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{{Distinguish|Wiener (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox German location
|type              = Stadt
|name              = Weener
|image_flag           = Flagge Weener (Ems).png
|image_coa            = Wappen Stadt Weener (Ems).png
|coordinates       = {{coord|53|10|09|N|07|21|23|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Weener in LER.svg
|state        = Niedersachsen
|district         = Leer
|elevation              = 5
|area            = 81.23
|postal_code               = 26826
|area_code           = 04951
|licence               = LER
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 57 021
|divisions         = 9 districts
|website           = [https://www.weener.de/ www.weener.de]
|mayor             = Heiko Abbas<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;26
|party             = CDU
}}
'''Weener''' ({{IPA|de|ˈveːnɐ|-|De-Weener.ogg}}) is a town in the district of [[Leer (district)|Leer]], in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is situated near the border with the [[Netherlands]], on the river [[Ems (river)|Ems]]. The town's population is at 15,654, making it the largest town of the region [[Rheiderland]]. It has a railway and autobahn connection to [[Groningen]], [[Netherlands]], [[Emden]] and [[Bremen]].

The city was first mentioned in a monastery's records in 951.

==Town==

===Division of the town===
The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:
* Weener
* Kirchborgum
* Diele
* Vellage / Halte
* Stapelmoor
* Holthusen
* Weenermoor / Möhlenwarf
* St. Georgiwold
* Beschotenweg

===Neighbouring communities===
In the district of [[Leer (district)|Leer]]:
* [[Bunde, Germany|Bunde]]
* [[Leer, Lower Saxony|Leer]]
* [[Jemgum]]
* [[Westoverledingen]]

In the district of [[Emsland (district)|Emsland]]:
* [[Papenburg]]
* [[Rhede]]

==Politics==

===Mayor===
*2006–2014: Wilhelm Dreesmann
*2014–2021: Ludwig Sonnenberg
*2021–incumbent: Heiko Abbas

===Town Council===
{{update section|date=November 2021}}
The composition of the town council for the 2021-2026 electoral period is:

* [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] = 15 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] = 8 seats
* UWG = 2 seats
* [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Grüne]] = 3 seats
* AfD = 1 seat
* Ratsmitglied Junker = 1 seat
* Ratsmitglied S. Hinderks = 1 seat
* Bürgermeister Abbas = 1 seat

==International relations==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Weener is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
* [[Eurajoki]] in [[Finland]]
* [[Les Pieux]] in [[France]]

==Demographics==
Statistics are as of December 31 of each year:
* 1980 – 14.115
* 1985 – 14.245
* 1990 – 14.320
* 1995 – 14.831
* 2000 – 15.338
* 2001 – 15.406
* 2002 – 15.534
* 2003 – 15.625
* 2004 – 15.666
* 2005 – 15.602
* 2018 – 16.276

==Climate==
Weener is in a temperate climate zone, influenced by the North Sea. During the summer, the temperatures are lower than those in the rest of Germany. In winter, the temperatures are higher than the other regions.

==Previous residents==
Recent findings published in the academic periodical Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft<ref>https://metropol-verlag.de/produkt-kategorie/zeitschriften/zeitschrift-fur-geschichtswissenschaft/</ref> (Journal of Historical Studies) by the German historian Jürgen Matthäus, show that Jakobus Onnen, a German citizen born in the adjoining hamlet of Tichelwarf and is erroneously listed as a war victim on the memorial located at the Heimatverein Rheiderland museum in Weener<ref>https://www.google.com/maps/place/Heimatverein+Rheiderland/@50.9797837,-114.0093918,24256a,13.1y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIDJm9-P7gE!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgps-cs-s%2FAC9h4nrKBjVi4o7DikKCRAgCHIGvkn5ZAEHoTNOuLB4RgHHD7SVO_Y5eyRo-uXbeix1Owwmulo49kudTioCxgcIk9uQ6YoI3DfIIXzQV664vt-kmx-Xxvs3LX6FtTjjb97xQ-j97xDqCrw%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i4032!8i3024!4m11!1m2!2m1!1sWeener+museum!3m7!1s0x47b64b55bab7c7f3:0x2db26ef429f522a2!8m2!3d53.1675508!4d7.3531168!10e5!15sCg1XZWVuZXIgbXVzZXVtkgEGbXVzZXVtqgFBEAEqCiIGbXVzZXVtKAAyHhABIhrCCt0FMcPcLSyY4UBfoTSUTwr-DfXH_WNNYTIREAIiDXdlZW5lciBtdXNldW3gAQA!16s%2Fg%2F1tfqkg5f?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D</ref> is the perpetrator photographed<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/historian-uses-ai-to-help-identify-nazi-in-notorious-holocaust-image</ref> in "[[The Last Jew in Vinnitsa]]" This massacre was most likely carried out on 28 July 1941 in [[Berdychiv]] by the [[Einsatzgruppe C]], a mobile death squad of the Nazi SS, of which Jakobus Onnen was a member.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Leer (district)}}

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[[Category:Towns and villages in East Frisia]]
[[Category:Leer (district)]]
[[Category:Rheiderland]]


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