Weser-Ems

Weser-Ems
Regierungsbezirk
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the former Regierungsbezirk of Weser-Ems
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Disestablished	2004-12-31
Region seat	Oldenburg
Area
• Total	14,965.38 km² (5,778.17 sq mi)
Population (30 Sep. 2004)
• Total	2,473,998
• Density	170/km² (430/sq mi)

The Regierungsbezirk Weser-Ems was the most westerly of the four administrative regions of Lower Saxony, Germany, bordering on the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel. It was established in 1978 by merging the former regions Osnabrück, Aurich, and Oldenburg. It was formally dissolved by the end of 2004 along with the other Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony as part of an effort to optimize the administrative system of the state.^[1]

The administrative centre of the Regierungsbezirk Weser-Ems was located in the Staatsministerium building in Oldenburg, a representative governmental complex from the period of the Grand Duchy and later Free State of Oldenburg. The department of educational affairs was based in Osnabrück, the department for financial affairs (Regierungskasse treasurer's office) in Aurich.

Kreise
(districts)

Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)

References

↑ “Verwaltungsmodernisierung in Niedersachsen”. Outline of structural reforms, published on the Lower Saxony state website (in German), retrieved in January 2012

Former administrative and government regions in Lower Saxony

	Regions (1978-2004)	Braunschweig Hanover Lüneburg Weser-Ems

	Regions (1946-1978)	Aurich Brunswick Hanover Hildesheim Lüneburg Oldenburg Osnabrück Stade

Coordinates: 53°02′28″N 8°52′49″E / 53.04105°N 8.88019°E / 53.04105; 8.88019

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