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Download geodata for Lower Saxony
Official open geodata for Lower Saxony — ALKIS, DGM1, DOM1, DOP and bDOM — the same data as in the state geoportals, but uniformly processed and ready to download.
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
6,280,645 parcels, 6,459,724 buildings, 4,305,703 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | 11.24 GB |
| Parcels only | 4.18 GB |
| Building footprints only | 3.45 GB |
| Land use only | 3.61 GB |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LGLN · Licence CC BY 4.0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
49,992 tiles of 1 km² each (140.12 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (49,992 tiles, JSON) | 140.12 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
50,726 tiles of 1 km² each (146.40 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (50,726 tiles, JSON) | 146.40 GB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
29,413 tiles, period 2015-04-21–2026-05-25.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (29,413 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (15)
📷 bDOM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
52,611 tiles, period 2021-05-31–2026-05-25.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (52,611 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (6)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2021 (18,924 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (16,620 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2023 (19,276 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (22,997 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (28,946 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2026 (17,240 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show statistics
Figures & areas in Lower Saxony
Calculated from the ALKIS data itself — not taken from official statistics.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Forest area | 1,034,827 ha |
| Buildings | 6,452,974 |
| Residential land | 211,590 ha |
| of which built-up | 19.4 % |
| Parcel size (median) | 946 m² |
“of which built-up” is the share of residential land covered by buildings — a measure of building density. The median tells how large a typical parcel is (historical partible inheritance makes parcels in the south-west much smaller than in the north-east).
Land use in Lower Saxony
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the state area of 47,711 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 27,478 km² | 57.6 % |
| Forest | 10,349 km² | 21.7 % |
| Residential land | 2,116 km² | 4.4 % |
| Road transport | 1,333 km² | 2.8 % |
| Paths and tracks | 965 km² | 2.0 % |
| Water bodies | 917 km² | 1.9 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 833 km² | 1.7 % |
| Industry & commerce | 831 km² | 1.7 % |
| Woodland | 680 km² | 1.4 % |
| Mixed-use area | 623 km² | 1.3 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 544 km² | 1.1 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 295 km² | 0.6 % |
| Other uses | 195 km² | 0.4 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 193 km² | 0.4 % |
| Rail transport | 126 km² | 0.3 % |
| Cemetery | 42 km² | 0.1 % |
| Squares | 41 km² | 0.1 % |
| Air transport | 37 km² | 0.1 % |
The data covers the state area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Lower Saxony
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | -19.0 m |
| Mean | 69.0 m |
| Maximum | 1007.3 m |
Districts in Lower Saxony
The same data, clipped to a single district — generated fresh on click.
- Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig
- Kreisfreie Stadt Salzgitter
- Kreisfreie Stadt Wolfsburg
- Landkreis Gifhorn
- Landkreis Goslar
- Landkreis Helmstedt
- Landkreis Northeim
- Landkreis Peine
- Landkreis Wolfenbüttel
- Landkreis Göttingen
- Landkreis Region Hannover
- Landkreis Diepholz
- Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont
- Landkreis Hildesheim
- Landkreis Holzminden
- Landkreis Nienburg (Weser)
- Landkreis Schaumburg
- Landkreis Celle
- Landkreis Cuxhaven
- Landkreis Harburg
- Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg
- Landkreis Lüneburg
- Landkreis Osterholz
- Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme)
- Landkreis Heidekreis
- Landkreis Stade
- Landkreis Uelzen
- Landkreis Verden
- Kreisfreie Stadt Delmenhorst
- Kreisfreie Stadt Emden
- Kreisfreie Stadt Oldenburg (Oldb)
- Kreisfreie Stadt Osnabrück
- Kreisfreie Stadt Wilhelmshaven
- Landkreis Ammerland
- Landkreis Aurich
- Landkreis Cloppenburg
- Landkreis Emsland
- Landkreis Friesland
- Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim
- Landkreis Leer
- Landkreis Oldenburg
- Landkreis Osnabrück
- Landkreis Vechta
- Landkreis Wesermarsch
- Landkreis Wittmund
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Data as of: 2026-09-02.