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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Faculty of Medicine regionServed Lower Saxony
subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine, University of Göttingen
Faculty of Theology regionServed Lower Saxony
subject surface form: Faculty of Theology, University of Göttingen
this entity surface form: Lower Saxony at the federal level
NI represents Lower Saxony
Doris Schröder-Köpf residence Lower Saxony
Thuringia sharesBorderWith Lower Saxony
Saterland Frisian spokenIn Lower Saxony
Ahlden state Lower Saxony
Göttingen district state Lower Saxony
Hannover Scorpions state Lower Saxony
Leibniz University Hannover state Lower Saxony
Lüneburg state Lower Saxony
Osnabrück University state Lower Saxony
Quakenbrück state Lower Saxony
Trauen state Lower Saxony
University of Göttingen state Lower Saxony
University of Oldenburg state Lower Saxony
Wilhelmshaven state Lower Saxony
County of Bentheim todayPartOf Lower Saxony
this entity surface form: State of Lower Saxony
A7 motorway traverses Lower Saxony
NI usedIn Lower Saxony
this entity surface form: federal state of Lower Saxony
OS usedIn Lower Saxony