What role did the British military government play in creating Lower Saxony?

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Lower Saxony New Town Hall, Hannover, Ger.

Lower Saxony was established on November 1, 1946, by the British military government. The British authorities played a central role in its creation by merging the former Prussian province of Hanover with the states of Braunschweig, Oldenburg, and Schaumburg-Lippe to form the new state.1