Region:Niedersachsen

Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
The region of Niedersachsen in Germany
Coat of arms of Lower Saxony
Country	Germany
Number of zones	260
Maximum PPH	271
Last updated	2021-04-27

Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) 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 Lower Saxony. Other bordering regions are Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg in the north, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the northeast, Brandenburg and Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt) in the east, Thüringen (Thuringia) in the southeast, Hessen (Hesse) in the south, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) in the southwest as well as Overijssel, Drenthe and Groningen (in the Netherlands) in the west.

Geographical overview

Municipalities

In Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) there are 15 municipalities with at least one turf zone. Each of these corresponds to a district (Kreis) within the bundesland:

Municipality	Zones
Braunschweig (Brunswick)	37
Goslar	4
Hameln-Pyrmont	2
Hannover (Hanover)	39
Heidekreis	1
Hildesheim	3
Landkreis Cuxhaven	1
Landkreis Friesland	1
Landkreis Göttingen	23
Landkreis Harburg	88
Landkreis Lüneburg	6
Landkreis Stade	20
Lüchow-Dannenberg	3
Oldenburg	15
Osnabrück	17

The list is updated according to the zones that existed on 2021-04-27.

Zones

There are 260 turf zones in the regionen of Niedersachsen, where three are counted as world heritage sites, eleven train station zones, two national park zones, twelve monument zones, 19 holy zones, one summit zone, 19 bridge zones, three castle zones and three ruin zones.

Updated: 2021-04-27

Most taken Zones

#	Zone	Takes	Unique turfers	Ranking Global	Created	Municipality	Location	Warded	Notes
1	ErnstAugust	82	47	40 702	2013-12-30	Hannover	Map	Statistics	Ernst-August-Platz
2	GeorgiJacobi	39	27	49 134	2014-10-08	Hannover	Map	Statistics	Market Church Hanover
3	Goslar	38	19	49 414	2015-02-28	Goslar	Map	Statistics	Goslar market square
4	AmKattenberge	36	3	50 034	2021-02-07	Landkreis Harburg	Map	Statistics	Am Kattenberge i Buchholz in der Nordheide
4	Grenzpfad	36	3	50 034	2021-02-23	Landkreis Harburg	Map	Statistics	Martin-Luther-Weg i Buchholz in der Nordheide

Updated: 2021-04-27
Source: Warded

Zone development

The first turf zone in the region was ErnstAugust which was created December 30, 2013.

Year	New zones	Accumulated
2013	1	1
2014	3	4
2015	6	10
2016	0	10
2017	8	18
2018	0	18
2019	69	87
2020	0	87

Source: urbangeeks

For more information about turf zones, see the respective municipality.

Points and results

Totalscore

Placement by points taken in the region. The table is sortable (click on the headings).

#	Turfer	Municipality	Total Points	Points taken in the region	Takeovers	Unique	Ranking Global	▲/▼
1	uschDibb / Turfgame	Landkreis Harburg	265 520	163 875	782	262	6 149
2	AlterSchwede / Turfgame	Turfer from Berlin	394 598	106 746	868	309	5 020
3	Goldesel / Turfgame	Landkreis Harburg	76 075	75 695	305	46	11 041
4	MerCurious / Turfgame	Turfer from Östergötland	12 038 195	20 541	79 757	4 106	184
5	MikeLima / Turfgame	Landkreis Harburg	16 383	15 833	31	19	22 370
6	408 / Turfgame	Turfer from Hamburg	106 935	12 743	420	230	9 429
7	Bikefolder / Turfgame	Landkreis Göttingen	11 204	11 171	24	20	26 671
8	rewi / Turfgame	Turfer from Schleswig-Holstein	38 965	10 624	122	54	14 973
9	ste7an / Turfgame	Turfer from Nordrhein-Westfalen	507 485	10 251	1 126	341	4 395
10	Movemania / Turfgame	Turfer from Västra Götaland	19 942 595	10 070	108 497	7 961	42

Updated 2021-04-26 and compared to xxxx-xx-xx
Source: Warded

Fastest Eager

Fastest to take 10 zones

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Updated: 2021-04-27
Source: Warded

Global Top-3 Rankings

Turfers in the region that placed on the global top-3 list.

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Updated: 2021-04-27
Source: Warded

Turfers who have won in the country

Turfers from the region who have won in Germany since it officially became a turf country in July 2019 (Round 109).

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Round (weeks)	Turfer	Global Ranking	Points	Takes	Municipality	Link	Notes
113 (4)	AlterSchwede	498	86 565	127		Turfgame	Guest turfer from the region of Berlin No country medal awarded. Too few turfers.

Updated: 2021-04-27

Turfers who won in the region

The following turfers have won in the region of Nordrhein-Westfalen since Germany officially became a turf country in July 2019 (Round 109).

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Round (weeks)	Turfer	Global Ranking	Points	Takes	Municipality	Link	Notes
109 (4)	Doppelklick	4 315	1 862	6	Hannover	Turfgame	No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
110 (4)	Doppelklick	3 942	2 537	6	Hannover	Turfgame	No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
111 (5)	flopsy	6 684	578	2		Turfgame	Guest turfer from the region of Nordrhein-Westfalen No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
113 (4)	AlterSchwede	498	86 565	127		Turfgame	Guest turfer from the region of Berlin No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
116 (4)	AlterSchwede	3 808	1 460	4		Turfgame	Guest turfer from the region of Berlin No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
117 (5)	AlterSchwede	3 944	2 435	3		Turfgame	Guest turfer from the region of Berlin No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
123 (4)	AlterSchwede	3 206	8 212	29		Turfgame	Guest turfer from the region of Berlin No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
125 (5)	Bikefolder	5 897	542	1	Landkreis Göttingen	Turfgame	No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
126 (4)	flopsy	4 048	4 630	9		Turfgame	Guest turfer from the region of Nordrhein-Westfalen No region medal awarded. Too few turfers.
127 (5)	uschDibb	3 539	12 102	25	Landkreis Harburg	Turfgame	First winner of the region medal in the region.
128 (4)	uschDibb	2 752	19 402	52	Landkreis Harburg	Turfgame
129 (4)	uschDibb	721	105 162	366	Landkreis Harburg	Turfgame

Updated: 2021-04-27

External links

• Lower Saxony (Wikipedia)
• Map showing current points per hour (PPH) for all zones
• List of the 100 newest zones in Niedersachsen
• Statistics on zones and players in Niedersachsen for the current round
• Map with all zones in Niedersachsen marked