Lower Saxony


State flag
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted 13 April 1951

State of Lower Saxony (Land Niedersachsen)

State of Germany.
County of Schaumburg 21 December 1290. Duchy of Oldenburg 22 March 1777. Duchy of Brunswick 6 November 1813. Kingdom of Hanover 12 October 1814 to 20 September 1866. Free State of Brunswick 8 November 1918. Free State of Oldenburg 11 November 1918. Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe 16 November 1918. Schaumburg-Lippe annexed to Hanover 9 December 1946. A federal German state 7 September 1949 by merger of Brunswick, Hanover and Oldenburg.


State ensign
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted 13 April 1951


State flag
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted for Hanover 22 July 1837 to 15 September 1935


State flag
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted for Brunswick 21 July 1831 to 15 September 1935


State flag
Ratio 3:5 | Adopted for Oldenburg 24 August 1774 to 1 May 1918 & 3 October 1919 to 15 September 1935

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