Lower Saxony

[ loh-er ]

noun

1. a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). : Hanover.

Lower Saxony

noun

1. a state of N Germany, on the North Sea and including the E Frisian Islands: a leading European producer of petroleum. Capital: Hanover. Pop: 7 993 000 (2003 est). Area: 47 408 sq km (18 489 sq miles) German nameNiedersachsen

Example Sentences

The scientists used a unique empirical dataset, taking data from 40 plots of mature European beech forests across the state of Lower Saxony in Germany.

From Science Daily

Brückner's trial is being heard by judges - not a jury - in Braunschweig, in the north-western state of Lower Saxony, because that was where Brückner was last officially registered.

From BBC

Two of the charges against him have been brought by prosecutors in Braunschweig, close to Volkswagen's headquarters in the Lower Saxony town of Wolfsburg.

From BBC

Thomsen could well have substituted Wood Age for Stone Age, according to Thomas Terberger, an archaeologist and head of research at the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lower Saxony, in Germany.

From New York Times

The team identified pointed sticks, perhaps used to pierce hides or work plant material—“activity you don’t expect at a hunting site,” says co-author Dirk Leder, an archaeologist also at Lower Saxony.

From Science Magazine