| District of Friesland |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | |
Towns and municipalities
in the district
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Special
location features¹ | | The administrative district of Frisia (Friesland) is part of the Bremen - Oldenburg Metropolitan Region and lies within the so-called logistics triangle formed by Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven and Bremen. In terms of transport infrastructure, the district is accessed by the motorway A 29, a network of well-developed federal trunk roads, country highways and district roads, and the Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven rail line. Mariensel Airfield, a commercial airfield of regional significance, and the deepwater port in Wilhelmshaven are in the immediate vicinity. Alongside its good traffic links and its large pool of qualified and highly motivated labour, the district of Frisia also offers optimal infrastructure conditions for the settlement of industrial and service companies. There are inexpensive industrial and commercial sites available for businesses wanting to locate here. |
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Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 18 |
View | | | Real estates: | 3 |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 100,307 | | 51,344 |
(51.2 %)
| | 48,963 |
(48.8 %)
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Age structure: |  | |
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 165.0 | |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 30 | | Secondary schools: | 9 | | Secondary modern schools: | 9 | | Grammar schools: | 3 | | Special schools: | 5 | | Vocational schools: | 2 | | Other educational
facilities¹:
| Vocational schools in Jever and Varel, Integrated comprehensive Friesland in Schortens, adult education college and school of music (Volkshochschule und Musikschule Friesland-Wittmund gGmbH), Varel district media centre | |
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| Health care¹ | | Hospitals: | 2
(511 total beds)
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure
facilities:
| Leisure and adventure baths, "Frisia thermal baths", "Bullermeck Play Barn", Dorf Wangerland (coastal holiday complex) | | Cultural
facilities:
| - Isle of Wangerooge North Sea spa "OLd Lighthouse" island museum,
- Coastal bathing resort Hooksiel with artists' house, International Mussel Museum, and historic sluice harbour,
- Jever: castle museum, "Blaudruckerei am Kattrepel" (indigo textile printing), brewery museum, Friesisches Brauhaus (brewery), Schlachtemühle Agricultural Museum,
- Neustadtgödens Museum of Local History, Gödens Castle with park,
- Northwest German School Museum Zetel-Bohlenbergerfeld,
- Neuenburger Castle and "Rauchkate" Museum of Local History with "Friesenscheune",
- Varel: Holland windmill and local history museum
- Dangast: National Park House "Alte Schule", Franz Radziwill House (magic realism painter),
- Numerous historic churches and windmills, and much more.
| | Sport
facilities:
| Numerous sports and tennis halls, sports grounds and tennis courts, indoor and outdoor swimming baths, riding halls, riding arenas, shooting ranges, skittles and bowling alleys, roller-skating tracks, and much more | | |
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | | | | | | Gross domestic product 2007:
| 18,720 | 64 % | | Buying power level 2002:
| 16,100 | - | | | | | | | | | Gross value added 2007 | | - Production sector: | 48,535 | 75 % | | - Service sector: | 43,246 | 83 % | | | | | | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2008:
| 192.77 | 61 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2008:
| 257.52 | 89 % | | |
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Employment²
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 23,603 | 11,389 |
(48.3 %)
| 12,214 |
(51.7 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +398 |
(+1.7 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 48.3 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | | | | | | Commuters: | 13,745 | 19,109 | -5,364 | | | |
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| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Business promotion schemes¹ | Assisted region within the framework of the EU Objective 2 funding programme as well as the federal/state Joint Task (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe or GA) for the "improvement of the regional economic structure";
district business promotion grants for small and midsize enterprises | | | Link to promotion info: | Lower Saxony State Investment and Business Promotion Bank 
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Business promotion
agencies¹ | | | Street address: | Landkreis Friesland
Lindenallee 1
26441 Jever |  | | Postal address: |
Postfach
1244
26436 Jever | | | Telephone: | 04461 / 919-0 | | Fax: | 04461 / 919 8880 | | E-mail: | landkreis@friesland.de | | Homepage: | http://www.friesland.de | | | Contact: | Mr. Torsten Höfer | | Telephone: | 04461 / 919 3260 | | Fax: | 04461 / 919 8860 | | E-mail: | t.hoefer@friesland.de | | | | | | Street address: | Landkreis Friesland- Wirtschaftsförderung
Lindenallee 1
26441 Jever | | | Telephone: | 04461 / 919-0 | | Fax: | 04461 / 919 8860 | | | Contact: | Mr. Rainer Graalfs | | Telephone: | 04461 / 919 3140 | | Fax: | 04461 / 919-8860 | | E-mail: | r.graalfs@friesland.de | | Ms. Heidi Boeck | | Telephone: | 04461 / 919 3150 | | Fax: | 04461 / 919 8860 | | E-mail: | h.boeck@friesland.de | | Ms. Ute Brinkmann | | Telephone: | 04461 / 919 3160 | | Fax: | 04461 / 919 8860 | | E-mail: | u.brinkmann@friesland.de | | | | | |
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