Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region

Urban agglomerations

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The most populated urban agglomerations within the metropolitan region are Hanover, Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Göttingen and Wolfsburg. Hanover is the largest one from all in terms of population.

Hanover is the capital of the state and consists of multiple towns such as Langenhagen, Stadthagen or Garbsen that make up the urban agglomeration. Hanover is the most populated city and agglomeration in the Metropolitan area. Hanover is a metropolis but due its higher dependency for its surroundings leads to a lower amount of centralization, having only slightly higher amount of resources and businesses compared to other cities in the Metropolitan area.

Braunschweig is the densest and most diverse urban agglomeration in the whole state with about 45% of the urban agglomeration having a foreign background. Braunschweig is the largest regiopolis in the area and is after Hanover the second metropolitan city in the region with a population of 272,417. The agglomeration is the second largest in the metropolitan area. Togethor with Hanover, Braunschweig is one of the two major centers in the region.

Hildesheim is the largest urban agglomeration in terms of land space and is situated below the Hanover region. It consists of Salzgitter Bad, Baddeckenstedt, as well as the city Hildesheim.

Salzgitter is part of the urban agglomerations Braunschweig and Hildesheim. 73.1% of the residents in Salzgitter live within the Braunschweig urban agglomeration but most of the land is in Hildesheim's agglomeration. Due to Salzgitter being spread out, it is not an urban agglomeration itself but rather a connection between two agglomerations and part of both. Factories and industries were placed mostly on the emptier side of the city in order to avoid any risks towards urban settlements.

Göttingen is the most isolated urban agglomeration from all and the most sparsely populated urban area in the metropolitan region. Majority of the people in this agglomeration are students and tend to live in the area because of its close proximity to Kassel, a city known for slightly higher living costs than Göttingen.

Wolfsburg, headquarters of Volkswagen, is situated close to Braunschweig and the town Gifhorn, which is also part of Wolfsburg's urban agglomeration. The population of Wolfsburg's urban agglomeration is concentrated within the city area but has some parts in the nearby districts Gifhorn and Helmstedt.

The metropolitan region is divided into four main sectors: Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Hanover and Göttingen. Most of the population is within the Hanover region (1.20 million) and Braunschweig region (1.66 million).^[12][13]

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