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  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. It includes the Lüneburg Heath - an expanse of heather, bracken, pine, bog and fields interspersed with small towns and villages - that gained its wealth, historically, from the salt trade centred on Lüneburg, but was also the site of the surrender of North Germany at the end of the Second World War. Today, much of the area is a nature park, but retains its military connexions, being home to the largest military training area in Europe. To the northwest were once great marshes by the North Sea, but these have largely been reclaimed and are famous for cattle and horse rearing. Off the North Sea coast is a string of islands, popular with holidaymakers, known as the East Frisians. In the south are some of the most fertile plains in Europe: the Börde around Hanover and the north Harz Foreland. Away to the southwest the Weser Uplands form a series of knife-edge ridges, and whaleback hills sliced by the River Weser. And in the far southeast, the Harz has Lower Saxony's only mountains. Formerly the greatest silver mining area in Europe, the area is now a popular tourist destination. The River Elbe marks Lower Saxony's eastern boundary, once part of the Inner German border where West faced East across the Iron Curtain. More...
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Category tree Lists Places in Lower Saxony - Mountains and hills in Lower Saxony - Rivers in Lower Saxony - Nature reserves in Lower Saxony - Railway stations in Lower Saxony - Castles in Lower Saxony - Windmills in Lower Saxony - Counts of East Frisia - Hanoverian consorts - Members of the House of Hanover - Rulers of Lüneburg - Rulers of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - Members of the Lower Saxon Landtag 2003-2008 - Members of the Lower Saxon Landtag 2008-present - People from Braunschweig
New or expanded articles Wiki: WikiProject Germany/Portal:Lower Saxony/New articles Requested articles Regions: Harlingen Land Politics: Landtag elections of Lower Saxony - Lower Saxon constitution - Emsland plan History: Lerigau - Lords of Jever - Département Oker - Rieseberg killings - Stahlhelm-Putsch - November revolution in Brunswick Historic people: Abbot of Jerusalem - Maximilian Julius Leopold, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - August Merges Religion: Evangelical Old Reformed Church in Lower Saxony - Baptists in the Northwest Literature, theatre and film: Lower Saxon State Library Art and architecture: Imervard-Kreuz - Siebenarmiger Leuchter - St. Andrew's Church, Brunswick - St. Nicholas Church, Brunswick - Liberei - Richmond Castle, Brunswick - - Stechinelli House - Brunswick Tales - Kaiserdom (Königslutter) Museums: Lower Saxony Police Historical Collection Customs: Traditional Brunswick costume - Traditional Schaumburg costume - Whitsun tree-planting Education: High schools in Lower Saxony - University of Rinteln Language: Brunswick Low German Companies and businessmen: Berentzen - EWE - Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik GmbH - Voigtländer Transport: Ems-Jade Canal Media: Nordwest-Zeitung - Münsterländische Tageszeitung - Ostfriesen-Zeitung - Hanoversche Allgemeine Zeitung - Neue Presse - Ostfriesische Nachrichten - Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung - Landeszeitung für die Lüneburger Heide Sport: Wilhelmshavener HV Places of interest and tourist destinations: Autostadt Wolfsburg Requested images Wiki: WikiProject Germany/Portal:Lower Saxony/Requested images Discussion Members, questions, suggestions, discussion, criticism, requests | ||||||
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