Wittmund is a Landkreis (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Friesland, Leer and Aurich.

The merger was declared unconstitutional in 1979 because it violated the rights of the former State of Oldenburg to which Friesland had belonged, and the two districts were re-established in their old boundaries.

It was started with German reunification in 1990 to help to establish district administration in former East Germany.

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