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First posted on March 15th 2008, last revised on March 9th 2009






The Land Niedersachsen (= Lower Saxony) was created in 1946 by merging the Prussian Province of Hannover with the lands Braunschweig (in English sometimes called Brunswick), Oldenburg and Schaumburg-Lippe. The capital is Hannover. In 1993 the Amt Neuhaus, traditionally a part of the Duchy of Lauenburg, and from 1949 to 1990 part of the GDR, was annexed into Niedersachsen.

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Demographic History of Niedersachsen
Historical Atlas, Niedersachsen Page






WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles Article : Lower Saxony, from Wikipedia
Article Niedersachsen, from Wikipedia German edition
Links, on History Clio Online, keyword Niedersachsen, Hannover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe etc.; German language History Portal
Category : History of Lower Saxony, from Wikipedia
Kategorie : Niedersächsische Geschichte, from Wikipedia German Edition
Historical Maps WHKMLA Historical Atlas, Niedersachsen Page
Timelines
Accounts of History Article : Lower Saxony : History, from Wikipedia
Article : Niedersachsen : Geschichte, from Wikipedia German edition
Encyclopedia Articles see under Hannover, Braunschweig, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe
Politics Article : Lower Saxony : Politics, from Wikipedia
Article : Niedersachsen : Politik, from Wikipedia German edition
Economy Article : Lower Saxony : Economy, from Wikipedia
Article : Niedersachsen : Wirtschaft, from Wikipedia German edition
Ethnography
Religion Article Niedersachsen : Religionen, from Wikipedia German edition
Geschichte der Juden in Niedersachsen und Bremen, from Spurensuche, in German
History of Regions Article Bentheim : History, East Frisia : History, Oldenburg (State) : History, Osnabrück : History, Grubenhagen, Brunswick-Lüneburg, from Wikipedia
Articles Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim : Geschichte, Emsland, Geschichte Ostfrieslands, Oldenburg : Geschichte, Oldenburger Münsterland, Hochstift Osnabrück, Grafschaft Lingen, Diepholz : Geschichte, Hoya : Geschichte, Fürstentum Grubenhagen, Bremen (Territorium), Verden (Territorium), Herzogtum Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg (Hannoversches Wendland) : Geschichte, from Wikipedia German edition
History of Harlingerland, Auricherland, Brookmerland, Norderland, Langeoog, Spiekeroog, Baltrum, Norderney, Juist, Borkum, Krummhörn, Moormerland, Overledingen, Rheiderland, Land Hadeln, Altes Land, Land Kehdingen, Wursten, Wangerooge, Butjadingen, Friesische Wehde, Stedingen, Stadland, Land Würden, Wangerland-Jeverland, from Lancewad Plan
History of Cities Articles Hanover : History, Aurich, Emden : History, Meppen : History, Osnabrück : History, Stade : History, Celle, Harburg, Lüneburg, Hildesheim, Göttingen, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Oldenburg, Delmenhorst, Wildeshausen, Jever, Braunschweig : History, Wolfenbüttel : History, Schöningen, Helmstedt, Holzminden, Schöppenstedt, from Wikipedia
Structures, Institutions Article Georg August University of Göttingen, Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Hanover Fair (!), Hannover Messe, from Wikipedia
Geschichte der Technischen Universität (Bergakademie) Clausthal, from Kirchengemeinde Zellerfeld, in German
Article University of Helmstedt, from Wikipedia
Article Universität Helmstedt - Academia Julia, from Wikipedia German edition
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
Structurae : Lower Saxony
Bibliographies Niedersachsen, from BibScout
Search RHS Bibliography for Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen
Biographies
Others

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen Niedersachsen, from World Statesmen
Population Figures Germany, Historical Demographical Data of the Administrative Divisions since 1950, from Population Statistics, by Jan Lahmeyer
Documents Verfassungen in Niedersachsen (Constitutions in N.), from Verfassungen.de, in German
Election Results
Archives Archive in Niedersachsen, from Land Niedersachsen, in German
Libraries Fabian-Handbuch : Bibliotheken in Niedersachsen
State Symbols Flag, Lower Saxony, from FOTW

PRINTED REFERENCE
General Accounts
Source Editions
Handbook / Encyclopedia Entries Territorien-Ploetz : Geschichte der Deutschen Länder, Vol.1, Würzburg 1964, in German [G]