The Lower Saxon Department for Water, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN) () is a department of the state of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

, with its headquarters in Norden (Ostfriesland) and is responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Climate Protection.

Departements

NLWKN is structured in relatively independend departements for different services at Norden,

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

and

Lüneburg Lüneburg, officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German Bundesland (Germany), state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic League, Hanseatic city, Hambur ...

: * Operation and maintenance of state-owned facilities and bodies of water, combating pollutant accidents, based in Norden * Planning and construction of water management systems, based in Norden * River basin management, state hydrological service, radiological monitoring, based in Norden * General administration, finance, human resources, based in Norden * Regional nature conservation, based in Hanover * State-wide nature conservation, based in Hanover * Allgemeine Verwaltung, Finanzen, Personal, Sitz in Norden * Water management legislation, based in Lüneburg * Landesweiter Naturschutz, Sitz in Hannover * Coastal Research Center, based in Norden, formerly in Norderney

NLWKN services

* national flood reporting service in the catchment areas of the

Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...

, Aller and

Leine The Leine (; Old Saxon ''Lagina'') is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long. The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver ...

* national storm surge warning service for the Lower Saxon coast * current water level data ( gauge measurements) for the Weser and Ems

External links

Website: NLWKN
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