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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_de_Wittmund" title="Districte de Wittmund – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Districte de Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Wittmund" title="Landkreis Wittmund – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Landkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemsk%C3%BD_okres_Wittmund" title="Zemský okres Wittmund – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zemský okres Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Wittmund" title="Landkreis Wittmund – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Landkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Wittmund" title="Landkreis Wittmund – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Landkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmundi_kreis" title="Wittmundi kreis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Wittmundi kreis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Wittmund" title="Distrito de Wittmund – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrikto_Wittmund" title="Distrikto Wittmund – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Distrikto Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%87)" title="ویتموند (ناحیه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویتموند (ناحیه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrondissement_de_Wittmund" title="Arrondissement de Wittmund – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Arrondissement de Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund_(distrikt)" title="Wittmund (distrikt) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Wittmund (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund_(distrik)" title="Wittmund (distrik) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wittmund (distrik)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdistrict_Wittmund" title="Subdistrict Wittmund – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Subdistrict Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circondario_di_Wittmund" title="Circondario di Wittmund – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Circondario di Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ვიტმუნდის რაიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიტმუნდის რაიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD)" title="Виттмунд (аудан) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Виттмунд (аудан)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund_(nav%C3%A7e)" title="Wittmund (navçe) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wittmund (navçe)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Wittmund" title="Landkreis Wittmund – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Landkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulus_Widmundensis" title="Circulus Widmundensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Circulus Widmundensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Витмунд (округ) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Витмунд (округ)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund_(daerah)" title="Wittmund (daerah) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wittmund (daerah)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Wittmund" title="Landkreis Wittmund – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Landkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunkreis_Wittmund" title="Lunkreis Wittmund – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Lunkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund_(tuman)" title="Wittmund (tuman) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Wittmund (tuman)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%B9%D9%85%D9%86%DA%88" title="وٹمنڈ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="وٹمنڈ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Wittmund" title="Landkreis Wittmund – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Landkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powiat_Wittmund" title="Powiat Wittmund – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Powiat Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund_(distrito)" title="Wittmund (distrito) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wittmund (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Português" 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Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Loundkring Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund_(district)" title="Wittmund (district) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wittmund (district)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Wittmund" title="Landkreis Wittmund – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Landkreis Wittmund" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr 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decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Wittmund_2005_c.jpg/375px-Wittmund_2005_c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Wittmund_2005_c.jpg/500px-Wittmund_2005_c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flagge_Landkreis_Wittmund.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Wittmund"><img alt="Flag of Wittmund" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flagge_Landkreis_Wittmund.svg/100px-Flagge_Landkreis_Wittmund.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flagge_Landkreis_Wittmund.svg/150px-Flagge_Landkreis_Wittmund.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flagge_Landkreis_Wittmund.svg/200px-Flagge_Landkreis_Wittmund.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DEU_Landkreis_Wittmund_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Wittmund"><img alt="Coat of arms of Wittmund" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/DEU_Landkreis_Wittmund_COA.svg/89px-DEU_Landkreis_Wittmund_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="89" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/DEU_Landkreis_Wittmund_COA.svg/133px-DEU_Landkreis_Wittmund_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/DEU_Landkreis_Wittmund_COA.svg/177px-DEU_Landkreis_Wittmund_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="564" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 250px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="250" data-zoom="6" data-lat="52.68" data-lon="9.05" data-overlays="["_6e2be762f8410af82ff9c0d1d9f041a907b627ae"]" 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class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wittmund" title="Wittmund">Wittmund</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • District admin.</th><td class="infobox-data">Holger Heymann (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">656.65 km<sup>2</sup> (253.53 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(31 December 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">58,359</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">89/km<sup>2</sup> (230/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">WTM</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.landkreis-wittmund.de/">landkreis-wittmund.de/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wittmund</b> is a <i><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">Landkreis</a></i> (district) in the northwestern part of <a href="/wiki/Lower_Saxony" title="Lower Saxony">Lower Saxony</a>, Germany. It is situated in <a href="/wiki/East_Frisia" title="East Frisia">East Frisia</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> coast. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) <a href="/wiki/Friesland_(district)" title="Friesland (district)">Friesland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leer_(district)" title="Leer (district)">Leer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aurich_(district)" title="Aurich (district)">Aurich</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wittmund_(district)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district contains part of the <a href="/wiki/Wadden_Sea" title="Wadden Sea">Wadden Sea</a> and of the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Saxony_Wadden_Sea_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park">Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park</a>. The coastal areas of the mainland are also known as <i>Harlinger Land</i>. The islands of <a href="/wiki/Langeoog" title="Langeoog">Langeoog</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spiekeroog" title="Spiekeroog">Spiekeroog</a>, both belonging to the <a href="/wiki/East_Frisian_Islands" title="East Frisian Islands">East Frisian Islands</a>, are part of this district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wittmund_(district)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district was created by the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> in 1885 from the Amt Wittmund, the Amt Esens and the City of <a href="/wiki/Esens,_Lower_Saxony" title="Esens, Lower Saxony">Esens</a>. All were previously part of the District of <a href="/wiki/Aurich_(district)" title="Aurich (district)">Aurich</a>. In 1977 the district was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Friesland_(district)" title="Friesland (district)">District of Friesland</a>; however, the merger was not popular. The merger was declared unconstitutional in 1979 because it violated the rights of the former <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Oldenburg" title="Grand Duchy of Oldenburg">State of Oldenburg</a> to which Friesland had belonged, and the two districts were re-established in their old boundaries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Partnerships">Partnerships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wittmund_(district)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Partnerships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district has a partnership with the district of <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%B6nebeck_(district)" title="Schönebeck (district)">Schönebeck</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt" title="Saxony-Anhalt">Saxony-Anhalt</a>. It was started with <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">German reunification</a> in 1990 to help to establish district administration in former <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wittmund_(district)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship in the coat of arms symbolizes the coastal location of the district. The three sails show heraldic symbols for the district - the front one shows a bear as the symbol of the Attena family from Esens, who ruled in the 14th and 15th century. The legend of the bear saving the City of Esens from its besiegers is associated with <a href="/wiki/Balthasar_Oomkens_von_Esens" title="Balthasar Oomkens von Esens">Balthasar Oomkens von Esens</a>. The main sail shows two tournament lances as the symbol of the Hero Omken or <a href="/wiki/Hero_Oomkens_von_Esens" title="Hero Oomkens von Esens">Hero Oomkens von Esens</a>, taken from the coat of arms of the City of Wittmund. The eagle in the rear sail stands for the castle and Amt Friedeburg. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_municipalities">Towns and municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wittmund_(district)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Towns and municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="noresize" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Municipalities_in_WTM.svg/300px-Municipalities_in_WTM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Municipalities_in_WTM.svg/450px-Municipalities_in_WTM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Municipalities_in_WTM.svg/600px-Municipalities_in_WTM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1047" data-file-height="1240" 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title="Friedeburg">Friedeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langeoog" title="Langeoog">Langeoog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiekeroog" title="Spiekeroog">Spiekeroog</a></li></ol> </td> <td> <ul><li><b>1. <a href="/wiki/Esens_(Samtgemeinde)" title="Esens (Samtgemeinde)">Esens</a></b></li></ul> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Dunum,_Lower_Saxony" title="Dunum, Lower Saxony">Dunum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esens,_Lower_Saxony" title="Esens, Lower Saxony">Esens</a><sup>1, 2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holtgast" title="Holtgast">Holtgast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorweg" title="Moorweg">Moorweg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuharlingersiel" title="Neuharlingersiel">Neuharlingersiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stedesdorf" title="Stedesdorf">Stedesdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werdum" title="Werdum">Werdum</a></li></ol> </td> <td> <ul><li><b>2. <a href="/wiki/Holtriem" title="Holtriem">Holtriem</a></b></li></ul> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Blomberg,_Lower_Saxony" title="Blomberg, Lower Saxony">Blomberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eversmeer" title="Eversmeer">Eversmeer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nenndorf" title="Nenndorf">Nenndorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuschoo" title="Neuschoo">Neuschoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ochtersum" title="Ochtersum">Ochtersum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schweindorf" title="Schweindorf">Schweindorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utarp" title="Utarp">Utarp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerholt" title="Westerholt">Westerholt</a><sup>1</sup></li></ol> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><sup>1</sup>seat of the Samtgemeinde; <sup>2</sup>town </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wittmund_(district)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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