{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Weser-Ems | native_name = | native_name_lang = de | settlement_type = Regierungsbezirk | image_map = Lower saxony weser-ems.png | map_caption = Map of Lower Saxony highlighting Weser-Ems | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Germany | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Lower Saxony | established_title = | established_date = | extinct_title = Disestablished | extinct_date = 2004-12-31 | seat_type = Region seat | seat = Oldenburg | area_total_km2 = 14965.38 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2473998 | population_as_of = 30 Sep. 2004 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type2 = GDP | demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00003/default/table?lang=en | title=EU regions by GDP, Eurostat|access-date=18 September 2023|website=www.ec.europa.eu}}</ref> |demographics2_title1 = Total |demographics2_info1 = €120.883 billion (2024) |demographics2_title2 = Per capita |demographics2_info2 = €47,054 (2024) | website = }} 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.<ref>[http://www.mi.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=14813&article_id=94847&_psmand=33 “Verwaltungsmodernisierung in Niedersachsen”. Outline of structural reforms, published on the Lower Saxony state website (in German), retrieved in January 2012]</ref>
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.
{{col-begin|width=auto}} {{col-break}} ''Kreise''<br />(districts) * Ammerland district * District of Aurich * Bentheim * District of Cloppenburg * Emsland district * District of Friesland * District of Leer * District of Oldenburg * District of Osnabrück * District of Vechta * District of Wesermarsch * District of Wittmund {{col-break|gap=2em}} ''Kreisfreie Städte''<br />(district-free towns) * Delmenhorst * Emden * Oldenburg (city) * Osnabrück (city) * Wilhelmshaven {{col-end}}
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Category:Geography of Lower Saxony Category:Former states and territories of Lower Saxony Category:States and territories established in 1978 Category:States and territories disestablished in 2004 Category:1978 establishments in West Germany Category:2004 disestablishments in Germany Category:Former government regions of Germany Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions of Germany
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