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# Lower Saxony

With around 47,700 km², Lower Saxony is the second-largest German federal state, has its capital in Hanover and about 8.0 million inhabitants (2022 census).

## Overview

Lower Saxony lies in northwestern Germany, stretching from the North Sea coast to the foothills of the Harz. The state capital is Hanover. The state covers around 47,700 km² and is thus the second-largest federal state; about 8.0 million inhabitants (2022 census) live here. Its ISO-3166-2 code is DE-NI. Lower Saxony was founded in 1946 by the British occupying power.

## Administrative divisions

Until the end of 2004 there were 4 government regions (Braunschweig, Hannover, Lüneburg, Weser-Ems); these were dissolved on 1 January 2005. Below the state level there are 37 rural districts (including the Region Hannover as a special municipal association) and 8 urban districts.

## Major cities

- Hanover (around 640,000 inhabitants)
- Braunschweig (around 220,000 inhabitants)
- Oldenburg (around 170,000 inhabitants)
- Osnabrück (around 165,000 inhabitants)
- Wolfsburg (around 125,000 inhabitants)

## Transport

Hanover is a central ICE hub and trade-fair location; the motorways A 2 and A 7 cross in the state. With the JadeWeserPort container port in Wilhelmshaven, the nearby seaport of Bremerhaven and Hanover Airport, the state is logistically well connected.

## Economy

Lower Saxony is strongly shaped by the automotive industry (Volkswagen in Wolfsburg), agriculture and the food industry, wind energy on the coast and the North Sea, and mechanical engineering.

更新时间：2026-10-28

## 标签

- [行政区划](/en/tags/admin-division.html)

## 关系


## 正文反向链接

- [Administrative divisions of Germany](/en/concepts/germany-admin-divisions.html)

## 来源

- Niedersachsen — Wikipedia：https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niedersachsen abgerufen 2026-10-28