Hanover

Hanover Hannover (German)
City
New Town Hall, Hanover
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Hanover within Hanover Region district
Hanover Show map of Germany Hanover Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°22′N 9°43′E / 52.367°N 9.717°E / 52.367; 9.717
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover Region
Subdivisions	13 districts
Government
• Lord mayor	Belit Onay[1] (Alliance 90/The Greens)
• Governing parties	Greens / SPD
Area
• City	204.01 km2 (78.77 sq mi)
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• City	545,045
• Density	2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi)
• Metro	1,119,032
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	30001 - 30669
Dialling codes	0511
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.hannover.de

Hanover (German: Hannover) is a German city. It is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony. Hanover has 535,932 inhabitants (31 December 2021).

In Hanover there are some big industry companies like Volkswagen (Cars and Vans), Continental (tyres), Varta (batteries) and TUI (tourism).

Hanover has a very modern zoo and an international airport.

There are some very big fairs in Hanover like the CeBIT - Centre of Office, Information and Telecommunication (B is for Büro that means office) and the traditional Hanover fair that shows classical industrial products.

In the year 2000 the Expo-2000 was in Hanover.

Hanover has a large forest near the inner city, it is called the Eilenriede. There is also a lake (the Maschsee) of about three km length and 500 m width near the city centre. The famous gardens of Herrenhausen (Herrenhäuser Gärten) are also in Hanover. The gardens were heavily destroyed in WWII, but they are currently under reconstruction.

People in Hanover get around town by using the Hannover Hauptbahnhof, which has been around since 1843.

The mayor of the city is Belit Onay. He is a member of the party Alliance 90/The Greens. The city has been administered by social democratic city councils since the 1950s.

The (new) town hall is one of the famous buildings in the city, others are the Marktkirche (market church), the old (medieval) town hall, some castles like the Leineschloss and the Welfenschloss.

Hanover is located at the river Leine.

Some internationally famous inhabitants of the town are:

The classic rock band Scorpions, the former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the association football player Per Mertesacker.

Key employers in the region are Volkswagen, Continental, Talanx, Hannover Re, Nord LB and VHV.

1. ↑ "Hannover wählt grün" (in German). taz. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
2. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
3. ↑ "Themenbereich: Bevölkerung - Tabellen" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-03.