View of the Leda estuary – Historic Town Hall, Leer loop from Kernstadt Leer
View of the Leda estuary – Historic Town Hall, Leer loop from Kernstadt Leer
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View of the Leda estuary – Historic Town Hall, Leer loop from Kernstadt Leer
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9.45km
30m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 19, 2026
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3.33 km
View of the Leda estuary
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After 24 km, the Ohe joins the Marka just south of the Küstenkanal and 9 km west of Friesoythe to form the Sagter Ems, the historical lifeline of the Saterland, known for its East Frisian language. Between Ramsloh and Strücklingen, the influence of the tides begins.
On the northern edge of the Saterland, the river (47.6 km from its source) takes in the Elisabethfehnkanal, which comes from the moorland to the east.
The name Leda begins half a kilometer further on.
Here there is a cross connection to the Jümme, the Dreyschloot.
It is something like a secondary estuary of the Jümme, through which at high tide,
offset to the wave of the Jümme, water flows upstream into the Barßeler Tief
and at low tide, water from the Barßeler Tief flows into the Leda.
The actual confluence of the Leda with the much more water-rich Jümme
is 15.2 km downstream of the Leda. A good five kilometers after that, the Leda barrage, built between 1949 and 1954,
protects the Leda, Jümme and their tributaries from storm surges.
More than three and a half kilometers further on, a good 72 km from the source in Hümmling,
the Leda flows into the Ems at Unterems kilometer 14.23.
At the mouth, it makes a sharp right turn. As a result, the headland, the Leerort, is unusually located between the right banks of the tributary and the main stream, instead of between the right bank of one and the left bank of the other, as at other mouths. A fortress was built on this headland in the 15th century, the remains of which are now little more than an archaeological monument in the foreland of the dyke. Directly north of the mouth of the Leda was the Leerort fortress, of which only meager remains can be seen in the foreland of the dyke today. South of the mouth lies the Overledingerland (Overledingen = "land beyond the Leda").
The village of Kloster Muhde ("Muhde" from Old Frisian "mutha" = mouth) is located there.
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View of the Leda–Ems confluence from the dike path
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Alte Waage (Leer)
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With the granting of market rights in 1508, Leer also received the right to weigh.
The Reformed congregation secured this right, as the first Leer weigh house was housed in the bell tower of the now-demolished St. Liudger Church until 1570.
In 1570, the weigh house was relocated to the Leda River, thus becoming the nucleus of the later port economy. Initially, the weigh house was housed in a simple wooden building.
This became dilapidated over time and was replaced by the spacious new weigh house in 1714.
In 1865, under pressure from merchants, the Kingdom of Hanover abolished the Reformed Church's weighing monopoly associated with the weigh house and transferred it to the city.
In 1921, the Association for the Protection of Local History acquired the weigh house, which it still owns today. Today, the building houses a restaurant.
The Old Weigh House is a two-story brick building with a double-hipped roof in the Dutch High Baroque style, with neoclassical features. The façade is strictly structured by colossal pilasters and simple, large windows.
The double-hipped roof, the ridge turret with a clock and open lantern, the dedication stone, and the sundial are based on Dutch Baroque models.
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Historic Town Hall, Leer
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You can find more information about the tour here: touristik-leer.de.
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Old Town, Leer
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Bünting Original House and Tea Museum
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8.27 km
Leisure Harbor, Leer
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Steamship "Prinz Heinrich" (Leer)
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9.45 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
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2.61 km
2.46 km
1.63 km
1.59 km
1.14 km
Surfaces
5.89 km
2.06 km
678 m
483 m
325 m
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