"Lower Saxony is further north than regular Saxony"
I can think of two reasons for that.
The first, it's literally lower because it's on the coast
Second, before the compass, many older maps were down with the top being the direction of sunrise, Lower Saxony would have been lower on that map.
[QUOTE=ReligiousNutjob;51793476]"Lower Saxony is further north than regular Saxony"
I can think of two reasons for that.
The first, it's literally lower because it's on the coast
Second, before the compass, many older maps were down with the top being the direction of sunrise, Lower Saxony would have been lower on that map.[/QUOTE]
Pretty sure it's the same reason for why the low countries are called the low countries. Lower Saxony lies on low, flat terrain, unlike Bavaria for example, which has high elevation.
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