HANOVER 



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HANOVER 



Hanover. Town of Prussia, 

 formerly the capital of the king- 

 dom of Hanover and now of the 

 province. It 

 stands at the 

 junction of the 

 Leine and the 

 Ihme, 112 m. 

 from Hamburg 

 and 1 63 m from 

 Berlin. There 

 is an old town, Hanover town 

 a new town be- 

 yond it, and various sxiburbs, of 



Austria against Prussia. At once 

 Prussia asked for her neutrality, 

 and this being refused, invaded 

 Hanover. In June the Hanoverian 

 army surrendered, and the country 

 was formally annexed in Sept. See 

 Europe ; Germany. 



Hanover. Province of Prussia. 

 It lies in the N.W. of Germany, the 

 bulk of it being between the Weser 

 and the Elbe, while another part is 

 between Oldenburg and Holland. 

 It was constituted in 1866, and in 

 1 873 the territory of Jade was 'added 

 to it. The capital is Hanover. It 

 has a coast-line on the North Sea, 

 and contains the ports of Emden 

 and Wilhelmshaven. Its area is 

 14,870 sq. m., and its pop. 2.942.500. 



Hanover. 



The new Town Hall, built 

 Top, left, view oi old 



Hanover. 



Map oi the Prussian province, which, until 1866, was an 

 independent kingdom 



1903-11, overlooking the Masch Park, 

 houses on the Leine 



which Caleiiberg is the most in- 

 teresting. In the old town are the 

 market church, dating from the 

 14th century and restored in the 

 19th, and the old town hall, of 

 somewhat later date. 



The new town has a fine church, 

 and there are several large squares 

 adorned with statues and monu 

 ments. Modern buildings include 

 the new town hall, the royal and 

 other theatres, the new provincial, 

 old provincial, archaeological, Kest- 

 ner, and other museums ; also the 

 art gallery (Kunstlerhaus). The 

 royal library contains a fine 

 collection. 



The palace, built in 1635-40, is 

 a reminder of the time when Han- 

 over had its own sovereigns. Just 

 before the end a more magnificent 

 residence was erected for them ; 

 known as the Guelph Palace, this 

 now houses the technical high 

 school. Some extensive woods 

 around the town have been made 

 into a public park. Hanover is a 

 railway junction and has a large 

 number of manufactures, including 

 machinery, hardware, cloth, chem- 

 icals, linen, and rubber goods. 



Hanover is first mentioned in 

 the 13th century. It was on the 

 lands of the family of Welf, but its 

 importance began in the 16th 

 , century, when one of the branches 

 of the family made it the chief of 

 one of the little Brunswick duchies. 

 Later it became the capital of the 

 electorate. Pop. 302,500. 



