Jümme is a river of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

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. It is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Leda Leda may refer to: Mythology * Leda (mythology), queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology Places * Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia * Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp ...

. The Jümme's headwaters are the

Aper Tief The Aper Tief is a stream in Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows through the municipalities of Apen (district of Ammerland) and Detern in the collective municipality of Jümme ( district of Leer). It begins west of Apen at the confluence of the Gro ...

, which flows from the

Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to: Places *Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany **Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony *Olde ...

geest Geest is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark. It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outwash plai ...

, and the

Soeste Soeste is a river in the Cloppenburg district in Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Ems. The Soeste forms from two source brooks in Hesselnfeld and Egterholz, two small settlements in the Emstek municipality. It flows northwest through ...

. The Jümme proper is long from the Aper Tief to its confluence with the Leda near Wiltshausen and is tidal.OSM-Releation der Jümme
/ref> Including its source river Soeste, its total length is . Fishing rights rest with the local fishing club, ''Fischereiverein Altes Amt Stickhausen'', which issues fishing permits to its members and to visiting

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s. The Jümme gives its name to the collective municipality of

Jümme Jümme is a collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') in the district of Leer (district), Leer in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the River Jümme (river), Jümme which flows through all three constituent communities. It has a ...

. Together with the Leda the Jümme forms the so-called ''Zweistromland'' or "Two Rivers Land", the Leda-Jümme region, one of the most charming areas in

East Frisia East Frisia or East Friesland (german: Ostfriesland; ; stq, Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia ...

, with its numerous lakes such as the ''Jümmesee'' which covers an area of .

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The ''Pünte'' - a floating monument on the Jümme
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