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Lower Saxony
New Town Hall, Hannover, Ger.
Lower Saxony is located in the northwestern part of Germany, where it occupies a significant band of territory. It is bordered to the west by the Netherlands and to the north by the North Sea, as well as the German states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg.1
Its additional borders include MecklenburgâWest Pomerania to the northeast, Saxony-Anhalt to the east, Thuringia and Hessen to the south, and North RhineâWestphalia to the southwest. Notably, the state of Bremen exists as an enclave within Lower Saxony.1