Lower Saxony - Administration

Administration

Lower Saxony is divided into 38 districts (Landkreise or simply Kreise):

  1. Ammerland
  2. Aurich
  3. County of Bentheim (Grafschaft Bentheim)
  4. Celle
  5. Cloppenburg
  6. Cuxhaven
  7. Diepholz
  8. Emsland
  9. Friesland
  10. Gifhorn
  11. Goslar
  12. Göttingen
  13. Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)
  14. Hanover (Hannover)
  15. Harburg
  16. Heidekreis
  17. Helmstedt
  18. Hildesheim
  19. Holzminden
  1. Leer
  2. Lüchow-Dannenberg
  3. Lüneburg
  4. Nienburg
  5. Northeim
  6. Oldenburg
  7. Osnabrück
  8. Osterholz
  9. Osterode
  10. Peine
  11. Rotenburg (Wümme)
  12. Schaumburg
  13. Stade
  14. Uelzen
  15. Vechta
  16. Verden
  17. Wesermarsch
  18. Wittmund
  19. Wolfenbüttel

Furthermore there are ten urban districts:

  1. Brunswick
  2. Delmenhorst
  3. Emden
  4. Göttingen ¹
  5. Hanover ²
  6. Oldenburg
  7. Osnabrück
  8. Salzgitter
  9. Wilhelmshaven
  10. Wolfsburg

¹ following the "Göttingen Law" of January 1, 1964, the town of Göttingen is incorporated into the district (Landkreis) of Göttingen, but the rules on urban districts still apply, as long as no other rules exist.
² following the "Law on the region of Hanover", Hanover counts since November 1, 2001 as an urban district as long as no other rules apply.

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