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Lower Saxony is the second-largest German state by area and lies in the north-west of the country. Around 8.1 million people live here, many of them rurally: between the North Sea and the Harz mountains stretch marshes, moors and heathland. The capital is Hanover, known for its trade fairs, above all the Hannover Messe as the world's largest industrial fair. The state is famous for Volkswagen in Wolfsburg; the company is its biggest employer and shapes an entire town founded specifically for the car plant. Its landmark is the Lüneburg Heath, which blooms violet in August and, with its juniper bushes and moorland sheep, feels wonderfully out of time. The river Weser flows through Lower Saxony, and the coat of arms shows a white horse, the Saxon Steed, leaping across a red field. To the north the state borders the North Sea with its Wadden Sea, and to the west the Netherlands. Did you know that the Wadden Sea is a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site? Twice a day the sea withdraws and reveals a habitat that has hardly any equal in the world.
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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is Germany's second-largest state by area, stretching from the North Sea and the East Frisian Islands to the Harz mountains, and it encloses the state of Bremen.
💡 Did you know? The Brocken itself belongs to Saxony-Anhalt, but Lower Saxony holds the larger share of the Harz and its Lüneburg Heath turns purple every August.
Hanover
Hanover is a trade-fair city of world rank: it hosted Expo 2000, and its fairgrounds are among the largest anywhere.
💡 Did you know? From 1714 to 1837 the House of Hanover also provided the kings of Great Britain in personal union.
about 8.1 million
the north-west
Foto: Lara Rohde · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
the Lüneburg Heath
Weser
Wappen: Gustav Völker · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
a white horse (the Saxon Steed)
Volkswagen in Wolfsburg
Lower Saxony is home to Volkswagen in Wolfsburg and known for the Lüneburg Heath.
💡 Did you know? Volkswagen's main plant is located in Wolfsburg.
the North Sea and the Netherlands
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