Boekzetelerfehn is a village in the region of

East Frisia East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia and to the ...

, in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

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. Administratively, it is an ''

Ortsteil A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located ...

'' of the municipality of

Moormerland Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer (district), Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. History Moormerland was created on January 1, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities. The eleven constituent Ortschaft, Ortsc ...

. Boekzetelerfehn is located just to the northeast of

Warsingsfehn Warsingsfehn is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the municipality of Moormerland. Warsingsfehn is located just to the north of Veenhusen and is approximately 9 kilometers to the north of Leer. ...

and is approximately 11 kilometers to the north of

Leer Leer may refer to: * Leer, Lower Saxony, town in Germany ** Leer (district), containing the town in Lower Saxony, Germany ** Leer (Ostfriesland) railway station * Leer, South Sudan, town in South Sudan ** Leer County, an administrative division ...

. It has a population of 748. Formerly, Boekzetelerfehn was an independent municipality that, together with ten other villages, has formed the municipality of Moormerland since the municipal reform in 1973. To the village of Boekzetelerfehn belongs also the more northern settlement of Boekzeteler Hoek.

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Moormerland Villages in Lower Saxony Towns and villages in East Frisia {{Germany-geo-stub