Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer District , in Lower Saxony , northwestern Germany .
2-450: Moormerland was created on January 1st, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities. The eleven constituent Ortschafte are: This East Frisia article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Leer (district) location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ortschaft Ortschaft is a term in German speaking countries for
4-672: A human settlement . In several states of Germany , it is also used for administrative subdivisions of municipalities . These have been defined in the Gemeindeordnung or Kommunalverfassung of the respective federal state. This is the case in the states of Baden-Württemberg , Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia . The Ortschaften often, but not always, coincide with former municipalities, that were incorporated into another municipality. The inhabitants of an Ortschaft are represented by an elected Ortschaftsrat (local council) and/or
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