Hanover Region

Hanover
Hanover
District
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Hanover
Government
• District admin.	Steffen Krach (SPD)
Area
• Total	2,290 km2 (880 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	1,173,891
• Density	510/km2 (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)^{[citation needed]} 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 km² (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

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns

Town	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (2015)
Barsinghausen	Barsinghausen	102.65 km²	33,608
Burgdorf	Burgdorf	112.26 km²	30,147
Burgwedel	Burgwedel	151.96 km²	20,654
Garbsen	Garbsen	79.31 km²	60,590
Gehrden	Gehrden	42.97 km²	14,624
Hanover	Hanover	204.01 km²	532,163
Hemmingen	Hemmingen	31.65 km²	18,793
Laatzen	Laatzen	34.05 km²	40,939
Langenhagen	Langenhagen	71.99 km²	53,323
Lehrte	Lehrte	127 km²	43,639
Neustadt am Rübenberge	Neustadt am Rübenberge	357 km²	43,931
Pattensen	Pattensen	67 km²	14,324
Ronnenberg	Ronnenberg	37.78 km²	23,752
Seelze	Seelze	54 km²	33,283
Sehnde	Sehnde	103.44 km²	23,489
Springe	Springe	159.78 km²	28,682
Wunstorf	Wunstorf	126.60 km²	41,251

Municipalities

Municipalities	Capital	Area /km²	Population (2015)
Isernhagen	Isernhagen	59.72 km²	23,792
Uetze	Uetze	140.56 km²	20,103
Wennigsen	Wennigsen	53.78 km²	14,036
Wedemark	Wedemark	173 km²	29,358

Election results for the Regional Assembly since 2001

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^[2]
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

52°25′12″N 9°43′12″E / 52.42000°N 9.72000°E / 52.42000; 9.72000

[1] "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

[regi-2] Regionaldatenbank Niedersachsen

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