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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony [1] (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdərˌzaksən]) is a federal state (Bundesland, plural Bundesländer) in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by area (47,618 km²) and fourth largest by population (nearly eight million) among the country's sixteen states.
Regions
- Bentheim
- Brunswick (Braunschweig)
- Calenberg - see also Hanover Region
- Eastern Frisia
- Elbe-Weser
- Emsland
- Hanover Region
- Harz Highlands
- Lueneburg Heath
- Middle Weser
- North Sea
- Oldenburger Münsterland
- Osnabrück - home to lake Dümmer
- Schaumburg - home of magnificent castles
- Weser Hills and Solling
Cities
- Hanover (Hannover) state capital
- Lüneburg - Picturesque historic city that is well worth the visit
- Brunswick
- Cuxhaven is a primary destination as a seaside resort
- Goslar - Scenic Mediaeval Imperial Town & Outdoors pursuit in the Harz Highlands.
- Göttingen- Home to an old venerable University.
- Hildesheim
- Hameln - Home of the pied piper
- Oldenburg
Other destinations
- Nienburg A nice town in the middle of Lower Saxony, very nice Christmas market in one weekend in December.
- Nordenham A town located on the Weser River
Nature Parks
There are 12 nature parks in Lower Saxony:
- Nature park Lüneburger Heide (conservation area)
- Nature park Münden
- Nature park Harz
- Nature park Nördlicher Teutoburger Wald- Wiehengebierge
- Nature park Solling Vogler
- Nature park Südheide
- Nature park Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln
- Nature park Elbufer- Drawehn
- Nature park Dümmer
- Nature park Elm-Lappwald
- Nature park Wildeshauser Geest
- Nature park Steinhuder Meer
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There is a special ticket called the "Niedersachsen Ticket" which offers unlimited travel by regional trains inside Lower Saxony area, up to Bremen and Hamburg in one day. This ticket is not valid in fast trains (D, EC, IC, ICE) so make sure you board the right trains (RE, RB, S-Bahn, Metronom) when using this ticket. There are two types of tickets, the group ticket (up to 5 person, €24) and the single ticket (€17). These tickets are also valid inside public trasnport network in some of the cities (Hanover, Hamburg, Bremen, Brunswick). [2]
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This page was last edited at 22:16, on 3 February 2009 by Berlin Traveler. Based on work by Stacy Hall, vonseeckt, Todd VerBeek, Sen Cheng, David and Evan Prodromou, Wikitravel user(s) Ypsilon, 3wisemen, Episteme, Huttite, Kris and Linus88, Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel and others.