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Niedersachsen, Lower-Saxony |
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Official Name: Niedersachsen en: Lower-Saxony Abbreviation: NI Time zone: Central European Time (CET); Central European Summer Time (CEST) (UTC+1/+2) Capital City: Hannover (pop. 500.000) Other Cities: Braunschweig (Brunswick), Cuxhaven, Emden, Göttingen, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Salzgitter, Wilhelmshaven, Wolfsburg. Geography: Location: north-western Germany bordering the North Sea in north and The Netherlands in west. Area: 47 618 km² (18 388 sq mi) Climate: Maritime - continental. People: Population (2013): 7.8 million Religions: 46.8% Protestants, 28.1% Roman Catholic. Languages: Sater Frisian, Low German (Plattdeutsch) Natural resources: Lignite, natural gas, crude oil, marine products, peat. Agriculture products: Dairy products, livestock, horses, grain, potatoes. Industries: Vehicle construction, carbon fibre reinforced plastics, shipbuilding, wind power. biotechnology |
Lower-Saxony is located in north-western Germany and is the second largest federal state in area. It borders (starting north and clockwise) the North Sea, the federal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and shares an international border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The federal state of Bremen forms two enclaves (Bremen and Bremerhaven) within Lower Saxony. |
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Note: External links will open in a new browser window. Official Sites of NiedersachsenNiedersachsenLand Niedersachsen - Official site of Lower-Saxony. Landtag Niedersachsen Lower-Saxony's parliament. Statistics Statistisches Landesamt Niedersachsen Lower-Saxony's state office for statistics (in German). MapsGoogle Earth Niedersachsen Searchable map and satellite view of Niedersachsen. Google Earth Hannover Searchable map and satellite view of Niedersachsen's capital. Political Map of Germany Administrative Map of Germany |
NewsLower-Saxony newspapers online (mostly in German)Bremer Nachrichten Bremer Nachrichten Online. XXCuxhavener Nachrichten Newspaper Cuxhaven. Göttinger Tageblatt Newspaper Göttingen. Goslarsche Zeitung Goslar news. Grafschafter Nachrichten Daily news Grafschaft Bentheim. Hannoversche Allgemeine Newspaper Hannover. Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung HAZ Online. Landeszeitung Lüneburg Newspaper Lüneburger Heide. Münsterländische Tageszeitung Newspaper Cloppenburg. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung Daily for Osnabrück and Emsland. Neue Presse National and regional news, Hannover. newsclick.de Online service of Braunschweiger Zeitung, Wolfsburger Nachrichten, Salzgitter-Zeitung. Nordwest Zeitung Online-News from the north west region; Bremen/Weser-Ems, Ammerland, Friesland, Münsterland, Oldenburg and Wesermarsch. Oldenburgische Volkszeitung News from the Oldenburger Münsterland, Vechta. Ostfriesische Nachrichten Ostfriesland News. Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung Newspaper from Peine. Schaumburger Nachrichten SN online. Tageblatt Newspaper from Stade. Weser-Kurier Weser-Kurier Online, Bremen. Wolfsburger Allgemeine Newspaper from Wolfsburg. Wolfsburger Nachrichten News from Braunschweig/Wolfsburg region. Radio/TV Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR Public radio and television. |
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Arts & CultureNiedersächsische Staatstheater HannoverOpera, Theatre, Ballet and Concert. MASALA Welt-Beat Festival Summer in the City of Hannover, World Beat Festival, traditional and modern world music (in German). |
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Business & EconomyIPA NiedersachsenNiedersachsen Investment Promotion Agency, the economic development agency of the State of Lower Saxony. Niedersächsische Industrie- und Handelskammertag (NIHK) Lower-Saxony's Chamber of Industry and Commerce. IHK Hannover Chamber of Industry and Commerce Hanover. Trade Fairs CeBIT The world’s largest IT trade fair. Hanover Messe Hanover Industrial Trade Fair. Important Industries Continental Tires, Hannover Meyer Werft Meyer shipyard, cruise vessels made in Papenburg. Salzgitter AG Steel and Technology, Salzgitter. Varta AG VARTA Automotive, VARTA Consumer Batteries, VARTA Microbatteries, Hannover. Volkswagen The automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg. Transportation Aviation Hannover Airport Lower Saxony's main airport. TUI Touristik Union International, one of the world's largest tourist firms, Hannover. Ports Niedersachsen Ports Lower Saxony's port authority. Seaport Emden Information about Emden's Ro-Ro-Seaport, by Seaport Emden Promotion Society. Wilhelmshaven Port Website of Germany's third largest port (in German). |
Destination Niedersachsen - Travel and Tour GuidesDiscover Niedersachsen: accommodation, hotels, attractions, festivals, events, tourist boards, tours and much more.Reiseland Niedersachsen Official tourism guide Lower-Saxony. East Frisian Islands (official sites): Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog, Spiekeroog and Wangerooge. Cities: Hannover The state capital, guide system and Hannover Region EXPO visitor`s information system. Braunschweig The city of Brunswick. Cuxhaven Port city Cuxhaven. Emden Port city Emden. Göttingen Famous university city at Leine river. Hildesheim Diocesan town Hildesheim. Lüneburg The city at the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide) Osnabrück Birthplace of Erich Maria Remarque. Oldenburg Salzgitter Wilhelmshaven Wolfsburg |
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EducationTU BraunschweigTechnische Universität Braunschweig, founded in 1745 as the "Collegium Carolinum". Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, founded in 1737, one of the most renowned universities in Germany. Universität Hannover Hannover Universität Hildesheim Hildesheim Universität Lüneburg Lüneburg Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Universität Osnabrück Osnabrück , founded in 1973. |
Environment & NatureNaturpark Elbufer-DrawehnThe nature park ranges from the bank of the Elbe river between Bleckede and Schnackenburg and the southern off-shored end moraine Drawehn. Naturpark Harz The national park Harz, situated in Saxony Anhalt and Lower-Saxony, combines several nature and landscape reserve areas and the biosphere reserve Karstlandschaft (Karst topography) Südharz (in German). Naturpark Lüneburger Heide Nature- and recreation landscape in the middle of the tri-city area of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen. Naturpark TERRA.vita Situated in NRW and Lower-Saxony, with a thematic focus on land and geology (TERRA = land; vita = life) Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest One of Germany’s largest nature parks, situated in the southwest of the cities of Oldenburg and Bremen (in German). Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park (in German). Naturparke Deutschland A guide to nature and national parks in Germany. |
HistoryThe state of Lower-Saxony was founded in 1946 by the British military administration, who merged the former states of Brunswick, Oldenburg, and Schaumburg-Lippe with the former Prussian province of Hanover.Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv State archive of Lower-Saxony (in German). Geschichte Niedersachsens History of Lower-Saxony (in German). Königreich Hannover History of the Kingdom of Hanover. Varusschlacht im Osnabrücker Land Museum and Park Kalkriese, close to the place of the "Battle of the Teutoburg Forest" (in German). History of the Frisians Wikipedia entry about the history of the German tribe. History of Lower-Saxony Wikipedia entry about the history of Lower-Saxony. |
Additional Information about NiedersachsenOpen Directory Project: Niedersachsen Wikipedia: Niedersachsen |
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