Hanover Region

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District in Lower Saxony, Germany District in Lower Saxony, Germany

Hanover
District
FlagCoat of arms

Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Hanover
Government
• District admin.	Steffen Krach (SPD)
Area
• Total	2,290 km (880 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,173,891
• Density	510/km (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.region-hannover.de

Hanover Region (German: Region Hannover) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Heidekreis, Celle, Gifhorn, Peine, Hildesheim, Hameln-Pyrmont, Schaumburg and Nienburg.

The Hanover Region district has a unique legal status among the districts of Lower Saxony. It includes the city of Hanover (the state capital) which has the same privileges as a kreisfreie 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 is Steffen 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.

History

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) were merged in order to form the new Hanover Region district, not to be confused with the former governmental district of Hanover (Regierungsbezirk Hannover).

During World War II, Hanover was the headquarters (Hauptquartier) of Military District XI (Wehrkreis XI), which was responsible for Braunschweig, Anhalt, and part of Hanover. It was also the garrison town for the 71st Infantry Division of the German Army.

Geography

The district surrounds the city of Hanover and includes the outskirts of its metropolitan area. The Leine river enters the district in the south, runs through Hanover and leaves to the north. In the northwest is the Steinhuder Meer, a lake with an area of 32 km (12 sq mi), within the region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest.

Coat of arms

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 the Welfen family, which ruled the region from the Middle Ages until 1866.

Towns and municipalities

Towns

Town	Capital	Area (km)	Population (2015)
Barsinghausen	Barsinghausen	102.65 km	33,608
Burgdorf	Burgdorf	112.26 km	30,147
Burgwedel	Burgwedel	151.96 km	20,654
Garbsen	Garbsen	79.31 km	60,590
Gehrden	Gehrden	42.97 km	14,624
Hanover	Hanover	204.01 km	532,163
Hemmingen	Hemmingen	31.65 km	18,793
Laatzen	Laatzen	34.05 km	40,939
Langenhagen	Langenhagen	71.99 km	53,323
Lehrte	Lehrte	127 km	43,639
Neustadt am Rübenberge	Neustadt am Rübenberge	357 km	43,931
Pattensen	Pattensen	67 km	14,324
Ronnenberg	Ronnenberg	37.78 km	23,752
Seelze	Seelze	54 km	33,283
Sehnde	Sehnde	103.44 km	23,489
Springe	Springe	159.78 km	28,682
Wunstorf	Wunstorf	126.60 km	41,251

Municipalities

Municipalities	Capital	Area /km	Population (2015)
Isernhagen	Isernhagen	59.72 km	23,792
Uetze	Uetze	140.56 km	20,103
Wennigsen	Wennigsen	53.78 km	14,036
Wedemark	Wedemark	173 km	29,358

Election results for the Regional Assembly since 2001

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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
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 %

Inhabitants

Year	Residents
2001	1,122,038
2005	1,128,543
2010	1,132,130
2015	1,144,481
2017	1,153,063
2018	1,157,624

References

External links

Official website

v t e Towns and municipalities in Hanover Region
Barsinghausen Burgdorf Burgwedel Garbsen Gehrden Hanover Hemmingen Isernhagen Laatzen Langenhagen Lehrte Neustadt am Rübenberge Pattensen Ronnenberg Seelze Sehnde Springe Uetze Wedemark Wennigsen Wunstorf		Coat of Arms of Hanover district

v t e Urban and rural districts in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany
Region	Hanover
Urban districts	Braunschweig Delmenhorst Emden Oldenburg Osnabrück Salzgitter Wilhelmshaven Wolfsburg
Rural districts	Ammerland Aurich Bentheim Celle Cloppenburg Cuxhaven Diepholz Emsland Friesland Gifhorn Goslar Göttingen Hameln-Pyrmont Harburg Heidekreis Helmstedt Hildesheim Holzminden Leer Lüchow-Dannenberg Lüneburg Nienburg Northeim Oldenburg Osnabrück Osterholz Peine Rotenburg Schaumburg Stade Uelzen Vechta Verden Wesermarsch Wittmund Wolfenbüttel
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

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