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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Gemeinde
|name              = Edewecht
|image_flag           = Flagge Edewecht.svg
|image_coa            = DEU Edewecht COA.svg
|image_photo = St. Nikolai-Kirche Edewecht.jpg
|image_caption = Church of Saint Nicholas
|coordinates       = {{coord|53|07|33|N|07|58|57|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Edewecht in WST.svg
|state        = Lower Saxony
|district         = Ammerland
|elevation              = 6
|area            = 113.50
|postal_code               = 26188
|area_code           = 04405
|licence               = WST
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 51 004
|divisions         = 15 districts
|website           = [http://www.edewecht.de/ www.edewecht.de]
|mayor             = Petra Knetemann<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&ndash;26
|party             = Independent
}}
'''Edewecht''' ([[Low German]]: ''Erwech'') is a municipality in the [[Ammerland]] district, in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is situated approximately {{convert|15|km|0|abbr=off}} west of [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]].
==Villages in the municipality and their population==
*Friedrichsfehn Nord	1,747
*Friedrichsfehn Süd	3,185
*Husbäke	1,005 (known for the [[bog body|bog bodies]] found there; see: [[List of bog bodies]])
*Jeddeloh I	1,101
*Jeddeloh II	1,333
*Kleefeld	439
*Klein Scharrel	1,229
*Nord Edewecht I 2,246
*Nord Edewecht II 2,548
*Osterscheps	1,604
*Portsloge	1,962
*Süddorf	          608
*Süd Edewecht	2,256
*Westerscheps	554
*Wildenloh	805
*Wittenberge	386
'''total:	23,008'''
*Edewecht only	7,050
*Friedrichsfehn only	4,932
Source: website of the Edewecht Municipality.
Date: June 30, 2020.
The population figures include people, who have a second home in Edewecht besides to a dwelling elsewhere, and legally residing foreigners.
==History==
Edewecht was the scene of severe fights during the last weeks of the [[Second World War]]. Coming from [[Friesoythe]] in the south, on April 17, [[1945]], Canadian troops had to conquer Edewecht in fierce house-by-house fighting against fanatic German paratroopers and other soldiers. The famous German artist [[Joseph Beuys]], who was a young man in these days, was one of the [[Wehrmacht]] [[paratroopers]] defending Edewecht, and got injured on April, 27 during battle.
This battle was the fifth time that Edewecht was destroyed in a war. The first four times were in the 15th and 16th centuries. Edewecht had been a border watch location between Eastern Frisia and the County of Oldenburg for many centuries.
==Twin towns==
Edewecht is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with
* [[File:POL Krosno COA.svg|28px]] [[Krosno]] in [[Poland]] {{flagicon|POL}} <small>''(since 1996)'' <ref name="Twin">''{{cite web|url=http://www.krosno.pl/?node=30|title=Krosno Official Website - Partner Cities|publisher=[[File:Flag of Poland.svg|border|8px]]{{fontcolor|Green|(in}} [[Polish language|{{fontcolor|Green|Polish}}]]) [[copyright|©]] 1998 - 2001 Urząd Miasta Krosna.|accessdate=2008-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913205613/http://www.krosno.pl/?node=30|archive-date=2007-09-13|url-status=dead}}''</ref></small>
* [[File:Wappen Wusterhausen(Dosse).png|28px]] [[Wusterhausen/Dosse]] in [[Brandenburg]] {{flagicon|Brandenburg}} Germany {{flagicon|GER}}
== Sons and daughters ==
* [[Hein ten Hoff]] (1919-2003),  German boxer
==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Ammerland (district)}}
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[[Category:Ammerland]]
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