Lower Saxony

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constituent state federal state of Germany

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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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
State of Lower Saxony	6
federal state of Lower Saxony	5
state of Lower Saxony	5
Southern Lower Saxony	2
German state of Lower Saxony	1
Hanover region	1
Hanover region (planning region)	1
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) region	1
Lower Saxony State Forests	1
Lower Saxony at the federal level	1
northwestern Germany	1

Statements (81)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (227)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Göttingen → locatedIn → Lower Saxony ⓘ

University of Oldenburg → locatedIn → Lower Saxony ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System → locatedIn → Lower Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Upper Harz Water Management System

Weser Uplands → locatedIn → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Wilhelmshaven → locatedIn → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Wolfsburg → locatedIn → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Mitte, Hanover → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Cathedral chapter of Hildesheim → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Artland-Gymnasium Quakenbrück → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Celle Castle → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lower Saxony ⓘ

University Medical Center Göttingen → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Lenthe → locatedInFederalState → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Count of Vechta → locatedInPresentDay → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Göttingen → locatedInRegion → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Lower Saxony

Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück → locatedInState → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Minister-President of Lower Saxony → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Tanja Stomporowski → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lower Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Quakenbrück

Tanja Stomporowski → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lower Saxony ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System → maintainedBy → Lower Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Upper Harz Water Management System

this entity surface form: Lower Saxony State Forests

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → modernTerritory → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Prince-Bishopric of Münster → modernTerritoryIncludes → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Hase → mouthLocation → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Lower Saxon Circle → namedAfter → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) region

Faculty of Law → operatedBy → Lower Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Law, University of Göttingen

this entity surface form: State of Lower Saxony

Westphalia → overlapsWith → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Celle Castle → ownedBy → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Lower Saxony

Leineschloss → ownedBy → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Lower Saxony

Artland → partOf → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Braunlage → partOf → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: state of Lower Saxony

East Frisia → partOf → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Oldenburg–Osnabrück region → partOf → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal state of Lower Saxony

Samtgemeinde Artland → partOf → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: state of Lower Saxony

Elbe → passesThroughRegion → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Prince Claus of the Netherlands → placeOfBirth → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Eberhard Schöngarth → placeOfDeath → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Hermann Hoth → placeOfDeath → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Doris Schröder-Köpf → politicalActivityLocation → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Count of Vechta → presentDayFederalState → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) → primaryRegionServed → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Albani Cemetery → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Lower Saxony

Basilica of St. Clemens, Hanover → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Celle → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanover region (planning region)

Eastphalian → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Faculty of Social Sciences → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Göttingen

Göttingen International Handel Festival → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

House of Brunswick-Bevern → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Leineschloss → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Old Saxon → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

Welf → region → Lower Saxony ⓘ

NI → regionName → Lower Saxony ⓘ