Lower Saxony

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Lower Saxony is a large federal state in northwestern Germany known for its diverse landscapes, strong industrial base, and historic cities such as Hanover and Göttingen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state
federal state of Germany
bordersCountry Denmark
Netherlands
bordersSea North Sea
bordersState Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
North Rhine-Westphalia
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
capital Hanover
containsCity Braunschweig
Celle
Delmenhorst
Emden
Goslar
Göttingen
Hanover
Hildesheim
Lüneburg
Oldenburg
Osnabrück
Salzgitter
Wilhelmshaven
Wolfsburg
country Germany
hasCoatOfArms white Saxon steed on red field
hasCulturalHeritage UNESCO World Heritage Site Fagus Factory in Alfeld
UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church
UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg
UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System
hasFlag black-red-gold tricolour with state coat of arms
hasGovernmentForm parliamentary republic
hasIslandGroup East Frisian Islands
hasISO3166-2Code DE-NI
hasMajorIndustry agriculture
automotive industry
chemical industry
energy production
shipbuilding
hasMajorRiver Aller
Elbe
Ems
Leine
Weser
hasMinorityLanguage Danish
Romani language
surface form: Romani

Saterland Frisian
hasNotableCity Braunschweig
Göttingen
Hanover
Wolfsburg
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.niedersachsen.de
hasRegion East Frisia
Emsland
Harz
surface form: Harz Mountains

Lüneburg Heath
North German Plain
Weser Uplands
hasRegionalLanguage Low German
hasUniversity Clausthal University of Technology
Leibniz University Hannover
Osnabrück University
Technical University of Braunschweig
University of Göttingen
University of Oldenburg
hasVehicleRegistrationCode NI
headOfGovernmentTitle Minister-President of Lower Saxony
hostsCompany Volkswagen Group
surface form: Volkswagen Group headquarters
largestCity Hanover
legislativeBody Landtag of Lower Saxony
locatedInRegion northwestern Germany
memberOf Bundesrat
surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
officialLanguage German
partOf Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time

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subject surface form: Frisian languages
OS associatedState Lower Saxony
Overijssel borderWith Lower Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein borderWith Lower Saxony
Bremen borderedBy Lower Saxony
Drenthe, Netherlands borderedBy Lower Saxony
subject surface form: Drenthe
North Rhine-Westphalia borderedBy Lower Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt borderedBy Lower Saxony
Brandenburg borders Lower Saxony
Groningen borders Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern borders Lower Saxony
Hanover capitalOf Lower Saxony
North German Plain containsRegion Lower Saxony
Hanover countrySubdivision Lower Saxony
this entity surface form: federal state of Lower Saxony
Leine crosses Lower Saxony
this entity surface form: Hanover region
River Leine crossesFederalState Lower Saxony
Gerd von Rundstedt deathPlace Lower Saxony
Max Born deathPlace Lower Saxony
Max Planck deathPlace Lower Saxony
Wilhelm Bittrich deathPlace Lower Saxony
Breselenz federalState Lower Saxony
Emsland federalState Lower Saxony
federalState Lower Saxony
Aller flowsThrough Lower Saxony
Ems flowsThrough Lower Saxony
Hase flowsThrough Lower Saxony
Leine flowsThrough Lower Saxony
Oker flowsThrough Lower Saxony
River Leine flowsThrough Lower Saxony
Weser flowsThrough Lower Saxony
this entity surface form: State of Lower Saxony
this entity surface form: state of Lower Saxony
Artland Dragons hasFanBaseIn Lower Saxony
Hannover Scorpions hasFanBaseIn Lower Saxony
Hamburg hasLandBorderWith Lower Saxony
Northern Germany hasPart Lower Saxony
Germany hasSubdivision Lower Saxony
Duke of Saxony historicalRegion Lower Saxony