Lower Saxony
Ita ce jiha ta biyu mafi girma ta yankin ƙasa, tare da   , kuma mafi girma na huɗu a cikin jama'a (miliyan 8 a cikin shekarata 2021) tsakanin 16  tarayya a matsayin Tarayyar Jamus . 

A cikin tsakiyar zamanai, yana da wadata saboda hakar gishiri da cinikayyar gishiri, da kuma, zuwa ƙananan digiri, amfani da peat bogs, wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa shekarata alif 1960s. Zuwa arewa kogin Elbe ya raba Lower Saxony daga Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, , da kuma Brandenburg. 

An ƙirƙira ta ta hanyar haɗewar Jihar Hanover tare da ƙananan jihohi uku a ranar 1 ga watan Nuwamba shekarata alif 1946.