Jümme (Samtgemeinde)

Jümme is a group of municipalities in the Leer district of Lower Saxony in Germany, named after the river Jümme. It has an area of 82.34 km² and a population of 6,421.

The districts are (area in km² / population):

The Samtgemeinde Jümme is an association of municipalities in the district of Leer in Lower Saxony region Ostfriesland. It is next to the Samtgemeinde Hesel one of the two joint communities in the district, and consists of the three towns: Detern, Filsum and Nortmoor who joined forces in the wake of local government reform in the year 1973. It is named after the river Jümme which flows through all three member communities. Filsum serves as the administrative center.

Due to the location of Jümme and Leda, Jümme is also known as "Mesopotamia". The East Frisian geographer Dodo Wildvang coined the term "East Frisian Mesopotamia" in the 1920s. The cities re located on the rivers with the Puente Wilts Hausen the oldest, still in operation, hand drawn ferry in Central Europe and Germany's smallest car bridge in the district Amdorf.

The integrated municipality has historical significance by the battle of Detern, where in 1426 the East Frisian chieftain focko ukena his adversary Ocko II. Tom defeated Brok and its allies. The Stickhausen castle in the town district was also over some three centuries an important border fortification of the County of East Frisia. For cultural heritage of Samtgemeinde count next to the remains of the castle and historic churches, of which the Filsumer St. Paul's church from the 13th century is the oldest.

The self in occupied stainless Frisian comparison only sparsely populated Samtgemeinde is dominated by agriculture, in the grassland plains along the rivers prevails especially dairy farming. Tourism is of some importance, among the municipalities of the district is empty. Jimmy is in third place for the number of overnight stays behind Borkum and the county seat. Jümme is lightly industrialized and overall commuters area, especially in the neighboring county seat.

Geography Location and extent

The Samtgemeinde Jümme located in the eastern district of Leer in East Frisia, in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. The main town Filsum situated about ten kilometers from the center of the county town of Leer. The nearest major town is Oldenburg, located about 42 km as the crow flies from Filsum. Further larger, nearby towns are Emden (about 30 kilometers) and Aurich (nearly 27 kilometers).

With 6,453 inhabitants, spread over 82.34 square kilometers, the Samtgemeinde Jümme is sparsely populated. Definitely square kilometers get an average of about 78 inhabitants. Thus the Municipality is well below the average of the East Frisian 148 inhabitants per square kilometer, which in turn the Lower Saxony (168) and the West German average (230) still falls significantly. With around 6,500 inhabitants, the Municipality is located (compared to other velvet and unit municipalities) only in the rear field of the most populous municipalities of East Friesland. The Regional Planning program of the district Leer divides the capital Filsum the function of a fundamental center for the region to Samtgemeinde. [2]

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