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Lower Saxony [a] is a German state (Land) in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,614 km 2 (18,384 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Lower Saxony lies in north-western Germany and is the country's second largest federal state. It is named after a historical province that emerged during the Middle Ages ; its capital is Hanover . Much of northern Lower Saxony is a vast lowland of heath and bog , part of the North German Plain .
This is a list of geographical features in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Mountains. Harz; Weserbergland; Rivers ... List of cities in Lower Saxony by population ...
The first medieval Duchy of Saxony was a late Early Middle Ages "Carolingian stem duchy", which emerged around the start of the 8th century AD and grew to include the greater part of Northern Germany, what are now the modern German states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony-Anhalt.
The following table lists the 63 cities and communes in Lower Saxony with a population of at least 25,000 on May 15, 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. [2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital. The city rank by population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerate by the 2022 German Census [3]
Cuxhaven (German: [kʊksˈhaːfn̩]; Low German: Cuxhoben) is a town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. [3]
Wilhelmshaven (German pronunciation: [vɪlhɛlmsˈhaːfn̩] ⓘ, lit. Wilhelm's Harbour; Northern Low Saxon: Willemshaven) is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany.It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea, and has a population of 76,089. [3]
East Frisia (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə /) or East Friesland (/ ˈ f r iː z l ə n d /; German: Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfräisland; Saterland Frisian: Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.