Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a federal state in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by area and fourth largest by population among the country's sixteen states.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Hanover
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Hanover is the capital of Lower Saxony in Germany. Hanover built a huge exhibition complex for the World Expo in 2000 and has been host to several of the biggest exhibitions in the world.
Göttingen
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Göttingen is a city in the southernmost part of the German state of Lower Saxony, bordering Hesse and Thuringia.
Brunswick
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Brunswick is a city of around 250,500 people in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Destinations
Lüneburg Heath
The Lüneburg Heath is an extensive region of heath and farmland in the state of Lower Saxony which has become a popular holiday and excursion destination.Southern Lower Saxony
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Southern Lower Saxony contains the hilly and mountainous parts of this state, namely the Upper Harz mountains, Weser and Leine Uplands with their respective foothills and valleys as well as the Western portion of the Eichsfeld region.
Brunswick Land
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Brunswick Land is a historical region in the Southeast of the German state of Lower Saxony, centred around the city of Braunschweig.
East Frisia
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East Frisia or East Friesland is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Elbe-Weser Triangle
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The region between the Elbe and Weser rivers forms the Elbe–Weser triangle, also rendered Elbe-Weser Triangle, in northern Germany.
Lower Saxony
- Type: State with 7,920,000 residents
- Description: state in North-West of Germany
- Neighbors: Brandenburg, Drenthe, Groningen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Overijssel, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia
- Categories: federated state of Germany and locality
- Location: Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
52.8399° or 52° 50' 24" northLongitude of center
9.076° or 9° 4' 34" eastPopulation
7,920,000Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Abbreviation
NIOpenStreetMap ID
node 1673514242OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
2862926Wikidata ID
Q1197Lower Saxony Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Nedersakse
- Albanian: Saksonia e Ulët
- Amharic: ኒደርዛክስን
- Arabic: Niedersachsen
- Arabic: ساكسونيا السفلى
- Arabic: سكسونيا السفلى
- Aragonese: Baixa Saxonia
- Armenian: Ստորին Սաքսոնիա
- Arpitan: Saxe d’Avâl
- Asturian: Baxa Saxonia
- Aymara: Niedersachsen suyu
- Azerbaijani: Aşağı Saksoniya
- Balinese: Saxony Sor
- Bashkir: Түбәнге Саксония
- Basque: Saxonia Beherea
- Bavarian: Niedasaxn
- Belarusian: Ніжняя Саксонія
- Bengali: নিডারজাখসেন
- Bosnian: Donja Saksonija
- Breton: Saks-Izel
- Bulgarian: Долна Саксония
- Catalan: Baixa Saxònia
- Cebuano: Lower Saxony
- Central Kurdish: ساکسۆنیای خواروو
- Chechen: Лаха Саксони
- Chechen: Лахара Саксони
- Chinese: Niedersachsen
- Chinese: 下萨克森
- Chinese: 下萨克森州
- Chinese: 下薩克森
- Chinese: 下薩克森州
- Chinese: 下薩克森邦
- Chinese: 下薩克遜
- Chuvash: Анат Саксони
- Chuvash: Анатри Саксони
- Cornish: Niedersachsen
- Corsican: Bassa Sassonia
- Corsican: Niedersachsen
- Crimean Tatar: Aşağı Saksoniya
- Croatian: Donja Saska
- Croatian: Niedersachsen
- Czech: Dolní Sasko
- Danish: Niedersachsen
- Dimli (individual language): Saksonya Cêrêne
- Dutch: Nedersaksen
- Egyptian Arabic: نيديرزاكسين
- English: DE-NI
- English: NDS
- English: Niedersachsen
- English: State of Lower Saxony
- Esperanto: Malsupra Saksio
- Estonian: Alam-Saksi
- Finnish: Ala-Saksi
- Finnish: Niedersachsen
- French: Basse-Saxe
- French: NDS
- French: Niedersachsen
- Friulian: Basse Sassonie
- Galician: Baixa Saxonia
- Georgian: ქვემო საქსონია
- German (Historic): Britisch Niedersachsen
- German: DE-NI
- German: Land Niedersachsen
- German: NDS
- German: Niedersachsen
- Greek: Κάτω Σαξονία
- Gronings: Leegsaksen
- Guarani: Guy Sahoña
- Gujarati: લોવર સેક્સોની
- Hakka Chinese: Hâ Saxony
- Hausa: Hâ Saxony
- Hausa: Lower Saxony
- Hebrew: נידרזאקסן
- Hebrew: נידרזקסן
- Hebrew: סקסוניה התחתונה
- Hebrew: סקסוניה התחתית
- Hebrew: סקסוניה תחתית
- Hindi: निचला सेक्सोनी
- Hindi: निचला सैक्सोनी
- Hungarian: Alsó-Szászország
- Icelandic: Neðra-Saxland
- Ido: Infra-Saxonia
- Indonesian: Niedersachsen
- Indonesian: Sachsen Hilir
- Interlingua: Basse Saxonia
- Interlingue: Infra Saxonia
- Irish: An tSacsain Íochtarach
- Italian: Bassa Sassonia
- Japanese: ニーダーザクセン州
- Javanese: Niedersachsen
- Kannada: ಲೋಯರ್ ಸ್ಯಾಕ್ಸೋನಿ
- Kazakh: Төменгі Саксония
- Kongo: Niedersachsen
- Korean: 니더작센 주
- Korean: 니더작센주
- Kurdish: Niedersachsen
- Kölsch: Needersachse
- Ladin: Niedersachsen
- Ladino: Basha Sajonia
- Latin: Saxonia Inferior
- Latvian: Lejassaksija
- Ligurian: Bassa Sasònia
- Limburgan: Nedersakse
- Lingala: Saxí-ya-Nsé
- Literary Chinese: 下薩克森
- Lithuanian: Žemutinė Saksonija
- Lombard: Bàsa Sasònia
- Low German: Land Neddersassen
- Low German: Neddersassen
- Low German: Nedderſaſſen
- Low German: Nedersaksen
- Low German: Neersassen
- Lower Sorbian: Dolnosakska
- Luxembourgish: Niddersachsen
- Macedonian: Долна Саксонија
- Malay: Niedersachsen
- Malay: Sachsen Hilir
- Malayalam: ലോവർ സാക്സണി
- Manx: Niedersachsen
- Marathi: नीडरजाक्सन
- Marathi: नीडर जाक्सन
- Mazanderani: نیدرزاکسن
- Min Nan Chinese: Niedersachsen
- Mingrelian: თუდოლენი საქსონია
- Mongolian: Доод Саксон
- Mongolian: Доор Саксон
- Northern Frisian: Naarersaksen
- Northern Frisian: Niidersaksen
- Northern Sami: Niedersachsen
- Norwegian: Niedersachsen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Niedersachsen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Niedersachsen
- Occitan (post 1500): Bassa Saxònia
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Niðerseaxland
- Ossetian: Дæллаг Саксони
- Pampanga: Lower Saxony
- Papiamento: Niedersachsen
- Pennsylvania German: Bunnes-Schtaat
- Persian: نیدرزاکسن
- Pfaelzisch: Nidasaksä
- Pfaelzisch: Niedersachsen
- Piemontese: Bassa Sassònia
- Polish: Dolna Saksonia
- Portuguese: Baixa Saxónia
- Portuguese: Baixa Saxônia
- Portuguese: Baixo Saxe
- Portuguese: NDS
- Portuguese: Niedersachsen
- Pushto: نیدرزاخسن
- Quechua: Niedersachsen
- Romanian: Saxonia Inferioară
- Romansh: Saxonia Inferiura
- Russia Buriat: Доодо Саксони
- Russian: Нидерсаксен
- Russian: Нижняя Саксония
- Sardinian: Bàscia Sassònia
- Saterfriesisch: Lound Läichsaksen
- Saterfriesisch: Läichsaksen
- Scots: Lawer Saxony
- Scottish Gaelic: Sagsainn Iosail
- Scottish Gaelic: Sagsainn Ìosail
- Serbian: Доња Саксонија
- Serbo-Croatian: Donja Saksonija
- Serbo-Croatian: Donja Saska
- Serbo-Croatian: Needersachse
- Serbo-Croatian: Niedersachsen
- Sindhi: لوئر سئڪسني
- Sinhala: පහල සැක්සොනි
- Slovak: Dolné Sasko
- Slovenian: Spodnja Saška
- Somali: Niedersachsen
- South Azerbaijani: نیدرزاکسن
- Spanish: Baja Sajonia
- Spanish: Niedersachsen
- Swahili: Saksonia Chini
- Swedish: Niedersachsen
- Swiss German: Nidersachse
- Swiss German: Niedersachsen
- Tagalog: Mababang Sahonya
- Tajik: Саксонияи Поин
- Tajik: Саксонияи Поёнӣ
- Tamil: லோயர் சாக்ஸ்சனி
- Tamil: லோயர் சாஸோணி
- Tatar: Түбән Саксония
- Telugu: లోవర్ సాక్సోనీ
- Thai: รัฐนีเดอร์ซัคเซิน
- Thai: รัฐโลว์เออร์แซกโซนี
- Tosk Albanian: Niedersachsen
- Turkish: Aşağı Saksonya
- Twents: Neersassen
- Ukrainian: Нижня Саксонія
- Upper Sorbian: Delnja Sakska
- Urdu: نیدرزاکسن
- Uzbek: Niedersachsen
- Uzbek: Quyi Saksoniya
- Venetian: Sassonia Bassa
- Venetian: Sasònia Basa
- Vietnamese: Hạ Saxony
- Vietnamese: Niedersachsen
- Vlaams: Nedersaksen
- Volapük: Dona-Saxän
- Volapük: Dona⸗Saxän
- Waray (Philippines): Niedersachsen
- Welsh: Niedersachsen
- Western Armenian: Ստորին Սաքսոնիա
- Western Frisian: Nedersaksen
- Western Panjabi: تھلواں سیکسنی
- Wu Chinese: 下萨克森州
- Yakut: Аллараа Саксонийа
- Yiddish: אונטער-זאקסן
- Yiddish: נידער-זאקסן
- Yoruba: Lower Saxony
- Yue Chinese: 下薩克遜
- DE9
- Saksonya Jêrîn
- Sasògna Basa
- Tlani Saxonia
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