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Calenberger Land, view from Deister (hill). - Image: Uckermaerker

A virtual guide to the German Federal State of Lower-Saxony (in German: Niedersachsen). Beside a state profile, this page offers links to sources that provide you with information about this "Bundesland", e.g.: official web sites, local news, culture, history, education, city- and country guides with travel and visitors information, tourist attractions, events and much more.

Niedersachsen, Lower-Saxony	State Profile
Flag of the State of Niedersachsen	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.
Note: External links will open in a new browser window. Official Sites of Niedersachsen Niedersachsen Land 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). Maps Google 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

News

Lower-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 & Culture Niedersächsische Staatstheater Hannover Opera, Theatre, Ballet and Concert. MASALA Welt-Beat Festival Summer in the City of Hannover, World Beat Festival, traditional and modern world music (in German).

Business & Economy

IPA Niedersachsen
Niedersachsen 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 Guides

Discover 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

Travel and Tour Consumer Information

Education

TU Braunschweig
Technische 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 & Nature

Naturpark Elbufer-Drawehn
The 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.

History

The 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 Niedersachsen

Open Directory Project: Niedersachsen

Wikipedia: Niedersachsen

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