The city was first mentioned in a monastery's records in 951 A.D.

South of Weener, there is the 380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing.

The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:

In the district of Leer:

In the district of Emsland:

Wilhelm Dreesmann is the mayor of Weener since Nov. 1, 2006. He won 51.9% of the votes.

The last election to the town council took place in 2006:

Two members of the SPD group have split and form a single group in the council today.

Weener is twinned with:=

Always on December, 31.