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Lower Saxony is a federal state in northwestern . It is the second largest state by area and fourth largest by population among the country's sixteen states.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Hanover and Göttingen.

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is the capital of Lower Saxony in . built a huge exhibition complex for the World Expo in 2000 and has been host to several of the biggest exhibitions in the world.

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is a city in the southernmost part of the state of Lower Saxony, bordering and .

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is a city of around 250,500 people in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, . It is north of the mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the via the rivers Aller and Weser.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as East Frisia and Lüneburg Heath.

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is a region of Lower Saxony in . is characterized by its green, unforested areas in the interior and its North Sea coast.

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The is an extensive region of heath and farmland in the state of Lower Saxony which has become a popular holiday and excursion destination.

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contains the hilly and mountainous parts of this state, namely the Upper mountains, Weser and Leine Uplands with their respective foothills and valleys as well as the Western portion of the Eichsfeld region.

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is a historical region in the Southeast of the state of Lower Saxony, centred around the city of . It refers to the core territory of the historic Duchy of Brunswick and its successor, the Free State of Brunswick, which was disestablished in 1946.

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is a district in Lower Saxony, . It is bounded by the districts of , , , , , , and .

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covers the Südwestliches Niedersachsen and Diepholz district in Germany. This region is largely rural and pretty off the beaten track.

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The region between the and rivers forms the Elbe–Weser triangle, also rendered , in northern Germany. It is also colloquially referred to as the Nasses Dreieck or "wet triangle".

Lower Saxony

Latitude of center
52.8399° or 52° 50′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
9.076° or 9° 4′ 34″ east
Population
7,920,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Abbreviation
“NI”
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2862926
Wiki­data ID
Q1197
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Lower Saxony” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nedersakse”
  • Albanian: “Saksonia e Ulët”
  • Amharic: “ኒደርዛክስን”
  • Arabic: “ساكسونيا السفلى”
  • Arabic: “سكسونيا السفلى”
  • Aragonese: “Baixa Saxonia”
  • Armenian: “Ստորին Սաքսոնիա”
  • Arpitan: “Saxa-d’Avâl”
  • 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”
  • 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: “DE-NI”
  • German: “Land Niedersachsen”
  • German: “NDS”
  • German: “Niedersachsen”
  • German: “Britisch Niedersachsen” (historical)
  • Greek: “Κάτω Σαξονία”
  • Gronings: “Leegsaksen”
  • Guarani: “Guy Sahoña”
  • Gujarati: “લોવર સેક્સોની”
  • Hakka Chinese: “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”
  • 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”
  • Kölsch: “Needersachse”
  • Kongo: “Niedersachsen”
  • Korean: “니더작센 주”
  • Korean: “니더작센”
  • Korean: “니더작센주”
  • Kurdish: “Niedersachsen”
  • Kurdish: “Saksonya Jêrîn”
  • 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”
  • Malagasy: “Niedersachsen”
  • Malay: “Niedersachsen”
  • Malay: “Sachsen Hilir”
  • Malayalam: “ലോവർ സാക്സണി”
  • Manx: “Niedersachsen”
  • Marathi: “नीडर जाक्सन”
  • Marathi: “नीडरजाक्सन”
  • Mazanderani: “نیدرزاکسن”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Niedersachsen”
  • Mingrelian: “თუდოლენი საქსონია”
  • Moksha: “Алуце Саксония”
  • Mongolian: “Доод Саксон”
  • Mongolian: “Доор Саксон”
  • Northern Frisian: “Naarersaksen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Niidersaksen”
  • Northern Sami: “Niedersachsen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niedersachsen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niedersachsen”
  • Norwegian: “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: “DE-NI”
  • Romanian: “NDS”
  • Romanian: “Niedersachsen”
  • Romanian: “Saxonia Inferioară”
  • Romansh: “Saxonia Inferiura”
  • Russia Buriat: “Доодо Саксони”
  • Russian: “Нидерсаксен”
  • Russian: “Нижняя Саксония”
  • Sardinian: “Bàscia Sassònia”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Läichsaksen”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Lound 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: “Niedersachsen”
  • Sindhi: “لوئر سئڪسني”
  • Sinhala: “පහල සැක්සොනි”
  • Slovak: “Dolné Sasko”
  • Slovenian: “DE-NI”
  • Slovenian: “NDS”
  • Slovenian: “Niedersachsen”
  • 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 Поёнӣ”
  • Tajik: “Саксонияи Поин”
  • 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: “Sasònia Basa”
  • Venetian: “Sassonia Bassa”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Zeeuws: “Niedersachsen”
  • “Sasògna Basa”
  • “Tlani Saxonia”

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