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| Province of Hanover Provinz Hannover (German) | |||||||||||
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| Province ofPrussia | |||||||||||
| 1866–1946 | |||||||||||
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 The Province of Hanover (red), within theKingdom of Prussia (blue and red), within theGerman Empire (blue, red, and beige) | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Hanover | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 52°22′N9°43′E / 52.367°N 9.717°E /52.367; 9.717 | ||||||||||
• 1939 | 38,705 km2 (14,944 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1939 | 3.537.390 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 1866 | |||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1946 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
TheProvince of Hanover (German:Provinz Hannover) was aprovince of theKingdom of Prussia and theFree State of Prussia from 1866 to 1946.
During theAustro-Prussian War, theKingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of theGerman Confederation. After Hanover voted in favour of mobilising confederation troops against Prussia on 14 June 1866, Prussia saw this as a just cause for declaring war; the Kingdom of Hanover was soon dissolved and annexed by Prussia. The private wealth of the dethronedHouse of Hanover was then used byOtto von Bismarck to finance his continuing efforts againstLudwig II of Bavaria.
In August 1946, the British military administration recreated theState of Hanover based on the former Kingdom of Hanover but, three months later, it was merged into the newstate (Bundesland) ofLower Saxony along with the states ofOldenburg,Brunswick, andSchaumburg-Lippe,[1] with the city ofHanover as the capital of this new state.
Hanover was subdivided into six regions first calledLanddrostei[en] (High-Bailiwick[s]), which were reorganised into Prussian standardRegierungsbezirke (governorates) on 1 April 1885.
On 1 April 1885 the sixLanddrosteien were turned into regional administrative districts calledRegierungsbezirke:
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TheRegierungsbezirke were subdivided into new urban and rural counties (Stadtkreise andLandkreise), the oldAmt structure being disbanded. Where the name of the county town differs from that of the county, it is shown in brackets:
The heads of the provinces, appointed by the central Prussian government, were calledOberpräsident (Upper President). The provincial executive, theLandesdirektor (provincial director), was elected by the provincial parliament (Provinziallandtag).
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