Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdɐzaksn̩] ( listen); Low German: Neddersassen ; Saterland Frisian: Läichsaksen) is a German Bundesland (state).
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Country | Germany |
Capital | Hanover |
Government | |
• Minister President | Stephan Weil (SPD) |
• Governing parties | SPD / Greens |
Area | |
• Total | 47,168 km2 (18,212 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,002,916 |
• Density | 169.6683/km2 (439.439/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | niedersachsen.de |
Places
The capital is Hannover (Hanover).
There are 38 districts:
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There are 8 urban districts
Other important towns are Göttingen, Hildesheim and Goslar.
Lower Saxony Media
The Duchy of Saxony around 1000
Imperial circles at the start of the 16th century. Red: the Lower Saxon Circle, light brown: the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle
The Kingdom of Hanover, the Duchy of Brunswick, the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg and the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe in the 19th century
City center of Braunschweig
Other websites
- Official governmental portal (German) Archived 2002-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Official governmental portal (English) Archived 2005-03-08 at the Wayback Machine