Lower Saxony
Speech parts
1. Lower Saxony - Noun
2. Lower Saxony - Proper noun
Meaning
a state in northwestern Germany
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
A combination of adverse weather and engine failure brought it down at Mount Limberg near Bad Iburg in Lower Saxony, its hull getting stuck in trees.
Although overall yields are comparatively low, Lower Saxony is also an important supplier of crude oil in the European Union.
At the end of the 1920s in the context of discussions about a reform of the Reich, and promoted by the expanding local heritage movement (Heimatbewegung), a 25-year conflict started between "Lower Saxony" and "Westphalia".
From about the 7th century the Saxons had occupied a settlement area that roughly corresponds to the present state of Lower Saxony, of Westphalia and a number of areas to the east, for example, in what is now west and north Saxony-Anhalt.
Economy Agriculture has always been a very important economic factor in Lower Saxony.
From 2003 to his election as Federal President in 2010 Christian Wulff was minister president in Lower Saxony.