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  Lower Saxony (Germany)
Lower Saxony was founded as Land Niedersachsen on 1st November 1946 as a merger of the former Länder Braunschweig [Brunswick], Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and Hannover [Hanover].
The fl-red-gold national flag with the Lower Saxon arms (a white saxon horse on a red field) with a narrow fl border, overlapping the fl and gold stripes and slightly offset towards hoist.
The exact pattern on some of the Lower Saxony flags is described in the laws and regulations.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-ni.html   (654 words)

  
  Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands were perceived as humiliating in Germany, as a continuation of the war by other means and a breaking of traditional post-war diplomacy that included negotiations between the victors and vanquished.
Germany is located in Central Europe and shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m / 9,718 ft) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the north-west and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the north-east.
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 Lower Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With an area of 47,618 km² and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) [ˈniːdərˌzaksən]) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the country's sixteen Länder (states) of Germany.
Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The northwestern portion of Lower Saxony is a part of Frisia; it is called Ostfriesland (East Frisia) and lies on the coast of the North Sea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lower_Saxony   (807 words)

  
 Rhine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It forms the boundary with Germany until it turns north at the so-called Rhine knee at Basel.
From ca 500 BC and onwards, the lower Rhine and not the Weser and the Aller would increasingly mark the border between the Celtic tribes and the Germanic tribes.
It was a historic object of frontier trouble between France and Germany.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhine   (3620 words)

  
 Lower Saxony (Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Lower Saxony was founded as Land Niedersachsen on 1st November 1946 as a merger of the former Länder Braunschweig [Brunswick], Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and Hannover [Hanover].
The fl-red-gold national flag with the Lower Saxon arms (a white saxon horse on a red field) with a narrow fl border, overlapping the fl and gold stripes and slightly offset towards hoist.
The exact pattern on some of the Lower Saxony flags is described in the laws and regulations.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/de-ni.html   (654 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Lower Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
With an area of 47,618 km² and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) [ˈniːdɐˌzakzn]) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the country's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states).
Lower Saxony is divided into 38 districts (Landkreise or simply Kreise):
The area is named for the Saxons, who moved there from what is today the neighbouring state of Schleswig-Holstein towards the middle of the 1st millennium AD.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Lower_Saxony   (671 words)

  
 Germany 'must meet lower CO2 targets' - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
Barroso said in an interview with Bild am Sonntag the Commission had assigned Germany a lower target than the government had set itself for Europe's carbon trading scheme for the period 2008 to 2012, and that it must be respected.
The Commission, the EU's executive, ruled Germany's quota for 2008-2012, the second phase of the scheme, must not exceed 453 million tonnes per year, down from Berlin's proposal of 465 million tonnes.
Germany relies on highly polluting coal burning for half of its electricity needs so cannot quickly change its policies.
www.smh.com.au /news/World/Germany-must-meet-lower-CO2-targets/2006/12/27/1166895349308.html   (338 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Germany
North Bavarian is north of Regensburg, to Nuremburg and Western Bohemia, Czech Republic; Central Bavarian is in the Alps and Lower Austria and Salzburg; South Bavarian is in the Bavarian Alps, Tyrol, Styria, including the Heanzian dialect of Burgenland, Carinthia, northern Italy, and part of Gottschee in Slovenia.
[lim] Depending on the city in Germany, 50% to 90% of the population speak it (2001 A. Schunck).
Southwestern dialect in southern Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace (France), Midwestern dialect in central Germany and parts of the former Czechoslovakia, Northwestern dialect is northern Germany and the Netherlands.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Germany   (1147 words)

  
 Lower Forty-Eight • Third Party Opinions
It moves, somehow detached but at the same time directly involving the listener, Lower Forty-Eight takes the strategy to the max that has been formulated at the Amphetamine-Reptile label, through Hammerhead, Chokebore, Helmet, Today Is The Day, Tar and Guzzard.
It could even be said that Lower Forty-Eight cross-references the soul-music of Dischord's hardcore scene which knows no genre-boundaries.
The San Francisco trio was founded, by their own definition, to play music that unites the heaviness of Metal, the divergent structure of Progressive Rock and the intensity of Punk/Hardcore.
www.lowerforty-eight.com /press_skinfailure.html   (1304 words)

  
 Germany's lower house passes social program cuts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
BONN, Germany (AP) -- Parliament's lower house approved deep cuts in Germany's social programs on Friday, heeding the government's warning that the cost-cutting is essential to reviving the country's economy.
Kohl says Germany has to trim its welfare programs to combat near-record unemployment -- which stood at 10 percent in May -- and restart a stalled economy.
The Social Democrats, Greens and former communists from eastern Germany voted against the plan in a series of ballots Friday.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/96/06/29/germany.0-0.html   (381 words)

  
 Lower Saxony
The state is mountainous in the south (notably the Harz and Weser mts.); heaths and moors form the central belt.
Lower Saxony is drained by the Weser, Ems, Aller, Leine, and Elbe rivers.
The region of Lower Saxony has had no historic unity since 1180, when Emperor Frederick I broke up the duchy of Henry the Lion of Saxony, of which it was a part.
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 Lower Saxony hotels, GERMANY hotels - Dilos Holiday World
The state was formed in 1946 by the merger of the former Prussian province of Hanover with the former states of Brunswick Situated on the North German plain, it is bordered by the Netherlands on the west.
Situated on the river Leine, Hanover is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony.
Braunschweig(Brunswick), the city of Henry the Lion, is the biggest city in the southeastern part of Lower Saxony with a population of around 240 000, characterised by an appealing and exciting blend of the past and the present, tradition and the future.
www.dilos.com /location/hotels/14662   (369 words)

  
 The “exceptional” earthquake of 3 January 1117 in the Verona area (northern Italy): A critical time review ...
The “exceptional” earthquake of 3 January 1117 in the Verona area (northern Italy): A critical time review and detection of two lost earthquakes (lower Germany and Tuscany)
Keywords: historical seismology; lost earthquakes; 3 January 1117; Verona area; lower Germany; Tuscany.
Citation: Guidoboni, E. Comastri, and E. Boschi (2005), The “exceptional” earthquake of 3 January 1117 in the Verona area (northern Italy): A critical time review and detection of two lost earthquakes (lower Germany and Tuscany), J.
www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2005/2005JB003683.shtml   (405 words)

  
 Travel for Kids: North Germany (Lower Saxony)
Lower Saxony has some of the nicest nature areas, especially the Harz Mountains, with green countryside, resort towns, lakes and rivers.
Lüneburger Heath – Sitting between the Elbe and Aller rivers, the Wilseder Berg Nature Park is the oldest nature reserve in Germany; protected wetlands.
A little farther along you'll find Brocken, which at 1142 meters is the highest point in the Harz Mountains.
www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Germany/northwestgermany.htm   (327 words)

  
 Lower Saxony travel guide - Wikitravel
Lower Saxony [1] (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdərˌzaksən]) is a federal state (Bundesland, plural Bundesländer) in north-western Germany.
Nienburg A nice town in the middle of Lower Saxony, very nice Christmas market in one weekend in December.
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.
wikitravel.org /en/Lower_Saxony   (265 words)

  
 Destination Germany - Regions - Lower Rhine
At 1,320 km, the Rhine is Germany's longest river.
The Lower Rhine region covers not only the lower reaches of the Rhine after it emerges from the Rhenish Slate Mountains, but also the countryside on either side of the river as far as the Dutch border.
This wide open landscape, criss-crossed by many smaller rivers, is characterised by meadows, moors and heathland, pollarded willows, avenues of poplars and extensive nature conservation areas.
germany-tourism.de /ENG/destination_germany/master_tlregion-id123.htm   (405 words)

  
 For the Trip of Your Lifetime - Come to Germany!
In that case, a city tour is the perfect choice for you.
Germany offers many multi-day city packages to our most popular cities: Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and more.
You’ll have the time and opportunity to really see the cities up close and personal from the historical to the modern; the museums, art galleries, concert venues, as well as taking in the great architecture, culture, scenery and the visitor-friendly German people.
www.cometogermanynow.com /list.asp?deptid=3   (248 words)

  
 Central Places In Roman Lower Germany
The Dutch research school ARCHON organises in cooperation with the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen 26-27 October 2004 an international workshop on central places in Roman Lower Germany, the role of army and government and their relationship with native tribes.
Organising participants are the various research groups involved in research of Roman Nijmegen and the Batavian area.
Military legion headquarters and civilian capitals have been of crucial importance to the integration of the native tribal communities in the northern frontier zone of the Roman empire along the Lower Rhine/Meuse, where central places were almost non-existing.
www.unc.edu /awmc/centralplaces2004.html   (380 words)

  
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Lower Saxony State Chancellery - Homepage of the state government.
Lower Saxony: Higher-Education Establishments and Vocational Academies - Presents information on universities,programs, research, libraries and scholarships.
Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony - Provides an overview of the cultural and scientific landscape of the state.
botw.org /top/Regional/Europe/Germany/Lower_Saxony   (258 words)

  
 Lower Havel, Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The common, somewhat tern-like gull of inland areas in Germany.
Since it reaches its western limit in eastern Germany, many birders from western Germany come east to find it.
We had a great look at two birds in an area of dryer woodland that was growing on some ancient dunes.
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 Amazon.com: "Lower Germany": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
well, Vindex seems not to have expected armed opposition from Verginius Rufus and Fonteius Capito, the commanders of Upper and Lower Germany respectively, the two military districts that lay along the western bank of the Rhine and housed no less than seven...
Key Phrases: Gemina Martia Victrix, Lower Germany, Antonius Primus, Marius Celsus, Fabius Valens, Upper Germany, legionary legate, urban cohorts, praetorian camp, praetorian cohorts, been proclaimed emperor, auxiliary cohorts (see more)
The lands east of the Rhine were evacuated, and two military commands, for Upper and Lower Germany, were established instead to control the lands west of the Rhine.
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 Lower Havel, Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This weekend there were about 45,000, down from 70,000 last weekend.
From here they will now disperse, mainly over southern Germany.
Once again, I was shown around by Dr. Edwin Donath, whose excellent Rhinluch - Unter Havel web site was the source of my interest in the area.
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 Lower Saxony hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Germany, by all-hotels.com
Lower Saxony hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Germany, by all-hotels.com
To help you book your hotel reservation we have subdivided Lower Saxony into 61 areas allowing you to easily plan your accommodation for your next vacation.
The Queens Hotel Hannover is bedded in the Tiergarten landscape of some 110 hectares in size.
www.all-hotels.com /europe/germany/lower_saxony/home.htm   (632 words)

  
 Secret societies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
there were delegates from Upper and Lower Germany, from Holland, Russia, Italy, France, and Austria; and the order of the Illuminati was represented by the Baron Von Knigge.
The lower gods [demons] were the rulers of this age, and men [as well as women] who knew how to call on them could get their help for all sorts of purposes." That was the structure of belief.
Ley said that the Vril Society—which formed shortly before the Nazis came to power—believed they had secret knowledge that would enable them to change their race and become equals of the men hidden in the bowels of the Earth.
members.iimetro.com.au /~hubbca/secret_societies.htm   (9305 words)

  
 Holiday Apartment in Lower Saxony, Germany
At the Elba river delta, the Kugelbake (Cuxhaven's emblem) marks the northern most point of Lower Saxony.
The apartment is furnished with 2 single beds and a comfortable folding bed.
Surcharges: € 2.00 per person per day to be paid to the caretaker for use of pool/sauna etc. The North Sea health resort Cuxhaven charges health resort tax.
www.worldvacationrentals.net /detailed/3965.html   (195 words)

  
 Find Nannies & Au Pairs in Lower Saxony, Germany :: Free Nanny & AuPair Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
GreatAuPair is the world’s largest, most-trusted online Au Pair and Nanny Agency serving 140+ countries, with over 15,414 active Au Pairs and Nannies.
Au Pairs Nannies in Germany - Lower Saxony
Click a city in Lower Saxony to find all aupairs and nannies in that city
www.greataupair.com /aupair-nanny/Germany-Lower+Saxony.htm   (80 words)

  
 Lower Saxony Hotels: Read Lower Saxony Hotel Reviews and Compare Prices - TripAdvisor
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Lower Saxony: Great Deals on Travel and Tours!
TripAdvisor™ provides unbiased reviews, articles, recommendations and opinions on hotels in Lower Saxony, including Lower Saxony resorts, inns and B&Bs.
www.tripadvisor.com /Hotels-g187347-Lower_Saxony-Hotels.html   (291 words)

  
 Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Perhaps the sculpture is made of pieces of metal found in the nearby river, the 'Hase'.
BTW: Osnabrück belongs to the german state of Lower Saxony, not to North Rhine-Westphalia.
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 Hotel guide: Lower-Saxony Germany
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We are located very conveniently at the Westschnellweg in Hannover-Linden, 2.5 kilometres from the city centre and main station.
We highly recommend these hotels based on the mentioned criteria and feedback from previous guests
bookings.net /region/de/lower-saxony.en.html   (220 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Germany: States: Lower Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Germany: States: Lower Saxony
Delmenhorst-Harpstedt Railway Enthusiasts - This society runs museum trains (steam and railcar) on two local railway lines in the area of Delmenhorst.
Lower Saxony State Chancellery - Details the workings of state government, with information on the Minister President, local and regional politics.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Germany/States/Lower_Saxony   (113 words)

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