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==Overview==
[[File:Lower saxony brunswick.png|150px|thumb|left|Map of Lower Saxony:Position of the [[Braunschweig (region)|Braunschweig region]] highlighted]]
The league's history goes back to 1979, when four new ''Bezirksoberligas'' (Braunschweig, Hannover, Lüneburg and Weser-Ems) were formed in the state of Lower Saxony. The ''Bezirksoberligas'' (6th tier) were set below the ''[[Niedersachsenliga|Verbandsliga Niedersachsen]]'' (4th thier) and the two ''Landesligas'' (5th tier) in the [[German football league system]]. In 1994, the two old ''Landesligas'' were dissolved, while the four ''Bezirksoberligas'' were renamed into ''Landesliga Braunschweig'', ''Landesliga Hannover'', ''Landesliga Lüneburg'', and ''Landesliga Weser-Ems'' respectively. Due to the introduction of the new [[Fußball-Regionalliga|Regionalliga]] (IV) the new ''Landesligas'' still remained at the 6th tier of German football, however.
The league was formed in 2006 as a replacement of the ''Landesliga Braunschweig'', which had existed at this level. The new ''Bezirksoberliga'' was made up of fifteen clubs,<ref>[http://ergebnisdienst.fussball.de/landesverband/niedersachsen/0607/013/041/010/010299/tabelle/ Bezirksoberliga Braunschweig table 2006-07] Fussball.de, accessed: 12 July 2009</ref> two from the ''Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost'', eleven from the ''Landesliga'' and one from the two ''Bezirksligas'' each. The league was formed in a reorganisation of the league system in Lower Saxony, whereby the four regional ''Landsligas'' were replaced by the ''Bezirksoberligas''. Below these, the number of ''Bezirksligas'' was increased. In Braunschweig, the two ''Bezirksligas'' were expanded to four, as in the other regions, except Weser-Ems, which was expanded to five.<ref>[http://www.nfv-www.de/downloads/s_147/Spielordnung-16-05-09.pdf Spielordnung des Niedersächsischen Fußballverbandes e.V.] {{de icon}} Rules and regulations of the Lower Saxony football association, published: 16 May 2009, accessed: 12 July 2009</ref>▼
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The ''Bezirksoberliga'', like the ''Landesliga'' before, was set in the league system below the ''Verbandsliga'' and above the now four ''Bezirksligas'', which were numbered from one to four. The winner of the ''Bezirksoberliga'' was directly promoted to the ''Verbandsliga'', while the bottom placed teams, in a varying number, were relegated to the ''Bezirksliga''. The ''Bezirksoberligas'' of Weser-Ems and Hannover form the tier below the ''Verbandsliga West'', while those of Lüneburg and Braunschweig form the tier below the eastern division of the ''Verbandsliga''.
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