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Hanover | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| Capital | Hanover |
| Government | |
| • District admin. | Steffen Krach (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,290 km2 (880 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 1,138,943 |
| • Density | 497/km2 (1,290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| Website | www |
Hanover Region (German:Region Hannover) is adistrict inLower Saxony,Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts ofHeidekreis,Celle,Gifhorn,Peine,Hildesheim,Hameln-Pyrmont,Schaumburg andNienburg.
The Hanover Region district has a unique legal status among the districts of Lower Saxony. It includes the city ofHanover (the state capital) which has the same privileges as akreisfreie Stadt, a city that is not part of a district. As a consequence, the district is much larger in population than any other district of the state. Its administrative body is the regional parliament (Regionsparlament), headed by the regional president (Regionspräsident), which since 2021 isSteffen Krach (SPD). The members of the regional parliament are elected once every five years and the regional president is elected also every five years in local elections.
The city of Hanover was not part of the district until 2001, when the old Hanover District (Landkreis Hannover) and the city then known officially as District-free City of Hanover (kreisfreie Stadt Hannover)[citation needed] were merged in order to form the new Hanover Region district, not to be confused with the formergovernmental district of Hanover (Regierungsbezirk Hannover).
DuringWorld War II, Hanover was the headquarters (Hauptquartier) of Military District XI (Wehrkreis XI), which was responsible forBraunschweig,Anhalt, and part of Hanover. It was also the garrison town for the71st Infantry Division of theGerman Army.
The district surrounds the city of Hanover and includes the outskirts of its metropolitan area. TheLeine river enters the district in the south, runs through Hanover and leaves to the north. In the northwest is theSteinhuder Meer, a lake with an area of 32 km2 (12 sq mi), within the region known as theHanoverian Moor Geest.
The coat of arms was granted on May 1, 2003. The cloverleaf is from the arms of the city of Hanover. The lion was the heraldic animal of theWelfen family, which ruled the region from theMiddle Ages until 1866.
| Town | Capital | Area (km2) | Population (2015) | Location |
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| Barsinghausen
| Barsinghausen | 102.65 km2 | 33,608 |
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| Burgdorf
| Burgdorf | 112.26 km2 | 30,147 |
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| Burgwedel
| Burgwedel | 151.96 km2 | 20,654 |
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| Garbsen
| Garbsen | 79.31 km2 | 60,590 |
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| Gehrden
| Gehrden | 42.97 km2 | 14,624 |
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| Hanover
| Hanover | 204.01 km2 | 532,163 |
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| Hemmingen
| Hemmingen | 31.65 km2 | 18,793 |
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| Laatzen
| Laatzen | 34.05 km2 | 40,939 |
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| Langenhagen
| Langenhagen | 71.99 km2 | 53,323 |
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| Lehrte
| Lehrte | 127 km2 | 43,639 |
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| Neustadt am Rübenberge
| Neustadt am Rübenberge | 357 km2 | 43,931 |
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| Pattensen
| Pattensen | 67 km2 | 14,324 |
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| Ronnenberg
| Ronnenberg | 37.78 km2 | 23,752 |
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| Seelze
| Seelze | 54 km2 | 33,283 |
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| Sehnde
| Sehnde | 103.44 km2 | 23,489 |
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| Springe
| Springe | 159.78 km2 | 28,682 |
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| Wunstorf
| Wunstorf | 126.60 km2 | 41,251 |
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| Municipalities | Capital | Area /km2 | Population (2015) | Location |
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| Isernhagen
| Isernhagen | 59.72 km2 | 23,792 |
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| Uetze
| Uetze | 140.56 km2 | 20,103 |
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| Wennigsen
| Wennigsen | 53.78 km2 | 14,036 |
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| Wedemark
| Wedemark | 173 km2 | 29,358 |
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| Parties and voter associations | Prozent 2021 | Sitze 2021 | Prozent 2016 | Sitze 2016 | Prozent 2011 | Sitze 2011 | Prozent 2006 | Sitze 2006 | Prozent 2001 | Sitze 2001 | |
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| SPD | Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | 29,9 | 25 | 32,3 | 26 | 36,4 | 31 | 39,7 | 33 | 42,4 | 37 |
| CDU | Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | 26,2 | 22 | 29,0 | 24 | 31,0 | 26 | 35,2 | 30 | 36,2 | 31 |
| Grüne | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | 21,3 | 18 | 13,6 | 12 | 19,0 | 16 | 10,9 | 9 | 9,1 | 8 |
| FDP | Freie Demokratische Partei | 6,5 | 5 | 5,4 | 5 | 3,1 | 3 | 7,3 | 6 | 6,3 | 5 |
| AfD | Alternative für Deutschland | 5,1 | 4 | 10,1 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Linke | Die Linke | 3,6 | 3 | 4,8 | 4 | 2,5 | 3 | – | – | 1,4 | 1 |
| Tierschutz | Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz | 1,7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| PARTEI | Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative | 1,6 | 1 | 0,9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Basis | Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany (Basisdemokratische Partei Deutschland) | 1,0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Piraten | Piratenpartei Deutschland | 0,9 | 1 | 1,6 | 1 | 3,0 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| HAN | The Hanoverians [de] | 0,8 | 1 | 1,9 | 2 | 2,7 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| FW | Free Voters (Freie Wähler) | 0,8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Volt | Volt Deutschland | 0,6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BF | BürgerForum | – | – | – | – | 1,1 | 1 | 1,1 | 1 | – | – |
| BSG | Bündnis für Soziale Gerechtigkeit | – | – | – | – | 0,6 | 0 | 0,7 | 1 | – | – |
| REP | Die Republikaner | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,5 | 1 | 1,4 | 1 |
| Sonstige | 0,2 | 0 | 1,5 | 0 | 1,6 | 0 | 3,8 | 3 | 3,1 | 1 | |
| Gesamt | 100 % | 84 | 100 % | 84 | 100 % | 84 | 100 % | 84 | 100 % | 84 | |
| Voter turnout | 54,7 % | 54,6 % | 49,7 % | 47,0 % | 52,3 % | ||||||
| Year | Residents[2] |
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| 2001 | 1,122,038 |
| 2005 | 1,128,543 |
| 2010 | 1,132,130 |
| 2015 | 1,144,481 |
| 2017 | 1,153,063 |
| 2018 | 1,157,624 |
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 Urban and rural districts in the state ofLower Saxony in Germany | |
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