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356 relations: Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Agriculture, Agronomy, Alfred Kubel, Aller (Germany), Alliance 90/The Greens, Altes Land, Ammerland, Amt Neuhaus, Apple, Artland (region), Asse II mine, Aurich (district), Baltrum, Beef, Bielefeld, Biotechnology, Borkum, Bramgau, Brandenburg, Braunschweig, Braunschweig (region), Bremen, Bremen (state), Bremerhaven, British occupation zone in Germany, Brunswick Land, Brunswick–Lüneburg, Buddhism, Bundestag, Calenberg Land, Calvörde, Capital city, Catholic Church, Celle, Celle (district), Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Central German, Central Uplands, Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Wulff, Cloppenburg (district), Coalition, Coat of arms, Congress of Vienna, Continental climate, County of Bentheim, County of Bentheim (district), County of Blankenburg, ... Expand index (306 more) »
- States and territories established in 1946
- States of Germany
Adolf Hitler's rise to power
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919 when Hitler joined the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP; German Workers' Party).
See Lower Saxony and Adolf Hitler's rise to power
Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.
See Lower Saxony and Agriculture
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation.
Alfred Kubel
Alfred Kubel (25 May 1909 in Braunschweig – 22 May 1999 in Bad Pyrmont) was a German politician; in his later career, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
See Lower Saxony and Alfred Kubel
Aller (Germany)
The Aller is a river in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Aller (Germany)
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), often simply referred to as Greens (Grüne), is a green political party in Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Alliance 90/The Greens
Altes Land
Altes Land is an area of reclaimed marshland straddling parts of Lower Saxony and Hamburg.
See Lower Saxony and Altes Land
Ammerland
Ammerland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Ammerland
Amt Neuhaus
Amt Neuhaus is a municipality in the District of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Amt Neuhaus
Apple
An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus spp.'', among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica).
Artland (region)
The Artland lies in the North German district of Osnabrück in the state of Lower Saxony and covers an area of around 180 km2 that, today, includes the collective municipality of Artland (which in turn consist of the municipalities of Quakenbrück, Badbergen, Menslage and Nortrup) as well as the municipality of Gehrde.
See Lower Saxony and Artland (region)
Asse II mine
The Asse II mine (Schacht Asse II) is a former salt mine used as a deep geological repository for radioactive waste in the Asse Mountains of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Asse II mine
Aurich (district)
Aurich is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Aurich (district)
Baltrum
Baltrum (Baltrum) is a barrier island off the coast of East Frisia, in Germany, and is a municipality in the district of Aurich, Lower Saxony.
Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (Bos taurus).
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Bielefeld
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services.
See Lower Saxony and Biotechnology
Borkum
Borkum (Borkum, Börkum) is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.
Bramgau
The Bramgau is the historic name for the region of settlement around the independent municipality of Bramsche in the north of the district of Osnabrück in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany. Lower Saxony and Brandenburg are states of Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Brandenburg
Braunschweig
Braunschweig or Brunswick (from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.
See Lower Saxony and Braunschweig
Braunschweig (region)
Braunschweig (German Regierungsbezirk Braunschweig) was one of the eight former administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke) of Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Braunschweig (region)
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Bremen (state)
Bremen, officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen; Free Hansestadt Bremen), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. Lower Saxony and Bremen (state) are states of Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Bremen (state)
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven (Bremerhoben) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Bremerhaven
British occupation zone in Germany
The British occupation zone in Germany (German: Britische Besatzungszone Deutschlands) was one of the Allied-occupied areas in Germany after World War II.
See Lower Saxony and British occupation zone in Germany
Brunswick Land
Brunswick Land (Braunschweiger Land) is a historical region in the Southeast of the German state of Lower Saxony, centred around the city of Braunschweig.
See Lower Saxony and Brunswick Land
Brunswick–Lüneburg
The Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg (Herzogtum Braunschweig und Lüneburg), commonly known as the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg or Brunswick-Lüneburg, was an imperial principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the territory of present day Lower Saxony.
See Lower Saxony and Brunswick–Lüneburg
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Bundestag
The Bundestag ("Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament and the lower of two federal chambers, opposed to the upper chamber, the Bundesrat.
See Lower Saxony and Bundestag
Calenberg Land
The Calenberg Land (Calenberger Land) is a historic landscape southwest of Hanover in Germany, roughly formed by the countryside between the Leine and the Deister hills.
See Lower Saxony and Calenberg Land
Calvörde
Calvörde is a municipality in the Börde district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
See Lower Saxony and Capital city
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
See Lower Saxony and Catholic Church
Celle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany.
Celle (district)
Celle is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Celle (district)
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
See Lower Saxony and Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
See Lower Saxony and Central European Time
Central German
Central German or Middle German (mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German languages spoken from the Rhineland in the west to the former eastern territories of Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Central German
Central Uplands
The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff.
See Lower Saxony and Central Uplands
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands; CDU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christian Wulff
Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff (born 1959) is a retired German politician and lawyer who served as President of Germany from 2010 to 2012.
See Lower Saxony and Christian Wulff
Cloppenburg (district)
Cloppenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Cloppenburg (district)
Coalition
A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal.
See Lower Saxony and Coalition
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).
See Lower Saxony and Coat of arms
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
See Lower Saxony and Congress of Vienna
Continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters).
See Lower Saxony and Continental climate
County of Bentheim
The County of Bentheim (Grafschaft Bentheim, Low German Benthem) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the south-west corner of today's Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and County of Bentheim
County of Bentheim (district)
County of Bentheim (Grafschaft Bentheim) is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and County of Bentheim (district)
County of Blankenburg
The County of Blankenburg (Grafschaft Blankenburg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
See Lower Saxony and County of Blankenburg
County of Hoya
The County of Hoya (German: Grafschaft Hoya) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Lower Saxony.
See Lower Saxony and County of Hoya
County of Schaumburg
The County of Schaumburg (Grafschaft Schaumburg), until ca.
See Lower Saxony and County of Schaumburg
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven is a town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Cuxhaven (district)
Cuxhaven is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Cuxhaven (district)
David McAllister
David James McAllister (born 12 January 1971) is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014.
See Lower Saxony and David McAllister
Dümmer Nature Park
The Dümmer Nature Park (Naturpark Dümmer) in North Germany is located in the Lower Saxon districts of Diepholz and Vechta and the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke.
See Lower Saxony and Dümmer Nature Park
Deep geological repository
A deep geological repository is a way of storing hazardous or radioactive waste within a stable geologic environment, typically 200–1,000 m below the surface of the earth.
See Lower Saxony and Deep geological repository
Delmenhorst
Delmenhorst (Northern Low Saxon: Demost) is an urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Delmenhorst
Diepholz (district)
Diepholz is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Diepholz (district)
Duchy of Brunswick
The Duchy of Brunswick (Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state that ceased to exist in 1918.
See Lower Saxony and Duchy of Brunswick
Duchy of Oldenburg
The Duchy of Oldenburg (Herzogtum Oldenburg) named after its capital, the town of Oldenburg was a state in the north-west of present-day Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Duchy of Oldenburg
Duchy of Saxony
The Duchy of Saxony (Hartogdom Sassen, Herzogtum Sachsen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804.
See Lower Saxony and Duchy of Saxony
Duchy of Westphalia
The Duchy of Westphalia (Herzogtum Westfalen) was a historic territory in the Holy Roman Empire, which existed from 1102 to 1803.
See Lower Saxony and Duchy of Westphalia
Dutch annexation of German territory after the Second World War
At the end of World War II, plans were made in the Netherlands to annex German territory as compensation for the damages caused by the war.
See Lower Saxony and Dutch annexation of German territory after the Second World War
East Frisia
East Frisia or East Friesland (Ostfriesland;; Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and East Frisia
East Frisian Islands
The East Frisian Islands (German: Ostfriesische Inseln, West Frisian: Eastfryske eilannen, Aastefräiske Ailounds) are a chain of islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and East Frisian Islands
East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
See Lower Saxony and East Germany
East Prussia
East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.
See Lower Saxony and East Prussia
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.
See Lower Saxony and Eastern Europe
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
See Lower Saxony and Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastphalia
Eastphalia (Ostfalen, pronounced ɔstˈfaːlən; Eastphalian: Oostfalen) is a historical region in northern Germany, encompassing the eastern Gaue (shires) of the historic stem duchy of Saxony, roughly confined by the River Leine in the west and the Elbe and Saale in the east.
See Lower Saxony and Eastphalia
Eichsfeld
The Eichsfeld (or; 'Oak-field') is a historical region in the southeast of the state of Lower Saxony (which is called Untereichsfeld, 'lower Eichsfeld') and northwest of the state of Thuringia (Obereichsfeld, 'upper Eichsfeld') in the south of the Harz mountains in Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Eichsfeld
Elbe
The Elbe (Labe; Ilv or Elv; Upper and Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.
Elbe–Weser triangle
The region between the Elbe and Weser rivers (the triangle of Bremen, Hamburg, and Cuxhaven) forms the Elbe–Weser triangle (Elbe-Weser-Dreieck; Northern Low Saxon: Elv-Werser-Dreeeck), also rendered Elbe-Weser Triangle, in northern Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Elbe–Weser triangle
Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park
The Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park (Naturpark Elbhöhen-Wendland), formerly known as the Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park (Naturpark Elbufer-Drawehn) is a German nature park east of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony.
See Lower Saxony and Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park
Electorate of Cologne
The Electorate of Cologne (Kurfürstentum Köln), sometimes referred to as Electoral Cologne (Kurköln), was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the 10th to the early 19th century.
See Lower Saxony and Electorate of Cologne
Electorate of Hanover
The Electorate of Hanover (Kurfürstentum Hannover or simply Kurhannover) was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in northwestern Germany and taking its name from the capital city of Hanover.
See Lower Saxony and Electorate of Hanover
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (Kurfürstentum Sachsen or), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806.
See Lower Saxony and Electorate of Saxony
Elm (hills)
The Elm is a range of hills north of the Harz mountains in the Helmstedt and Wolfenbüttel districts of Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Elm (hills)
Elm-Lappwald Nature Park
The Elm-Lappwald Nature Park (Naturpark Elm-Lappwald) is a nature park in southwest Lower Saxony, east of Brunswick in central Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Elm-Lappwald Nature Park
Emden
Emden is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems.
Ems (river)
The Ems (Ems; Eems) is a river in northwestern Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Ems (river)
Emsland
Landkreis Emsland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems.
Emsland (region)
Emsland is the name of a region along the lower Ems River in western Lower Saxony and northern North Rhine-Westphalia.
See Lower Saxony and Emsland (region)
Enclave and exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity.
See Lower Saxony and Enclave and exclave
Environmental protection
Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments.
See Lower Saxony and Environmental protection
Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930)
Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht (29 June 1930 – 13 December 2014) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and a former high-ranking European civil servant.
See Lower Saxony and Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930)
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
See Lower Saxony and European Union
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD), also known as the Protestant Church in Germany, is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional Churches in Germany, collectively encompassing the vast majority of the country's Protestants.
See Lower Saxony and Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig) is a Lutheran church in the German states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
See Lower Saxony and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Oldenburg) is a Lutheran church in the German state of Lower Saxony.
See Lower Saxony and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe) is a Lutheran member church (Landeskirche) of the Protestant Church in Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe
Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany
The Evangelical Reformed Church (Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche), until 2009 Evangelical Reformed Church – Synod of Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany (Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche – Synode evangelisch-reformierter Kirchen in Bayern und Nordwestdeutschland) is a Calvinist member church of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD).
See Lower Saxony and Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche Hannovers) is a Lutheran church body (Landeskirche) in the northern German state of Lower Saxony and the city of Bremerhaven covering the territory of the former Kingdom of Hanover.
See Lower Saxony and Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
Fagus Factory
The Fagus Factory (German: Fagus Fabrik or Fagus Werk), a shoe last factory in Alfeld on the Leine, Lower Saxony, Germany, is an important example of early modern architecture.
See Lower Saxony and Fagus Factory
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.
See Lower Saxony and Frankfurt
Free church
A free church is any Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government (as opposed to a state church).
See Lower Saxony and Free church
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
The Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) is a liberal political party in Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Free Democratic Party (Germany)
Free State of Brunswick
The Free State of Brunswick was a state of the German Reich in the time of the Weimar Republic.
See Lower Saxony and Free State of Brunswick
Free State of Lippe
The Free State of Lippe (Freistaat Lippe) was created following the abdication of Prince Leopold IV of the Principality of Lippe on 15 November 1918, following the German Revolution.
See Lower Saxony and Free State of Lippe
Free State of Oldenburg
The Free State of Oldenburg (Freistaat Oldenburg) was a federated state that existed during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Free State of Oldenburg
Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
The Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe (Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe) was created following the abdication of Prince Adolf II of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe on 15 November 1918, following the German Revolution.
See Lower Saxony and Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
Freepsum
Freepsum is a village in the region of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Friesland (district)
Friesland is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Friesland (district)
Frisians
The Frisians are an ethnic group indigenous to the coastal regions of the Netherlands, north-western Germany and southern Denmark, and during the Early Middle Ages in the north-western coastal zone of Flanders, Belgium.
Garbsen
Garbsen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Gau (territory)
Gau (German:; gouw; gea or goa) is a Germanic term for a region within a country, often a former or current province.
See Lower Saxony and Gau (territory)
Göttingen
Göttingen (Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district.
See Lower Saxony and Göttingen
Göttingen (district)
Göttingen is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Göttingen (district)
Geest
Geest is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.
Georg Diederichs
Georg Diederichs (2 September 1900 – 19 June 1983) was a German politician who served as Minister President of Lower Saxony from 1961 to 1970.
See Lower Saxony and Georg Diederichs
Gerhard Glogowski
Gerhard Glogowski (born 11 February 1943) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
See Lower Saxony and Gerhard Glogowski
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt "Gerd" Schröder (born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005.
See Lower Saxony and Gerhard Schröder
German Bundesrat
The German Bundesrat is a legislative body that represents the sixteen Länder (federated states) of Germany at the federal level (German: Bundesebene).
See Lower Saxony and German Bundesrat
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.
See Lower Saxony and Germanic peoples
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gifhorn (district)
Gifhorn is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Gifhorn (district)
Gorleben
Gorleben is a small municipality (Gemeinde) in the Gartow region of the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in the far north-east of Lower Saxony, Germany, a region also known as the Wendland.
Goslar
Goslar (Eastphalian: Goslär) is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Goslar (district)
Goslar is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Goslar (district)
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (also known as Holstein-Oldenburg) was a grand duchy within the German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire that consisted of three widely separated territories: Oldenburg, Eutin and Birkenfeld.
See Lower Saxony and Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Grönegau
The Grönegau (also Graingau) is the historic regional name for one of the many Saxon Gaus that have survived to the present day.
Greater Hamburg Act
The Greater Hamburg Act (Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz), in full the Law Regarding Greater Hamburg and Other Territorial Readjustments (Gesetz über Groß-Hamburg und andere Gebietsbereinigungen), was passed by the government of Nazi Germany on 26 January 1937, and mandated the exchange of territories between Hamburg and the Free State of Prussia.
See Lower Saxony and Greater Hamburg Act
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
See Lower Saxony and Gross domestic product
Gruner + Jahr
Gruner + Jahr is a publishing house headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Gruner + Jahr
Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. Lower Saxony and Hamburg are states of Germany.
Hamelin
Hamelin (Hameln) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Hameln-Pyrmont
Hameln-Pyrmont is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Hameln-Pyrmont
Hannover Re
Hannover Re (in German Hannover Rück) is a reinsurance company based in Hannover, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Hannover Re
Hanover
Hanover (Hannover; Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony.
Hanover (region)
Hanover was a Regierungsbezirk of the German state of Lower Saxony from 1946 until 2004.
See Lower Saxony and Hanover (region)
Hanover Region
Hanover Region (Region Hannover) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Hanover Region
Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
The Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg) is an economic and cultural region in Northern Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
Harburg (district)
District Harburg is a district (Landkreis) in Hamburg and Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Harburg (district)
Harz
The Harz is a highland area in northern Germany.
Höfer, Germany
Höfer is a village and a former municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Höfer, Germany
Hümmling
The Hümmling (Homelinghen, from hömil.
Heidekreis
Heidekreis ("Heath district") is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Heidekreis
Heinrich Hellwege
Heinrich Peter Hellwege (18 August 1908 in Neuenkirchen – 4 October 1991 in Neuenkirchen) was a German politician (DHP, DP and CDU).
See Lower Saxony and Heinrich Hellwege
Helmstedt (district)
Helmstedt is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Helmstedt (district)
Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing
The Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing (Grenzübergang Helmstedt-Marienborn), named Grenzübergangsstelle Marienborn (GÜSt) (border crossing Marienborn) by the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was the largest and most important border crossing on the Inner German border during the division of Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing
Herford (district)
Herford is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Lower Saxony and Herford (district)
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia (Hessen), officially the State of Hesse (Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Lower Saxony and Hesse are NUTS 1 statistical regions of the European Union and states of Germany.
Hessisch Oldendorf
Hessisch Oldendorf (is a town in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Weser, approximately northwest of Hamelin. The adjective "Hessisch" has been used since 1905 to distinguish it from other towns named Oldendorf. Hessisch Oldendorf was part of Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel from 1640 until 1932.
See Lower Saxony and Hessisch Oldendorf
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (Hilmessen or Hilmssen; Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants.
See Lower Saxony and Hildesheim
Hildesheim (district)
Hildesheim is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Hildesheim Börde
The Hildesheim Börde (Hildesheimer Börde or Braunschweig-Hildesheimer Lössbörde) is a natural region, 272 km2 in area, in the northern part of Hildesheim district, which is known for its especially rich black earth loess soil.
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Hildesheim Cathedral
Hildesheim Cathedral (German: Hildesheimer Dom), officially the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (German: Hohe Domkirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt) or simply St.
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Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf 1948 Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf (6 May 1893 – 21 December 1961) was a German politician (SPD).
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History of Saxony
The history of Saxony began with a small tribe living on the North Sea between the Elbe and Eider River in what is now Holstein.
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Holstein
Holstein (Holsteen; Holsten; Holsatia) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider.
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Holzminden (district)
Holzminden is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany, with the town of Holzminden as its administrative capital.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
House of Welf
The House of Welf (also Guelf or Guelph) is a European dynasty that has included many German and British monarchs from the 11th to 20th century and Emperor Ivan VI of Russia in the 18th century.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Hunte
Hunte is a long river in north-western Germany (Lower Saxony), a left tributary of the Weser.
Imperial circle
During the early modern period, the Holy Roman Empire was divided into imperial circles (Circuli imperii, Reichskreise; singular: Circulus imperii, Reichskreis), administrative groupings whose primary purposes were the organization of common defensive structure and the collection of imperial taxes.
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Imperial Palace of Goslar
The Imperial Palace of Goslar (Kaiserpfalz Goslar) is a historical building complex at the foot of the Rammelsberg hill in the south of the town of Goslar north of the Harz mountains, central Germany.
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Internationaler Naturpark Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen
The Internationaler Naturpark Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen (engl. Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen International Nature Park) is a nature reserve in the west of the German state Lower Saxony as well as in the North-East of the Netherlands.
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Iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.
Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Juist
Juist (Juist) is an island and municipality in the district of Aurich in Lower Saxony in Germany.
Kassel
Kassel (in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, in central Germany.
Kehdingen
Kehdingen is the name of a landscape in the north German district of Stade on the Lower Elbe, the lower reaches of the River Elbe.
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Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover (Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era.
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Konrad mine
The Konrad mine (Schacht Konrad) is a former iron ore mine proposed as a deep geological repository for medium- and low level radioactive waste in the city Salzgitter in the Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig.
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Land Hadeln
Land Hadeln is a historic landscape and former administrative district in Northern Germany with its seat in Otterndorf on the Lower Elbe, the lower reaches of the River Elbe, in the Elbe-Weser Triangle between the estuaries of the Elbe and Weser.
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Land Wursten
Land Wursten is a former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Landeskirche
In Germany and Switzerland, a Landeskirche (plural: Landeskirchen) is the church of a region.
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Landtag of Lower Saxony
The Lower Saxon Landtag or the Parliament of Lower Saxony is the state diet of the German state of Lower Saxony.
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Langenhagen
Langenhagen (Eastphalian: Langenhogen) is a town in the Hanover district of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Langeoog
Langeoog (Langeoog) is one of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands at the edge of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea in the southern North Sea, located between Baltrum Island (west), and Spiekeroog (east).
Lappwald
The Lappwald is a heavily wooded range of hills, 20 km long and up to 5 km wide, in central Germany.
Lüchow-Dannenberg
Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany, which is usually referred to as Hanoverian Wendland (Hannoversches Wendland) or Wendland.
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Lüneburg
Lüneburg (Lümborg; Luneburgum or Lunaburgum; Luneburc; Hliuni; Glain), officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg (Hansestadt Lüneburg) and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony.
Lüneburg (district)
Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Lüneburg (region)
Lüneburg was one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the north of the federal state between the three cities Bremen, Hamburg and Hanover.
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Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany.
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Lüneburg Heath Nature Park
Lüneburg Heath Nature Park (German: Naturpark Lüneburger Heide) is a nature park, a form of protected environment, located in the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany.
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Leer (district)
Leer is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Leine Uplands
The Leine Uplands (Leinebergland) is a region in Germany's Central Uplands which forms a part of the Lower Saxon Hills and lies along the River Leine between Göttingen and Hanover.
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Lindwedel
Lindwedel is a municipality in the administrative division of Schwarmstedt, in the Heidekreis region of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Lingen, Germany
Lingen, officially Lingen (Ems), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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List of German states by Human Development Index
This is a list of German states by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2021.
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List of mountains and hills of Lower Saxony
This List of mountains and hills in Lower Saxony shows a selection of high or well-known mountains and hills in the German state of Lower Saxony (in order of height).
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List of places in Lower Saxony
This is a list of geographical features in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Loam
Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size >), silt (particle size >), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size These proportions can vary to a degree, however, and result in different types of loam soils: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, and loam.
Local history
Local history is the study of history in a geographically local context, often concentrating on a relatively small local community.
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Loess
A loess (from Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.
Logo
A logo (abbreviation of logotype) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.
Lordship of Diepholz
The County of Diepholz (West Low German: Deefholt), that was first known as the Lordship of Diepholz, was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower-Rhenish-Westphalian Circle.
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Low Saxon
Low Saxon (Nedersaksisch), also known as West Low German (Westniederdeutsch) are a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of the German-speaking minority).
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Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
The Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis, Nederrijns-Westfaalse Kreits) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Lower Saxon Asparagus Road
The Lower Saxon Asparagus Road (Niedersächsische Spargelstraße) is a tourist route in North Germany that confers recognition of the asparagus as a delicacy in the region.
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Lower Saxon Circle
The Lower Saxon Circle (Niedersächsischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Lower Saxon Hills
The Lower Saxon Hills (Niedersächsisches Bergland) are one of the 73 natural regions in Germany defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN).
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Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.
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Münden Nature Park
The Münden Nature Park lies within the district of Göttingen, in south Lower Saxony in Germany.
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV;; Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are 1946 establishments in Germany, states and territories established in 1946 and states of Germany.
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Meyer Werft
Meyer Werft is a German shipyard headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems, founded in 1795 with small wooden vessels.
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Middle Weser Region
The Middle Weser Region (Mittelweserregion) includes, in its fullest sense, the land along the Middle Weser between Minden and Bremen.
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Migration Period
The Migration Period (circa 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the post-Roman kingdoms.
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Military occupation
Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling power's own sovereign territory.
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Minden-Ravensberg
Minden-Ravensberg was a Prussian administrative unit consisting of the Principality of Minden and the County of Ravensberg from 1719–1807.
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Minister-President of Lower Saxony
The Minister-President of Lower Saxony (Ministerpräsident des Landes Niedersachsen), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of Lower Saxony.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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Nienburg (district)
Nienburg is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Norderney
Norderney (Nördernee) is one of the seven populated East Frisian Islands off the North Sea coast of Germany.
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Nordhorn
Nordhorn (Northern Low Saxon: Nothoorn, or Notthoarn, Netthoarn and Noordhoorn) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
North German Plain
The North German Plain or Northern Lowland (Norddeutsches Tiefland) is one of the major geographical regions of Germany.
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of, it is the fourth-largest German state by size. Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia are 1946 establishments in Germany, NUTS 1 statistical regions of the European Union, states and territories established in 1946 and states of Germany.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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Northeim (district)
Northeim is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Northern Germany
Northern Germany (Norddeutschland) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony and the two city-states Hamburg and Bremen.
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Northern Low Saxon
Northern Low Saxon (in Standard High German: Nordniedersächsisch, also Nordniederdeutsch, lit. North(ern) Low Saxon/German; in Standard Dutch: Noord-Nedersaksisch) is a subgroup of Low Saxon dialects of Low German.
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Northwest Metropolitan Region
The European Northwest Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Nordwest), formerly Metropolitan Region of Bremen/Oldenburg (Metropolregion Bremen/Oldenburg) is one of the eleven metropolitan regions in Germany.
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Oat
The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural).
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Old Saxony
Old Saxony was the homeland of the Saxons during the Early Middle Ages.
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Oldenburg (city)
Oldenburg (Northern Low Saxon: Ollnborg) is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Oldenburg (district)
The district of Oldenburg (German: Landkreis Oldenburg, not to be confused with the cities of Oldenburg and Oldenburg in Holstein) is a district in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Oldenburg (state)
Oldenburg is a former state in northwestern Germany whose capital was Oldenburg.
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Oldenburg Land
Oldenburg Land (Oldenburger Land) is a region and regional association in the German state of Lower Saxony in the area of the former Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (1815–1918), the later Free State of Oldenburg (1918–1946) and administrative district of Oldenburg (1946 to 1978), without its exclaves, along the rivers Hunte and Hase.
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Oldenburg Münsterland
The Oldenburg Münsterland, otherwise called Oldenburger Münsterland or Oldenburgisches Münsterland, is a region in Lower Saxony, Germany and the administrative area that comprises the federal districts of Cloppenburg and Vechta.
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Ordinance No. 46
Ordinance No.
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Osnabrück
Osnabrück (Ossenbrügge; archaic Osnaburg) is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany.
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Osnabrück (district)
Osnabrück is a district (Landkreis) in the southwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Osnabrück Land
Osnabrück Land (Osnabrücker Land) is a region in southwest Lower Saxony in Germany, which extends into the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Osterholz
Osterholz is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Ottobock
Ottobock SE & Co.
Outline of Germany
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Germany: Germany – federal parliamentary republic in Western-Central Europe consisting of 16 constituent states (Bundesland), which retain limited sovereignty.
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Peine (district)
Peine is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Personal union
A personal union is a combination of two or more monarchical states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct.
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PHW Group
The PHW Group is a German family business in the meat industry that operates internationally.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Pork
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the pig (Sus domesticus).
Port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers.
Potato
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.
Poultry
Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers.
Precipitation types
In meteorology, the different types of precipitation often include the character, formation, or phase of the precipitation which is falling to ground level.
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Preselection
Preselection is the process by which a candidate is selected, usually by a political party, to contest an election for political office.
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Prince-Bishopric of Münster
The Prince-Bishopric of Münster (Fürstbistum Münster, Bistum Münster or Hochstift Münster) was a large ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western Lower Saxony.
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Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück
The Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück (Hochstift Osnabrück; Fürstbistum Osnabrück, Bistum Osnabrück) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1225 until 1803.
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Prince-Bishopric of Verden
The Prince-Bishopric of Verden (Fürstbistum Verden, Hochstift Verden or Stift Verden) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was located in what is today the state of Lower Saxony in Germany.
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Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg, an area of and over 40,000 inhabitants.
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Prosthesis
In medicine, a prosthesis (prostheses; from addition, application, attachment), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (congenital disorder).
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Province of Hanover
The Province of Hanover (Provinz Hannover) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1866 to 1946.
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Province of Hesse-Nassau
The Province of Hesse-Nassau was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1868 to 1918, then a province of the Free State of Prussia until 1944.
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Province of Westphalia
The Province of Westphalia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Quaternary glaciation
The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period that began 2.58 Ma (million years ago) and is ongoing.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.
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Radioactive waste
Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material.
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Rammelsberg
The Rammelsberg is a mountain, high, on the northern edge of the Harz range, south of the historic town of Goslar in the North German state of Lower Saxony.
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Referendum
A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.
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Refugee
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.
Regierungsbezirk
A Regierungsbezirk means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany.
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Rinteln
Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Road of Weser Renaissance
The Road of Weser Renaissance (Straße der Weserrenaissance) is a well-known tourist route in North Germany.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim
The Diocese of Hildesheim (Dioecesis Hildesiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster
The Diocese of Münster (Dioecesis Monasteriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
The Diocese of Osnabrück (Dioecesis Osnabrugensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.
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Rotenburg (district)
Rotenburg is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Route of Megalithic Culture
The Route of Megalithic Culture (Straße der Megalithkultur) was first created as a tourist route that meanders from Osnabrück to Oldenburg in North-West Germany.
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Rye
Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop.
Salt mining
Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground.
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Salzgitter
Salzgitter (Eastphalian: Soltgitter) is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig.
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Salzgitter AG
Salzgitter AG is a German company, one of the largest steel producers in Europe with an annual output of around seven million tonnes.
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Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
Saterland Frisian language
Saterland Frisian, also known as Sater Frisian, Saterfrisian or Saterlandic (Seeltersk), spoken in the Saterland municipality of Lower Saxony in Germany, is the last living dialect of the East Frisian language.
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Saxe-Lauenburg
The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, called Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) between the 14th and 17th centuries; Hertugdømmet Sachsen-Lauenborg), was a reichsfrei duchy that existed from 1296 to 1803 and again from 1814 to 1876 in the extreme southeast region of what is now Schleswig-Holstein.
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Saxe-Wittenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged after the dissolution of the stem duchy of Saxony.
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Saxon Steed
The Saxon Steed (Sachsenross, Niedersachsenross, Welfenross, Westfalenpferd;; Low Saxon: Witte Peerd) is a heraldic motif associated with the German provinces of Lower Saxony and Westphalia, and the Dutch region of Twente.
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Saxons
The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons, were the Germanic people of "Old" Saxony (Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany.
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt; Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt are states of Germany.
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Südheide Nature Park
The Südheide Nature Park ("Southern Heath Nature Park", German: Naturpark Südheide) is a large protected area of forest and heathland in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany.
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Schaumburg
Schaumburg is a district (Landkreis) of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Schaumburg Land
The Schaumburg Land (Schaumburger Land) is a strip of land in the German federal state of Lower Saxony lying between Lake Steinhude, Schaumburg Forest, Minden Land, the Weser Hills and the Deister.
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Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (Slesvig-Holsten; Sleswig-Holsteen; Slaswik-Holstiinj; Sleswick-Holsatia) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein are 1946 establishments in Germany, states and territories established in 1946 and states of Germany.
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Sigmar Gabriel
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel (born 12 September 1959) is a German politician who was the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and the vice-chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018.
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Silesia
Silesia (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.
Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits.
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Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands,; SPD) is a social democratic political party in Germany.
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Solling
The Solling is a range of hills up to high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Solling-Vogler Nature Park
The Solling-Vogler Nature Park (Naturpark Solling-Vogler) is a nature park in South Lower Saxony in Germany.
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South Lower Saxony
South Lower Saxony (Südniedersachsen) refers to the southern part of the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
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Soviet occupation zone in Germany
The Soviet occupation zone in Germany (or label) was an area of Germany that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a communist area, established as a result of the Potsdam Agreement on 1 August 1945.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Spiekeroog
Spiekeroog is one of the East Frisian Islands, off the North Sea coast of Germany.
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St. Andreas, Hildesheim
The church of St.
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St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim
The Church of St.
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Stade (district)
Stade is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Stade (region)
The Stade Region emerged in 1823 by an administrative reorganisation of the dominions of the Kingdom of Hanover, a sovereign state, whose then territory is almost completely part of today's German federal state of Lower Saxony.
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Stade Geest
The Stade Geest (German: Stader Geest; Northern Low Saxon: Stoder Geest) is a natural region of low, sandy heath (geest) in the North German Plain.
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State of Hanover
The State of Hanover (Land Hannover) was a short-lived state within the British Zone of Allied-occupied Germany. Lower Saxony and state of Hanover are 1946 establishments in Germany and states and territories established in 1946.
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States of Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. Lower Saxony and states of Germany are NUTS 1 statistical regions of the European Union.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
Steinhuder Meer Nature Park
The Steinhuder Meer Nature Park (Naturpark Steinhuder Meer), with northwest Germany's largest inland lake, the Steinhuder Meer, at its heart, covers an area of within the districts of Nienburg and Schaumburg and the region of Hanover.
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Stephan Weil
Stephan Weil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony.
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Sugar beet
A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production.
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Sumte, Lower Saxony, Germany
Sumte is a village in the municipality of Amt Neuhaus, located 30 km east of the county town Lüneburg in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany.
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Talanx
Talanx is a German multinational financial services company headquartered in Hanover, Germany.
Telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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TERRA.vita Nature Park
The TERRA.vita Nature Park (Naturpark TERRA.vita) is located in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and is divided into northern and southern areas.
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The Left (Germany)
The Left (Die Linke), commonly referred to as the Left Party (Die Linkspartei), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany.
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Thuringia
Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. Lower Saxony and Thuringia are states of Germany.
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Trade
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money.
TUI Group
TUI AG (trading as TUI Group) is a German leisure, travel and tourism company; it is the largest such company in the world.
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Uelzen (district)
Uelzen is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Unterelbe
The Unterelbe or, in English usually the Lower Elbe, refers to the lower reaches of the river Elbe in Germany influenced by the tides.
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Upper Harz Water Regale
The Upper Harz Water Regale (Oberharzer Wasserregal) is a system of dams, reservoirs, ditches and other structures, much of which was built from the 16th to 19th centuries to divert and store the water that drove the water wheels of the mines in the Upper Harz region of Germany.
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Upper Saxony
Upper Saxony (Obersachsen) was the name given to the majority of the German lands held by the House of Wettin, in what is now called Central Germany (Mitteldeutschland).
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Vechta (district)
Vechta is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Verden (district)
Verden is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the centre of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen (VW)English:,. is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Volkswagen Act
The Volkswagen Act is a set of German (originally West German) federal laws enacted in 1960, regulating the privatization of Volkswagenwerk GmbH into the Volkswagen Group.
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Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee; Wattenmeer; Wattensee or Waddenzee; Vadehavet; longname; di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea.
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Wangerooge
Wangerooge is one of the 32 Frisian Islands in the North Sea located close to the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
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War reparations
War reparations are compensation payments made after a war by one side to the other.
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Wümme Depression
The Wümme Depression (Wümmeniederung) is a bog, geest and forest landscape within the Elbe–Weser triangle in the German state of Lower Saxony.
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Weser
The Weser is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany.
Weser Uplands
The Weser Uplands (German: Weserbergland) is a hill region in Germany, between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica, along the river Weser.
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Weser Uplands-Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park
The Weser Uplands-Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park (Naturpark Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln) lies on the northern edge of the German Central Uplands where it transitions to the North German Plain, about southwest of Hanover.
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Weser-Ems
The Regierungsbezirk Weser-Ems was the most westerly of the four administrative regions of Lower Saxony, Germany, bordering on the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel.
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Wesermarsch
Wesermarsch is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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West Berlin
West Berlin (Berlin (West) or West-Berlin) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Westerlies
The westerlies, anti-trades, or prevailing westerlies, are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
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Westphalia
Westphalia (Westfalen; Westfalen) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.
Widukind
Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785.
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main.
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Wildeshausen Geest
The Wildeshausen Geest (Wildeshauser Geest) is part of the northwest Germany's geest ridge, that begins near Meppen on the river Ems with the Hümmling, is broken by the Weser depression, continues with the Osterholz Geest and reaches the marshes of Kehdingen by the river Elbe with the ridges of the Wingst and Stade Geest.
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Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelm's Harbour; Northern Low Saxon: Willemshaven) is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Windward and leeward
In geography and seamanship, windward and leeward are directions relative to the wind.
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Wittmund (district)
Wittmund is a Landkreis (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel (Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District.
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Wolfenbüttel (district)
Wolfenbüttel is a district in southeastern Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg (Eastphalian: Wulfsborg) is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller.
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Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant
The Wolfsburg Volkswagen Factory is the worldwide headquarters of the Volkswagen Group, and one of the largest manufacturing plants in the world, in terms of area at just under 6.5 million m² (70 million sq ft).
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Wurmberg (Harz)
At the Wurmberg is the second highest mountain in the Harz and the highest in Lower Saxony (Germany).
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2008 Lower Saxony state election
The 2008 Lower Saxony state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the 16th Landtag of Lower Saxony.
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2013 Lower Saxony state election
The 2013 Lower Saxony state election was held on 20 January 2013 to elect the members of the 17th Landtag of Lower Saxony.
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2017 Lower Saxony state election
The 2017 Lower Saxony state election was held on 15 October 2017 to elect the 18th Landtag of Lower Saxony.
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See also
States and territories established in 1946
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