List of districts and independent cities in Lower Saxony

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Landkreis Göttingen Landkreis Holzminden Landkreis Schaumburg Landkreis Goslar Region Hannover Landkreis Hildesheim Salzgitter Landkreis Wolfenbüttel Braunschweig Landkreis Wolfenbüttel Landkreis Peine Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont Landkreis Helmstedt Wolfsburg Landkreis Gifhorn Landkreis Nienburg/Weser Landkreis Northeim Landkreis Diepholz Freie Hansestadt Bremen Freie Hansestadt Bremen Hamburg Hamburg Königreich der Niederlande Nordrhein-Westfalen Hessen Thüringen Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Brandenburg Sachsen-Anhalt Osnabrück Landkreis Osnabrück Delmenhorst Oldenburg (Oldb) Landkreis Wesermarsch Landkreis Vechta Landkreis Emsland Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim Landkreis Leer Emden Landkreis Leer Landkreis Cloppenburg Landkreis Ammerland Wilhelmshaven Mellum Landkreis Aurich Landkreis Aurich Landkreis Wittmund Landkreis Aurich Landkreis Friesland Landkreis Oldenburg Landkreis Cuxhaven Landkreis Osterholz Landkreis Verden Landkreis Stade Landkreis Harburg Landkreis Lüneburg Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg Landkreis Heidekreis Landkreis Uelzen Landkreis Celle Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme)
Counties and independent cities in Lower Saxony

The state of Lower Saxony is subdivided into a total of 37  administrative districts (including the Hanover region) and 8 independent cities . This list of rural districts and independent cities in Lower Saxony gives a general overview of these including their most important data. The current administrative structure of the country came about through the district reform from 1970 to 1980 , in which the previous 60 districts and 16 independent cities were restructured. What is unique is that the district of Hanover and the city of Hanover were merged on November 1, 2001 to form the Hanover region. The state capital Hanover retains its status as an independent city within the region, unless otherwise regulated by law. The Hanover region as a whole is equated with the administrative districts. She is a member of the Lower Saxony and German District Assembly .

With an area of ​​47,615.85 square kilometers, Lower Saxony is the second largest state in the Federal Republic of Germany . In terms of population, it ranks fourth with 7,993,608 people. The average population density is 168 inhabitants per square kilometer, although this can vary greatly within the individual districts. The population density in the state capital Hanover is 2630 inhabitants per square kilometer, in the Hanover region 505 inhabitants per square kilometer and in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district only 40 inhabitants per square kilometer. The most populous district is the Hanover region with 1,157,115 inhabitants. It would be this even without the state capital. The district with the poorest population is the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg with 48,412 inhabitants. The largest independent city is Braunschweig with 249,406 inhabitants. The largest district in terms of area is the district of Emsland , which is the seventh largest district in Germany at 2,882.07 square kilometers. The smallest district is the district of Peine with 534.97 square kilometers .

The independent cities and districts have not been assigned to any government district since 2005  .

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The following list is structured as follows:

  • District, independent city: Name of the district or the independent city
  • District town: Name of the district town: The cell is empty for urban districts.
  • Coat of arms: the official coat of arms of the district or the independent city
  • Location: Location map of the districts or cities within the state of Lower Saxony
  • Motor vehicle: vehicle registration number of the respective regional authority
  • Ew: Population of the respective regional authority as of December 31, 2019
  • Area: Area of ​​the respective regional authority in square kilometers (km²)
  • Ew / km²: population density in inhabitants per square kilometer
  • Remarks: further information on geographical features of the respective cities and districts, including mountains, rivers and larger lakes
  • File: a typical image from the region, with which the respective regional authority is identified

Overview

District /
urban district 		County seat coat of arms location Vehicle Ew Area
(in km²) 		Ew / km² Remarks image
Ammerland Westerstede Wappen Landkreis Ammerland.svg Lower Saxony WST.svg WST 124,859 728.38 171 Lake: Zwischenahner Meer (third largest lake in Lower Saxony), part of the northwest metropolitan region Rastede Castle
Aurich Aurich DEU Aurich district COA.svg Lower Saxony AUR.svg AUR, NOR 189,694 1,287.31 147 Lake: Großes Meer (fourth largest lake in Lower Saxony), houses the lowest point in Lower Saxony at Freepsum (2.5 m below sea ​​level ), 1977 new formation from the districts of Aurich (East Frisia) and the north Pilsum lighthouse
Braunschweig
(independent city) 		  Coat of arms Braunschweig.svg Lower Saxony BS.svg BS 249,406 192.18 1298 1974 incorporation of parts of the dissolved Braunschweig district , since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Brunswick lion
Celle Celle Coat of arms of the district of Celle.svg Lower Saxony CE.svg CE 179.011 1,545.21 116 River: Aller , 1973 incorporation of the city of Celle , since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Celle Castle
Cloppenburg Cloppenburg DEU District Cloppenburg COA.svg Lower Saxony CLP.svg CLP 170,682 1,418.45 120 Part of the Northwest Metropolitan Region Museum village of Cloppenburg
Cuxhaven Cuxhaven Coat of arms of the district of Cuxhaven 2018.svg Lower Saxony CUX.svg CUX 198.038 2,057.78 96 Rivers: Elbe , Weser , 1977 new formation from the city of Cuxhaven and the districts Land Hadeln and Wesermünde , part of the metropolitan region of Hamburg and the metropolitan region of Northwest Hapag halls in Cuxhaven
Delmenhorst
(independent city) 		  DEU Delmenhorst COA.svg Lower Saxony DEL.svg DEL 77,559 62.36 1244 Borders with Bremen , part of the Northwest Metropolitan Region Town hall and water tower in Delmenhorst
Diepholz Diepholz DEU District of Diepholz COA.svg Lower Saxony DH.svg DH, SY 217.089 1,988.14 109 Lake: Dümmer (the second largest lake in Lower Saxony), borders North Rhine-Westphalia in the south and Bremen in the north , 1977 new formation from the Grafschaft Diepholz district and parts of the Grafschaft Hoya district , part of the north-west metropolitan region District museum in Syke (farm from 1747)
Emden
(independent city) 		  Coat of arms Emden.svg Lower Saxony EMD.svg EMD 49,913 112.36 444 River: Ems , the smallest independent city in Lower Saxony in terms of population Town hall and council area with the museum rescue cruiser "Georg Breusing"
Emsland Meppen Emsland district coat of arms.svg Lower Saxony EL.svg Tbsp 326,954 2,882.07 113 River: Ems , the area after the seventh largest district in Germany , borders on the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia , 1977 new formation from the districts Aschendorf-Hümmling , Lingen and Meppen Transrapid test facility in Emsland
Friesland Jever DEU District of Friesland COA.svg Lower Saxony FRI.svg FRI 98,704 607.91 162 The population density is almost exactly in the Lower Saxony mean (slightly below), part of the northwest metropolitan region Castle to Jever
Gifhorn Gifhorn Coat of arms of the district of Gifhorn.svg Lower Saxony GF.svg GF 176,523 1,562.86 113 River: Aller , bordering Saxony-Anhalt , 1974 incorporation of parts of the dissolved district of Braunschweig , since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Gifhorn Mill Museum
Goslar Goslar Coat of arms of the district of Goslar.svg Lower Saxony GS.svg GS, BRL, CLZ 136.292 965.29 141 Bordered by Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia , with the Wurmberg (971 m) it is home to the highest point in Lower Saxony, 1972 incorporation of parts of the districts of Blankenburg and Zellerfeld and the city of Goslar , 1977 incorporation of parts of the district of Gandersheim Imperial Palace in Goslar
Goettingen Goettingen DEU District Goettingen COA.svg Lower Saxony GÖ.svg GÖ , DUD, HMÜ, OHA 326.041 1,753.41 186 Rivers: Weser , Werra , Fulda and Leine , houses the Haferberg in the Kaufunger Wald , the highest mountain in Lower Saxony outside the Harz Mountains , borders Hesse and Thuringia , 1964 incorporation of the independent city of Göttingen into the district with special rights for the city, 1973 merger with the Districts of Duderstadt and Münden to form the new district of Göttingen, part of the metropolitan region of Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg since 2005 , merger with the district of Osterode am Harz to form the new district of Göttingen in 2016 Old auditorium maximum of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
County of Bentheim Nordhorn DEU County of Bentheim COA.svg Lower Saxony NOH.svg NOH 137.162 980.87 140 Borders with the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia Bentheim Castle
Hameln-Pyrmont Hamelin Coat of arms of the district of Hameln-Pyrmont.svg Lower Saxony HM.svg HM 148,549 796.15 187 River: Weser , borders North Rhine-Westphalia , 1973 incorporation of the city of Hameln , 1974 incorporation of parts of the Springe district , since 2005 part of the metropolitan region of Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Bürgerhus in Hameln (1560)
Hanover  (region) Hanover Coat of arms of the Hanover region Lower Saxony H.svg H 1,157,115 2,290.86 505 River: Leine , lake: Steinhuder Meer (largest lake in Lower Saxony), 1974 incorporation of the districts of Burgdorf and Neustadt am Rübenberge and parts of the district of Springe into the district of Hanover , 2001 formation of the region from the city and district of Hanover, thus a special kind of municipal association , since 2005 part of the metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Wilhelmstein Island in the Steinhuder Sea
Harburg Winsen (Luhe) DEU Harburg district COA.svg Lower Saxony WL.svg WL 254.431 1,245.03 204 River: Elbe , borders Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein , part of the Hamburg metropolitan region Europe's largest marshalling yard in Maschen
Heidekreis Bad Fallingbostel Coat of arms of the Heidekreis.svg Lower Saxony HK.svg HK 140.673 1,873.72 75 River: Aller , 1977 new formation from the districts Fallingbostel and Soltau as the district Soltau-Fallingbostel, 2011 name change to the district Heidekreis, part of the metropolitan region of Hamburg and the metropolitan region of Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Heath on Wilseder Berg
Helmstedt Helmstedt DEU District of Helmstedt COA.svg Lower Saxony HE.svg HE 91,297 674.02 135 River: Aller , bordering Saxony-Anhalt , 1974 incorporation of parts of the dissolved district of Braunschweig Juleum in Helmstedt
Hildesheim Hildesheim Coat of arms district Hildesheim.svg Lower Saxony HI.svg HI, ALF 275.817 1,206.03 229 River: Leine , newly formed in 1974 from the city of Hildesheim , the district of Hildesheim-Marienburg and parts of the district of Springe , 1977 merger with the district of Alfeld (Leine) to form the new district of Hildesheim, since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Hildesheim Cathedral
Holzminden Holzminden DE District of Holzminden COA.svg Lower Saxony HOL.svg HOL 70,458 692.65 102 River: Weser , borders on North Rhine-Westphalia , since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Münchhausen fountain in Bodenwerder
Empty Empty DEU District of Leer COA.svg Lower Saxony LER.svg LER 170,756 1,086.01 157 River: Ems , borders the Netherlands View over Leer with the harbor
Lüchow-Dannenberg Lüchow (Wendland) Coat of arms district Lüchow-Dannenberg.svg Lower Saxony DAN.svg DAN 48,412 1,220.75 40 River: Elbe , the smallest district in Germany in terms of inhabitants, is the only one in Lower Saxony that borders three other federal states, part of the Hamburg metropolitan region Elbtalaue Nature Park
Luneburg Luneburg DEU District Lueneburg COA.svg Lower Saxony LG.svg LG 184.139 1,323.68 139 River: Elbe , borders Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania , 1974 incorporation of the city of Lüneburg , 1993 incorporation of the Neuhaus office , previously the district of Hagenow (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania), part of the Hamburg metropolitan region Lüneburg harbor and Ilmenau
Nienburg / Weser Nienburg Coat of arms of the district of Nienburg Weser.svg Lower Saxony NI.svg NI 121,390 1,398.97 87 River: Weser , borders on North Rhine-Westphalia , 1977 incorporation of parts of the Grafschaft Hoya district , since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Weser Bridge in Hoya
Northeim Northeim Coat of arms district Northeim.svg Lower Saxony NOM.svg NOM, EIN, GAN 132,285 1,267.08 104 Rivers: Weser , Leine , is home to the Große Blöse (528 m), the highest elevation of the Solling and thus the Weserbergland , borders Hesse , 1974 merger with the district of Einbeck to form the new district of Northeim, 1977 incorporation of parts of the district of Gandersheim , since 2005 Part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Einbecker brewery
Oldenburg (Oldb)
(independent city) 		  DEU Oldenburg COA.svg Lower Saxony OL (St) .svg OIL 169.077 102.99 1642 Until 1988 seat of the district of Oldenburg (since then Wildeshausen ), part of the metropolitan region Northwest Oldenburg Castle
Oldenburg Wildeshausen Coat of arms district oldenburg.svg Lower Saxony OL (Lkr) .svg OIL 130,890 1,063.16 123 1977 Incorporation of the Harpstedt municipality , previously the county of Hoya , part of the northwest metropolitan region Monastery ruins in Hude
Osnabrück
(independent city) 		  Osnabrück Wappen.svg Lower Saxony OS (St) .svg OS 165.251 119.8 1379 Borders with North Rhine-Westphalia Osnabrück City Hall, Peace Hall of the Peace of Westphalia 1648
Osnabrück Osnabrück DEU District Osnabrück COA.svg Lower Saxony OS (Lkr) .svg OS , BSB, MEL, WTL 358.080 2,121.63 169 Houses the Dörenberg (331 m), the highest peak in the western Lower Saxony ( Weser-Ems ), the population density of almost exactly in Lower Saxony means (slightly above), borders on North Rhine-Westphalia , in 1972 merged with the districts Bersenbrück , Melle and Wittlage to new district Osnabrück, district town is not in the district, part of the metropolitan region northwest Sign pointing to the Varus Battle
Osterholz Osterholz-Scharmbeck DEU District Osterholz COA.svg Lower Saxony OHZ.svg OHZ 113,928 650.81 175 River: Weser , borders Bremen , part of the northwest metropolitan region Haus im Schluh in Worpswede
Torment Torment Coat of arms district Peine.svg Lower Saxony PE.svg PE 134,801 534.97 252 1974 incorporation of parts of the dissolved Braunschweig district , since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region Memorial to the Lengede mine disaster in 1963
Rotenburg (Wümme) Rotenburg (Wümme) DEU District Rotenburg Wuemme COA.svg Lower Saxony ROW.svg ROW, BRV 163,782 2,070.45 79 1969 Renaming, previously the district of Rotenburg (Hanover), 1977 merger with the district of Bremervörde to form the new district of Rotenburg (Wümme), part of the Hamburg metropolitan region "Hurricane" festival in Scheeßel
Salzgitter
(independent city) 		  Coat of arms of Salzgitter.svg Lower Saxony SZ.svg SZ 104.291 223.92 466 City since 1942 (four years after the founding of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring ), then still under the name Watenstedt-Salzgitter, since 1951 Salzgitter, 1974 incorporation of the communities of Üfingen and Sauingen from the Wolfenbüttel district, since 2005 part of the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen metropolitan region Wolfsburg Salzgitter AG steelworks
Schaumburg Stadthagen Coat of arms of the district of Schaumburg.svg Lower Saxony SHG.svg SHG, RI 157.820 675.57 234 River: Weser , borders on North Rhine-Westphalia , 1977 new formation from the districts Grafschaft Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe , since 2005 part of the metropolitan region Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Official gate from 1553 in Stadthagen
Stade Stade Coat of arms of the district of Stade.svg Lower Saxony STD.svg HOURS 204,512 1,266.02 162 River: Elbe , borders on Schleswig-Holstein (across the Elbe ) and Hamburg , part of the Hamburg metropolitan region Old Stade Harbor
Uelzen Uelzen Coat of arms of the district of Uelzen.svg Lower Saxony UE.svg UE 92,389 1,454.22 64 Borders with Saxony-Anhalt , part of the Hamburg metropolitan region Hundertwasser station Uelzen
Vechta Vechta DE Vechta district COA.svg Lower Saxony VEC.svg VEC 142.814 812.63 176 Part of the Northwest Metropolitan Region The Dammer Berge service area on the A1 spans the motorway
Verden Verden Wappen Landkreis Verden.png Lower Saxony VER.svg VER 137.133 787.97 174 Rivers: Weser , Aller , bordering Bremen , 1972 incorporation of the Thedinghausen and Emtinghausen exclaves of the Braunschweig district into the Verden district , part of the northwest metropolitan region Verden Cathedral
Wesermarsch Brake (Lower Weser) DEU Wesermarsch district COA.svg Lower Saxony BRA.svg BRA 88,583 822.01 108 River: Weser , borders Bremen , part of the northwest metropolitan region Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Lemwerder
Wilhelmshaven
(independent city) 		  DEU Wilhelmshaven COA.svg Lower Saxony WHV.svg WHV 76,089 106.95 711 Part of the Northwest Metropolitan Region Naval Museum, on the left the destroyer "Mölders"
Wittmund Wittmund DEU District Wittmund COA.svg Lower Saxony WTM.svg WTM 56,926 656.64 87 The second smallest district in Germany in terms of population Dune landscape on Langeoog
Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel Wappen Landkreis Wolfenbüttel.svg Lower Saxony WF.svg WF 119,622 722.56 166 It is the only district in Lower Saxony to have an exclave : the combined municipality of Baddeckestedt , 1974 incorporation of parts of the dissolved district of Braunschweig Wolfenbüttel Castle
Wolfsburg
(independent city) 		  DEU Wolfsburg COA.svg Lower Saxony WOB.svg WOB 124.371 204.09 609 River: Aller , in 1951 (13 years after the founding of the city) as an independent city from the district of Gifhorn , 1972 expansion by the city of Fallersleben and several communities in the district of Gifhorn as well as the city of Vorsfelde and several communities in the district of Helmstedt , part of the metropolitan region since 2005 Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Power plant of the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg
Lower Saxony 7,993,608 47,615.85 168

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Law on the Hanover Region ( Memento of December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 22, 2009
  2. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  3. ↑ [ http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Lower Saxony, 100 population update - based on 2011 census, area column, as of January 1, 2015)
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the district and the city of Göttingen ( memento of June 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 22, 2009
  5. ↑ Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg : This makes Lüchow-Dannenberg the only district in Lower Saxony that has a common border with Brandenburg - but not a land-based one. Rather, Brandenburg lies across the Elbe; there is only one ferry connection.
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