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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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Lower Saxony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Lower Saxony Ger. Niedersachsen , state (1994 pop...heaths and moors form the central belt. Lower Saxony is drained by the Weser, Ems, Aller...chief North Sea ports. The region of Lower Saxony has had no historic unity since 1180...
Saxony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...in part to the state of Lower Saxony , created after World...To the S of Electoral Saxony extended the margraviate...parts of Thuringia and of Lower Lusatia and the intervening...Warlike added Electoral Saxony; he became (1425) Elector...
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...
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...ordered him to get down. Premier of Lower Saxony After six years in the Bundestag...
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...
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...
Germany
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...such as Bavaria, Brandenburg, and Saxony — are still kept alive...Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania...Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein...
Brunswick
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the former Prussian provinces of Saxony, Hanover, and Westphalia. The...domains of Henry the Lion, the duke of Saxony, to whom Emperor Frederick I had...Germany) in the West German state of Lower Saxony. Braunschweig (the former capital...
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...
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...

Dictionary entries related to "Lower Saxony"

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 ...1774; d . Nieder-Auerbach, Saxony, Germany, 20 March 1846...first scientific journey through Saxony and Thuringia with Buch, and...formations of the Zechstein and the Lower Permian Rotliegend, as well...Upper Permian) in Thruingia and Saxony because of its many caverns...
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...
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...
Schröder, Gerhard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...organization. He became a member of the federal parliament in 1980, and in 1986 became Minister President in the state of Lower Saxony. A pragmatic politician without any discernible ideological commitments, his brash, undisguised hunger for power...
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...
Protestant
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...of restoring the spirit and institutions of the early Church. They managed to establish centres in Saxony, Austria, Moravia, Poland, the Lower Rhine, and the Netherlands, but made almost no headway in the French-speaking world. In the 17th...
Hamelin
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Hamelin a medieval market town in Lower Saxony, which in the legend of the Pied Piper was infested with a plague of rats.
Brunswick
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Brunswick a former duchy and state of Germany, mostly incorporated into Lower Saxony, more fully Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel . In earlier times Hanover constituted the electorate of Brunswick-Lü...

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Lower Saxony landfill expansion
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Opposition Victory in Lower Saxony Sets Back Kohl
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Lower Saxony buys further 500,000 Volkswagen shares for euro90 million (US$139.5 million)
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NextiraOne wins EWE TEL (nordcom) contract for converged voice and data infrastructure for Lower Saxony.
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Lower Saxony reaches deal to stop strikes
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Lower Saxony amends waste law
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Germany : NextiraOne wins EWE TEL (nordcom) contract for converged voice and data infrastructure for Lower Saxony.
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