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Metropolitan Region Hannover-Braunschweig-Gottingen-Wolfsburg (Germany)
Website: www.metropolregion.de
Metropolitan Region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg is one of the eleven regions recognised by the Standing Conference of Ministers responsible for spatial planning in Germany. Located in the northern part of the country it covers approximately one-third of the area of Lower Saxony with a population reaching nearly 4 million people. This region brings together 20 counties, including 431 cities.
The main objective of consolidation of this 18 600 km2 area is cooperation and mutual responsibility of individual territorial units, the creation of an integrated development strategy of structurally diverse sub-regions - weaker and stronger economically, rural and urban, peripheral and central.
Metropolitan Region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg is characterised by vast areas of farmland with highways and fast railways passing through it (including the high-speed rail routes), forming the basis of the local transport network. Key sectors of the regional economy are services and industry. One of the strongest players in the market, both on local and national level is Volkswagen with its seat in Wolfsburg.
Seven universities form scientific and research potential of the region (including the University of Göttingen, University of Hannover, Technical University of Braunschweig), 9 colleges, College of Art, School of Theatre & Music, and about 60 other scientific institutions (including many Max Planck Institutes, two-seats of German Space Agency in Braunschweig and Göttingen, and the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel).
Contact person:
Raimund Nowak
tel: +49 511898586-10
mail: raimund.nowak@metropolregion.de
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