{{Infobox German location |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 57 012 |type = Gemeinde |name = Jemgum |image_photo = Church in Jemgum, Germany, 2009.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = The church and windmill of Ditzum in Jemgum municipality |image_coa = DEU Jemgum COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge Jemgum.svg |coordinates = {{coord|53|15|57|N|07|23|06|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Jemgum in LER.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Leer |elevation = 0 |area = 78.48 |postal_code = 26844 |area_code = 0 49 58 |licence = LER |website = [https://www.jemgum.de/ www.jemgum.de] |mayor = Hans-Peter Heikens<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 = 2021–26 |party = Independent }}{{Inline citations|date=March 2023}} '''Jemgum''' is a municipality in the Leer district, in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. The area is known as ''Rheiderland'' (German) or ''Reiderland'' (Dutch). Rheiderland is located in East Friesland.
==History==
Jemgum was the site of the Battle of Jemmingen on 21 July 1568, an early event of the Eighty Years' War, in which a Spanish army defeated a Dutch Rebel army under Louis of Nassau.
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{{Cities and towns in Leer (district)}}
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Category:Populated places established in the 8th century Category:Towns and villages in East Frisia Category:Leer (district) Category:Rheiderland
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