Since March 2003 he has represented the Lower Saxony in the state parliament.

The pudding is a culinary specialty from Lower Saxony in north Germany.

Finally it was agreed that a simple motif would be the best solution and the Saxonian white horse became the coat of arms for all Lower Saxony.

Indeed, the Premier worked on increasing his visibility beyond Lower Saxony's confines, particularly by appearing frequently on TV shows and giving interviews to the national newspapers.

Bad Bentheim, a town shaped by the Evangelical Church, belongs to Lower Saxony's district of Bentheim.

It is distributed in Hanover and in all Lower Saxony.

But analysts said Lower Saxony's influence had waned as the company's largest shareholder, Porsche, tightened its grip.

Last November, the state supreme court ruled for the second time that Lower Saxony's budget deficit violates legal limits.

During those four years, Lower Saxony's government spending skyrocketed, in part to pay for programs supported by the Greens.

In Lower Saxony's inventory of listed buildings the manor and its gardens are described in detail in the state they were in 1970.