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German citizenship test Lower Saxony — the state questions explained
If you sit the test in Lower Saxony, three of your 33 questions come from your state's catalogue. The other 30 are federal. Questions from other states will not appear in your test. 6 of them are explained here.
Lower Saxony is the second-largest state by area and reaches from the Harz in the south to the Wadden Sea and the East Frisian Islands. It borders the Netherlands and encircles the two Bremen municipalities without containing them. Low German and Saterland Frisian are protected here as regional languages, and the white Saxon Steed is its heraldic sign.
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What to know about this state
- By area Lower Saxony is the second-largest German state. It borders the North Sea in the north and the Netherlands in the north-west. (www.niedersachsen.de)
- The Landtag of Lower Saxony sits in Hanover in the Leine Palace. The state government is led by the Minister-President. (www.landtag-niedersachsen.de)
- The coat of arms shows the white Saxon Steed on a red field. The same horse also appears in the arms of North Rhine-Westphalia for the Westphalian part of that state. (www.niedersachsen.de)
- The Wadden Sea on the North Sea coast is a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. Off it lie the East Frisian Islands, among them Borkum, Norderney and Juist. (www.niedersachsen.de)
- The Harz in the south is Germany's northernmost low mountain range; its highest peak, the Brocken, lay right on the inner-German border until 1990 and was a closed military zone. (www.niedersachsen.de)
- Göttingen has a university founded in 1737, and the old town of Goslar together with the Rammelsberg mine are UNESCO World Heritage. Alongside the Elbe, the Weser and the Ems are the defining rivers. (www.niedersachsen.de)
The state surrounds the two Bremen municipalities on all sides without their belonging to it. Alongside German, Low German is protected here as a regional language and Saterland Frisian in the north-west; under the languages charter they may be used in dealings with the authorities. Naturalisations are the responsibility of the rural districts, the independent cities and the Hanover Region.
Questions on Lower Saxony
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- Question 1 of 6Lower Saxony · Catalogue question 2
Which is a rural district in Lower Saxony?
- A — Correct: Ammerland is a rural district in the north-west of Lower Saxony.
- B — The Rhein-Sieg district lies in North Rhine-Westphalia, not in Lower Saxony.
- C — North Frisia lies in Schleswig-Holstein, not in Lower Saxony.
- D — The Vogtland district lies in Saxony, not in Lower Saxony.
Source: www.niedersachsen.de
- Question 2 of 6Lower Saxony · Catalogue question 5
What colours does the state flag of Lower Saxony have?
- A — White and blue are Bavaria's colours, not Lower Saxony's.
- B — Correct: Lower Saxony's state flag shows the federal colours black, red and gold with the white Sachsenross (Saxon horse) in the upper stripe.
- C — Black and yellow is not Lower Saxony's state flag; that is associated with Saxony-Anhalt.
- D — Blue, white and red is not Lower Saxony's state flag.
Source: www.niedersachsen.de
- Question 3 of 6Lower Saxony · Catalogue question 6
Where can you get information about political topics in Lower Saxony?
- A — Correct: the Lower Saxony State Centre for Political Education is the responsible institution for cross-party political information.
- B — The public order office deals with public safety and order, not political education.
- C — The consumer advice centre advises on consumer issues, not political education.
- D — Churches are religious institutions and not an official point of contact for political education.
Source: www.lpb-niedersachsen.de
- Question 4 of 6Lower Saxony · Catalogue question 7
The state capital of Lower Saxony is called …
- A — Correct: Hanover is the state capital of Lower Saxony and the seat of the state parliament and state government.
- B — Braunschweig is a significant city, but not the state capital.
- C — Wolfsburg is known as the home of Volkswagen, but not the state capital.
- D — Osnabrück is a historic city, but not the state capital.
Source: www.niedersachsen.de
- Question 5 of 6Lower Saxony · Catalogue question 9
What is the head of government of Lower Saxony called?
- A — "First Minister" is not a title used in Germany.
- B — "Prime Minister" is the title used in other countries, not in German federal states.
- C — "Mayor" is the title for local heads, not for the state as a whole.
- D — Correct: as in most area states, the head of government in Lower Saxony is called Ministerpräsident/in (Minister-President).
Source: www.niedersachsen.de
- Question 6 of 6Lower Saxony · Catalogue question 10
Which minister does Lower Saxony not have?
- A — A justice ministry is one of the classic departments of every state government, including Lower Saxony's.
- B — Correct: foreign policy is exclusively a federal matter (Art. 32 Basic Law); no federal state — including Lower Saxony — has its own foreign ministry.
- C — A finance ministry is one of the classic departments of every state government, including Lower Saxony's.
- D — An interior ministry is one of the classic departments of every state government, including Lower Saxony's.
Source: www.gesetze-im-internet.de
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