postgres 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). /en/places/de-niedersachsen.html place_de_niedersachsen place Lower Saxony de-niedersachsen 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). published category-geography category-history tag-admin-division wikipedia Niedersachsen — Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niedersachsen abgerufen 2026-10-28 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 user:admin 3 ## 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. /places/de-niedersachsen.html en zh en Bundesland 52.64 9.25 Deutschland 1946 year 1946 (Gründung des Landes) tag-admin-division admin-division 行政区划 省、地、县各级行政区及其历史沿革。 4403 concept_germany_admin_divisions Administrative divisions of Germany /en/concepts/germany-admin-divisions.html concept 3 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 当前版本 true /en/places/de-niedersachsen/at/3.html en zh en place_kind Bundesland admin_area Deutschland coordinates 52.64000, 9.25000 established 1946 (Gründung des Landes) 1