Region:Niedersachsen
| Niedersachsen | |
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| Country | Germany |
| Number of zones | 87 |
| Maximum PPH | 86 |
Niedersachsen is a region in northwestern Germany. The region encompasses the bundesland with the same name and has about eight million inhabitants. The region Bremen is almost entirely enclosed by Niedersachsen. Other bordering regions are Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg in the north, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the northeast, Brandenburg and Sachsen-Anhalt in the east, Thüringen in the southeast, Hessen in the south, Nordrhein-Westfalen in the southwest as well as Overijssel, Drenthe and Groningen (in the Netherlands) in the west.
Geographical overview
Municipalities
In Niedersachsen there are eight municipalities with at least one zone. Each of these corresponds to a district (Kreis) within the bundesland:
| Municipality | Zones |
|---|---|
| Braunschweig | 37 |
| Goslar | 4 |
| Hannover | 39 |
| Heidekreis | 1 |
| Hildesheim | 3 |
| Landkreis Cuxhaven | 1 |
| Landkreis Friesland | 1 |
| Landkreis Göttingen | 1 |
Zones
There are 87 turfzones in the regionen, where three are counted as world heritage sites, three as train station zones, two as national park zones, seven as monument zones, seven as holy zones, one as a summit zone, eleven as bridge zones, one as a castle zone and two as ruin zones.
Updated 2020-06-22
