In Niedersachsen the first regular foreign language beginning in primary school from class 3 is English or French. In secondary schools, English, French, Greek, Italian, Latin, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Spanish or Turkish can be learned as a second or third foreign language.
Information about the languages in the different types of schools in Niedersachsen can be found here http://www.nibis.de/nibis.php?menid=831 and http://nline.nibis.de/cuvo/menue/nibis.phtml?menid=116&PHPSESSID=aecf535165df6efd75ff1984d3e02d08