Wittmund: Kreisstadt in Ostfriesland Near the North Sea
Wittmund is the capital of the Landkreis Wittmund in Niedersachsen, with about 21,360 inhabitants. The town lies in Ostfriesland, a few kilometres inland from the North Sea coast. The Fliegerhorst Wittmund, a German Air Force base operating Eurofighter jets, is one of the town's largest employers. The flat marshland and geest landscape is characteristic of the East Frisian interior.
Wilhelmshaven is roughly 25 kilometres east. The East Frisian island of Langeoog is accessible by ferry from the nearby harbour at Bensersiel. Esens, a small town with a medieval church, borders to the west. Tea drinking, a deeply rooted East Frisian tradition, is more common here per capita than anywhere else in Germany.
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Wittmund is the capital of the Landkreis Wittmund in Niedersachsen, with about 21,360 inhabitants. The town lies in Ostfriesland, a few kilometres inland from the North Sea coast. The Fliegerhorst Wittmund, a German Air Force base operating Eurofighter jets, is one of the town's largest employers. The flat marshland and geest landscape is characteristic of the East Frisian interior.
Wilhelmshaven is roughly 25 kilometres east. The East Frisian island of Langeoog is accessible by ferry from the nearby harbour at Bensersiel. Esens, a small town with a medieval church, borders to the west. Tea drinking, a deeply rooted East Frisian tradition, is more common here per capita than anywhere else in Germany.
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