

Latitude
53.468° or 53° 28′ 5″ north
Longitude
8.0222° or 8° 1′ 20″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
-3 metres (-10 feet)
Open location code
9F5CF29C+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240068813
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2924362
Wiki­data ID
Q5932
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Panjabi—“Friesland” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Frisia”
  • Armenian: “Ֆրիսլանդիա”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Friesland”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Frísia”
  • Cebuano: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Chinese: “Friesland Kūn”
  • Chinese: “弗里斯兰县”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Friesland”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Frísko”
  • Danish: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Dutch: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Friesland”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Frislando”
  • Estonian: “Frieslandi kreis”
  • Estonian: “Friisimaa kreis”
  • French: “arrondissement de Frise”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Frise”
  • French: “Frise”
  • Georgian: “ფრიზიის რაიონი”
  • German: “Amt Friesland”
  • German: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פריסלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Frízföld”
  • Indonesian: “Friesland”
  • Interlingue: “Subdistrict Friesland”
  • Italian: “circondario della Frisia”
  • Italian: “Circondario della Frisia”
  • Japanese: “フリースラント郡”
  • Kazakh: “Фрисландия”
  • Kurdish: “Friesland”
  • Ladin: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Latin: “Circulus Frisicus”
  • Low German: “Landkreis Freesland”
  • Macedonian: “Фризија (округ)”
  • Macedonian: “Фризија”
  • Malay: “Friesland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Friesland Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lunkreis Friesland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Friesland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Persian: “فریسلاند (ناحیه)”
  • Persian: “فریسلاند”
  • Polish: “Powiat Friesland”
  • Portuguese: “Friesland”
  • Portuguese: “Frísia”
  • Romanian: “Friesland”
  • Russian: “Фрисландия”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Loundkring Fräislound”
  • Slovenian: “Deželno okrožje Friesland”
  • Slovenian: “Friesland”
  • Slovenian: “Frizija”
  • Slovenian: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Frisia”
  • Swedish: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Turkish: “Friesland”
  • Turkish: “Landkreis Friesland”
  • Ukrainian: “Фрисландія”
  • Uzbek: “Friesland”
  • Vietnamese: “Friesland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Friesland”
  • Western Frisian: “Fryslân”
  • Western Panjabi: “فریزلینڈ”

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Highlights include Pekenkuhle and Schwarzes Brack.

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