Ostrhauderfehn is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Leer district 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 ...
,
Germany
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.
It split from
Rhauderfehn
Rhauderfehn is a municipality in the Leer district, in Lower Saxony, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and t ...
sometime between 1820 and 1830. Ostrhauderfehn was for many years one of the largest municipalities in the district of Leer.
References
Towns and villages in East Frisia
Leer (district)
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