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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony Ger. Niedersachsen , state (1994 pop. 7,480,000), 18,295 sq mi (47,384 sq km), NW Germany. Hanover is the capital. The state was formed in 1946 by the merger of the former Prussian province of Hanover with the former states of Brunswick , Oldenburg , and Schaumburg-Lippe . Situat... Read more
Saxony
Saxony , Ger. Sachsen, Fr. Saxe, state (1994 pop. 4,901,000), 7,078 sq mi (18,337 sq km), E central Germany. Dresden is the capital. In its current form, Saxony is a federal state of Germany, with its pre-World War II borders reinstated as of Oct., 1990. It lies in E Germany, bordered on the wes... Read more
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt , Ger. Sachsen-Anhalt, state (1994 pop. 2,965,000), 7,892 sq mi (20,445 sq km), E Germany. Magdeburg is the capital. It is bordered on the east by Brandenburg, on the west by Lower Saxony, and in the south by Thuringia and Saxony. Besides Magdeburg, major cities include Dessau and Ha... Read more
Delmenhorst
Delmenhorst , city (1994 pop. 77,130), Lower Saxony, N Germany, near Bremen. Manufactures of this industrial city include linoleum, wool, jute, cork, and metalwork. ... Read more
Celle
Celle , city (1994 pop. 73,670), Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Aller River. Its manufactures include food products, electronic components, chemicals, and textiles. Wax processing and horse breeding are important locally. Celle was chartered in 1294. Its castle was the residence of the dukes of L&u... Read more
Brunswick
Brunswick , Ger. Braunschweig , former state, central Germany, surrounded by the former Prussian provinces of Saxony, Hanover, and Westphalia. The region of Braunschweig is situated on the North German plain and in the northern foothills of the Harz Mts. The land is drained by the Leine and Oker ri... Read more
Oldenburg
Oldenburg city (1994 pop. 147,701), Lower Saxony, NW Germany, on the Hunte River and the Küstenkanal (Coast Canal). It is a rail junction, transshipment point, agricultural market, and industrial center. Manufactures include ships, glass, and textiles. Oldenburg was first mentioned in 1108 and... Read more
Hanover
Hanover Ger. Hannover, city (1994 pop. 524,820), capital of Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Leine River and the Midland Canal. It is a major industrial, commercial, and transshipment center, also serving as a vital rail and road junction in northern Germany. Manufactures include iron and steel, t... Read more
Hanover
Hanover Ger. Hannover, city (1994 pop. 524,820), capital of Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Leine River and the Midland Canal. It is a major industrial, commercial, and transshipment center, also serving as a vital rail and road junction in northern Germany. Manufactures include iron and steel, t... Read more
Albert the Bear
Albert the Bear c.1100-1170, first margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70). He was a loyal vassal of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II, who, as duke of Saxony, helped him take (1123) Lower Lusatia and the eastern march of Saxony. Albert lost these lands in 1131. He was rewarded (1134) for his share in Lothai... Read more

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Saxony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...15 centuries. The land of the Saxons , Saxony was in Frankish times roughly the area in...area corresponds in part to the state of Lower Saxony , created after World War II.) The Duchy of Saxony After Charlemagne's conquest (772-804...
Saxony-Anhalt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Saxony-Anhalt , Ger. Sachsen-Anhalt, state (1994 pop. 2...It is bordered on the east by Brandenburg, on the west by Lower Saxony, and in the south by Thuringia and Saxony. Besides Magdeburg, major cities include Dessau and Halle...
Lower Saxony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Lower Saxony Ger. Niedersachsen , state (1994 pop...Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia on the east; and...and moors form the central belt. Lower Saxony is drained by the Weser, Ems, Aller...
Henry I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...territory that lay adjacent to Saxony and Franconia (Conrad's duchy...building up his own power in Saxony and expanding his control into lower Lorraine. After an unsuccessful...then turned eastward to protect Saxony and Thuringia against the incursions...
Gerhard Schroder
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...serving as a premier in the state of Lower Saxony from 1990 to 1998, Schroder emerged...Hannover, the state capital of Lower Saxony, in 1977. The following year he...him to get down. Premier of Lower Saxony After six years in the Bundestag...
War of the Austrian Succession
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...France, Spain, Bavaria, and Saxony. Charles Albert of Bavaria...Vienna. Joined by France and Saxony, Bavaria took Prague (Nov...called the First Silesian War. Saxony also made peace and joined Austria...continued in N Italy, in the Low Countries, in North America...
Germany
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania...Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein...Baltic Sea, is a coastal plain of low elevation. In the east, this...
Thuringia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...16,251 sq km), central Germany. It is bordered on the south by Bavaria, on the east by Saxony, on the north by Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony, and on the west by Hesse. The region of Thuringia extends to the foot of the Harz Mts. in...
Marburg, Colloquy of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...from Wittenberg in Electoral Saxony, were the main speakers for...Lutheran princes of Electoral Saxony and Brandenburg-Ansbach...Protestant alliance with the Lower German and German-speaking...Reformation, Protestant ; Saxony ; Theology ; Zurich ; Zwingli...
Albert the Bear
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Emperor Lothair II, who, as duke of Saxony, helped him take (1123) Lower Lusatia and the eastern march of Saxony. Albert lost these lands in 1131. He...Slavic people. Invested (1138) with Saxony by Conrad III, Lothair's successor...

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Albert of Saxony
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Albert of Saxony ( b . Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, ca . 1316; d . Halberstadt, Saxony, 8 July 1390) physics, logic, mathematics. The family name of Albert of Saxony was de Ricmestrop his father, Bernard de Ricmestorp was a well-to-do...
Freiesleben, Johann Karl
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...formations of the Zechstein and the Lower Permian Rotliegend, as well...Upper Permian) in Thruingia and Saxony because of its many caverns...Triassic Bunter sandstone of Saxony. Beginning in 1820 Freiesleben...about mineral occurrence in Saxony. Freiesleben himself composed...
Saxon
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xA0; a native of modern Saxony in Germany. 2. the language...Saxons. ∎  the Low German dialect of modern Saxony. • adj. 1. of or...centuries). 2. of or relating to Saxony or the continental Saxons or...
Hedwig, Johann
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...On the advice of a friend in Chemnitz, Saxony, he decided to settle in that town...first a handicap: his only book on the lower plants was a “ meagre excerpt...intervention of Friedrich August I, elector of Saxony, himself a keen botanist, who urged...
Wagner, (Wilhelm) Richard
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Allowed to re-enter Ger., except Saxony. Heard Lohengrin (comp. 1846–...unperformable’. Amnesty granted from Saxony 1862. At work on Die Meistersinger von...1865, cond. by Hans von Bülow, with whose wife, Cosima, Wagner had...
Thirty Years War
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...to the Emp. Ferdinand II . They were defeated by the armies of the Catholic League. In 1623 war broke out again in Lower Saxony. After victories by the Imperial generals in 1626, the Peace of Lübeck was concluded in 1629. In the same...
Hanover, House of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...from George I to Victoria (1714–1901). The dynasty was named after the city of Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony in Germany. In 1658 Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth of Bohemia and granddaughter of James I of England married Ernest...
Brüggemann, Hans
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Brüggemann, Hans ( b Walsrode, Lower Saxony, c. 1480/90; d Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, after 1523). German Gothic sculptor. He is remembered primarily for one work...
Schröder, Gerhard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...1980, and in 1986 became Minister President in the state of Lower Saxony. A pragmatic politician without any discernible ideological...popularity was still high, but his party suffered increasingly low ratings owing to the poor showing of a number of his ministers...
Dresden
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Dresden. City in Germany (Saxony) with long mus. tradition. Its archives mention an organist in...though under another name. Its conds. incl. Strauss, Bülow, Nikisch, Mottl, and Edwin Lindner. Its greatest period, which...

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Kurt Biedenkopf, king of Saxony.(Kurt Biedenkopf, who has been re-elected as premier of the German state of Saxony, is viewed by many as the country's most able politician)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/25/1999; 700+ words ; ...marks of investment, boosted Saxony's high-tech skills. Today...of the five eastern states, Saxony is by far the most dynamic...confidence and some rays of hope to Saxony's 4.6m buffeted inhabitants...and pensions are still much lower than those in western Germany...
Saxony battles Brussels in VW subsidy row
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/20/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Germany's success stories, and Saxony the main engine of the former...yuppification. Prices are significantly lower than in the west, the service...demand are nearly complete. Saxony's cultural scene, too, is...question is DM1bn, of which Saxony is prepared to pay DM780m...
Lower Saxony landfill expansion
Newspaper article from: Haznews; 4/1/1995; 700+ words ; ...authorities, in the north German state of Lower Saxony, have approved plans to construct...issue, p. 20). In 1994, Lower Saxony signed an agreement with the state of Hamburg, under which Lower Saxony can send up to 20,000 tonnes of...
In search of the right magic. (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/11/1992; 700+ words ; ...Telemann were born in what is now Saxony-Anhalt. Dessau became home...half-timbered houses and (Saxony-Anhalt is always good for...revenue much less. Hitherto, Saxony-Anhalt has kept its borrowing relatively low and Mr Munch has chided eastern...
Opposition Victory in Lower Saxony Sets Back Kohl
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/14/1994; ; 616 words ; ...won a convincing victory in the state of Lower Saxony. The results mark the Union's worst showing in Lower Saxony in 35 years and underscore Kohl's uphill...partners with the Social Democrats in Lower Saxony since 1990. Because no other parties...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Platform of Choice for Lower Saxony IT Centre; Lower Saxony Police Force Opts for Vendor-Independence and High Performance on 64-Bit Platform.
Business Wire; 6/28/2005; 700+ words ; ...today announced that the Lower Saxony IT centre (Informatikzentrum...for the police force in Lower Saxony, in Germany. IZN is the main...and communications in Lower Saxony, providing 11,000 employees...mainstream by making high quality, low cost technology accessible...
BEA Systems and Partners Deliver High-Tech Solution for Tackling Crime; Lower Saxony Police Force Selects BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 on Linux to Power NIVADIS Police Tracking System.
PR Newswire; 11/6/2003; 700+ words ; ...process among police officers in Lower Saxony (Germany), with the goal...collaborative crime initiatives. Lower Saxony selected BEA WebLogic Platform...officers across all of Lower Saxony, 24 hours a day, can make...needed for this solution at low price points. BEA WebLogic...
Lower Saxony buys further 500,000 Volkswagen shares for euro90 million (US$139.5 million)
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/18/2008; 615 words ; The German state of Lower Saxony bought a further 500,000 shares in...gives veto rights to the state of Lower Saxony, which until the purchase held a 20...If they were all to be sold, Lower Saxony's stake would have dropped below 20...
Lower Saxony buys further 500,000 Volkswagen shares for 90 million (US$139.5 million)
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/18/2008; 575 words ; The German state of Lower Saxony bought a further 500,000 shares in...gives veto rights to the state of Lower Saxony, which until the purchase held a 20...If they were all to be sold, Lower Saxony's stake would have dropped below 20...
Lower Saxony reaches deal to stop strikes
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/16/2006; 663 words ; ...sector workers in the state of Lower Saxony reached an agreement with local authorities...strikes will come to an end.Lower Saxony, one of the most populous of the...agreement Wednesday.Strikes in Lower Saxony began Feb. 13. Some parts of Germany...