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Marktkirche
Hannover
~0.04 miles from Hannover city center
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The Marktkirche ("The Church on the Marketplace") St. Georg and St. Jakobus ("St. George and St. James") is the main Lutheran church in Hanover. It was built in the 14th century and, together with the nearby Old Town Hall, is considered the southernmost exemplar of the "North German brick gothic" (Norddeutsche Backsteingotik) architectural style. The roof and the vaults of the naves were destroyed in an air raid in 1943 and rebuilt in to the same plan in 1952. Even though it's been the church of the Lutheran bishop of Hanover since 1925 it is not called a cathedral.
The church is a "Hallenkirche" ("hall church") which means that the sidenaves are as high as the middle nave. Above the three naves rises a monumental saddleback roof. The high western tower was a symbol for the power and the wealth of the citizens of the town. Until today it's one of the largest in Lower-Saxony.
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Historical Museum
Hannover
~0.15 miles from Hannover city center
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KIRCHRODE. One very prominent means of transportation in the early 20th century was by tram, and trams are the main feature in this informative museum. Guests may take guided tours and rides to learn about the significance of this form of transportation throughout the city's history.
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Opera House
Hannover
~0.21 miles from Hannover city center
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Staatsoper Hannover is an opera house and opera company in Hanover. It is one of the leading opera companies in Germany.
During the course of its season from September to June, Staatsoper Hannover mounts productions of a variety of operas from the standard operatic repertoire as well as 20th century works.
The home base of Staatsoper Hannover is the Hanover Opera House, a theater built in classical style between 1845 and 1852 based on a plan drawn by Laves. The building was badly damaged in World War II and rebuilt in 1948. In 1985, the acoustics were improved, and between 1996 and 1998 the stage facilities were renovated.
As of the 2006-2007 season, the Intendant (general director) of the Staatsoper Hannover is Michael Klügl, and the Generalmusikdirector (GMD; General Music Director) is Wolfgang Bozic.
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Kestner Museum
Hannover
~0.28 miles from Hannover city center
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Kestner-Museum is a museum in Hanover, Germany, founded in 1889. It was renamed "Museum August Kestner" in december 2007 to avoid confusion with the "Kestnergesellschaft", a local art gallery.
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New Town Hall (Rathaus)
Hannover
~0.32 miles from Hannover city center
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The New City Hall (German: Neues Rathaus) or New Town Hall in Hanover, Germany, is a city hall and was opened on July 20, 1913, after having been under construction for 12 years. It is a magnificent, castle-like building of the era of William II in eclectic style at the southern edge of the inner city (outside of the historic city center of Hanover). The building is embedded in the 10 hectare Maschpark. The Old City Hall is no longer used as the main seat of administration, but houses businesses and the registry office.
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Lower Saxony State Museum
Hannover
~0.48 miles from Hannover city center
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The Lower Saxony State Museum (In German: Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum) is a museum in Hanover, Germany.
The Lower Saxony State Museum is the largest museum in Hanover. The State Gallery shows European art from the 11th to the 20th century, the Natural History Department shows the zoology, geology, botanic, geology and has a vivarium with fish, insects, reptiles and amphibians. The Archaeology Department shows the primeval history of Lower Saxony and the Folklore Department shows the cultures from all over the world.
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Central Train Station
Hannover
~0.50 miles from Hannover city center
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Sprengel Museum
Hannover
~0.63 miles from Hannover city center
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The Sprengel Museum in Hanover houses one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building designed by Peter and Ursula Trint (Cologne) and Dieter Quast (Heidelberg) adjacent to the Maschsee. The museum opened in 1979 and was extended in 1992.
Dr. Bernhard Sprengel his extensive collection of modern art to the city of Hanover in 1969, as well as financially supporting the construction of the museum. The city of Hannover and the province of Lower Saxony agreed to operate the museum. In addition to the works donated by Sprengel, the museum also houses 20th century artworks owned by the province of Lower Saxony and the city of Hanover.
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Maschsee
Hannover
~0.70 miles from Hannover city center
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Maschsee is an artificial lake in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. At an elevation of 53.20 m, its surface area is 0.78 square kilometres (0.30 sq mi). It was created in the 1930s.
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AWD Arena
Hannover
~0.78 miles from Hannover city center
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City Centre Hannover
Hannover
~0.88 miles from Hannover city center
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University of Hannover
Hannover
~1.03 miles from Hannover city center
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The University of Hanover, officially the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover or LUH, is a university located in Hanover, Germany. It was founded in 1831 and is the second largest institution of higher education in Lower Saxony. Leibniz Universität Hannover is a member of TU9, an association of the nine leading Institutes of Technology in Germany.
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Wilhelm Busch Museum
Hannover
~1.44 miles from Hannover city center
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The Wilhelm Busch Museum is a museum in Hanover, Germany showing contemporary comic art, illustrations and drawings. It is named after Wilhelm Busch.
In 2010 it received about 2,200 of Ronald Searle's works as permanent loans.
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Eilenriede
Hannover
~1.46 miles from Hannover city center
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Hanover"s Eilenriede forest is virtually a "forest city" and its true "green lung". It covers an area of 650 hectares in the middle of the city, which makes it unique in the whole of Europe. Even the famous Hyde Park in London and the Bois de Boulogne in Paris cannot compete. Accordingly, the citizens of Hanover are very proud of "their" Eilenriede. The privilege to use and cultivate the Eilenriede as their possession, granted in 1371 by the dukes Wenzeslaus and Albrecht of Sachsen, is the foundation of its development. The forest stretches across the city, almost into the city center. It takes its name from the alder trees (German: Erlen or Ellern), which used to grow on its moist, marshy soil. The earlier "Ellernried" eventually became "Eilenriede". Nowadays, oak and beech trees are the most common. Pine, larch, alder, birch trees and other species also grow here in large numbers. The north and inner Eile nriede stretches between Kleefeld and List, while the south Eilenriede goes through Kirchrode as far as Waldheim.
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Hannover Zoo
Hannover
~1.61 miles from Hannover city center
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Hanover Zoo in Hanover, Germany, is one of the most spectacular adventure zoos in Germany. About 2,000 animals from all over the world live in the six Zoo Worlds, that recreate their natural environment without visible barriers. Show-feedings and up to 8 shows per day, a free boat ride down the Sambezi river, jungle path, evolution trail, guided tours, a petting zoo and a huge adventure play ground for the little ones make for a fantastic day-trip. A 4 km long explorer path leads through the different animal kingdoms:
Sambezi: Sambezi recreates the African savannah. An artificial river runs right alongside the giraffes, rhinoceros, flamingos, etc. living in this part of the zoo. Starting at the authentic trading post, visitors travel in small boats for about 10 minutes down the river before continuing on foot to the lions.
Jungle Palace: A long time ago, after the death of the last Maharaja, nature has reclaimed her own. Now, Asian elephants, tigers, leopards, hanuman langurs and giant snakes have taken up residence in the ruins and former gardens. Take a look inside the magnificent palace hall and don't miss the daily elephant show. The new star, Shanti, was born in May 2008.
Yukon Bay (opening in 2010): Yukon Bay is a small village in Canada complete with harbour, river, canyons and an old gold mine. It will be home to wolves, caribous, polar bears, sea lions, polar foxes and penguins. From a sunken boat you will be able to enjoy unforgettable glimpses of the underwater life of polar bears. In summer 2008, the first part, Yukon Trail, was opened and now connects Sambezi and Jungle Palace.
Mullewapp (Mollywoop): Mullewapp is a dream land for children created by the author Helme Heine. At the Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover, the dream has come true and children can now visit the Three Friends, play with the animals or have fun with the slides.
Meyers Farm: Seven old Lower Saxony half-timbered buildings dating back to the 19th century and before, reerected in the zoo, create the setting for Meyer's Farm and are home to rare old domestic breeds like red and white Husum protest pigs, Pomeranian rough-wool sheep and sturdy Exmoor ponies.
Gorilla Mountain: On the highest hill in the zoo, gorillas inhabit a spectacular forest landscape - lush vegetation, a bubbling stream and a thundering waterfall to recreate the East African homeland of these gentle giants. At the foot of the mountain the gibbons, smallest of the apes, live on an island. Chimpanzees and other apes can be seen as well.
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Georgengarten
Hannover
~1.66 miles from Hannover city center
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The Georgengarten is a landscape garden in the northwestern borough of Herrenhausen of the German city Hanover. It is a part of Herrenhausen Gardens.
Around 1700, country estates for several noblemen were established in the former flood plain of the river Leine. In 1726, the Herrenhäuser Allee (Herrenhausen alley) was planted just through the gardens, connecting Hanover with the royal palace and gardens of Herrenhausen in the boroughs of the city; it is almost exactly one geographical mile (1.85 km) long, and consists of four rows of lime trees.
In 1768 the German lieutenant-general and art collector Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn acquired some of these gardens and merged them into the Wallmodengarten. Between 1780 and 1782 he built his own palace there, the Wallmodenschloss (also called Wallmodenpalais) to house his antiquities collection.
In order to enlarge the royal gardens of Hanover, the Wallmoden palace and the Wallmoden garden 1817 were sold to George III, who had been King of Hanover since 1814. From 1818 on, the palace was named Georgenpalais and the gardens name changed into Georgengarten.
In 1826 the architect and engineer Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves designed two smaller wings adjacent to the left and right side of the Wallmodenschloss. From 1828 until 1843 the formal garden was redesigned as an English style landscape garden. Former water features, canals and so on, were enlarged into a pond.
Between 1835 and 1841 the then head gardener, Christian Schaumburg, was responsible for some redesign. During these years, three bridges designed by Laves were built: 1837 the Fahrbrücke, in 1840 the Augustenbrücke, and in the same year, the Friederikenbrücke. The latter is the only remaining bridge of the three. Today it connects the Georgengarten and the Great Garden (Großer Garten) within the Herrenhausen Gardens.
At the city end of the Herrenhäuser Allee, in 1857, a gate was built after plans made by Laves. The gate separated Königsworther Platz (Königsworther square) from the alley and the Georgengarten. In the 1960s, the gate was demolished, but in 2007, a replica with some remaining original parts was placed there.
At the end of 19th century Napoleonic troops were going to cut down the whole Herrenhäuser Allee, but baker and grain dealer Johann Gerhard Helmcke (1780-1844) saved the alley by paying 3,000 Taler. To honour Helmcke's deed, a memorial stone was placed near the alley.
In 1921 the City of Hanover bought both the Georgengarten and the Georgenpalais. During World War II the Georgenpalais was damaged severely by bombs during a Royal Air Force air raid. The Georgengarten was used to grow vegetables. In post war military occupation years, a lot of seeping engine oil and fuel of the British troop vehicles damaged many of the lime trees of the old Herrenhäuser Allee. Their step by step restoration took until the 1970s.
Since 1949, ownership of the Georgenpalais was transferred to the Wilhelm Busch Society, a literary society named after the famous German caricaturist, painter and poet Wilhelm Busch. They later rebuilt the damaged eastern wing of the building.
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Berggarten
Hannover
~2.06 miles from Hannover city center
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The Herrenhausen Gardens (German: Herrenhäuser Gärten), located in Lower Saxony's capital of Hanover are made up of the Great Garden (Großer Garten), the Berggarten, the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten. The gardens are a heritage of the Kings of Hanover.
The Great Garden has always been one of the most distinguished baroque formal gardens of Europe while the Berggarten has been transformed over the years from a simple vegetable garden into a large botanical garden with its own attractions. Both the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten have been made in the style of English gardens, and both are considered popular recreation areas for the residents of Hanover. The history of the gardens spans several centuries, and they remain a popular attraction to this day.
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Grosser Garten
Hannover
~2.06 miles from Hannover city center
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A remarkably disciplined Dutch-German Baroque garden. In addition to being large, the garden is symmetrical in its use of axial prospects, parterres, round basins, sculpture and dramatic hedges. The site is enclosed by a canal but, because it is flat, makes little use of the surrounding landscape. The outdoor theatre, with its gilded lead statuary, has been much admired and remains in use. The garden was made by the Electress Sophie. Her mother and father made the Hortus Palatinus. Sophie spent her childhood in the Netherlands before her marriage to the Elector of Saxony. She spoke French and had her French gardener, Martin Charbonnier, trained in Holland. Her son, George I of England, has a mausoleum in the garden. The Schloss used to be the focus of the garden but was destroyed by bombing in 1943. Outside the garden, lies a romantic (Anglo-German) landscape park with a soft almost-marshy character. It has a temple dedicated to the philosopher Leibniz, who used to come here.
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Herrenhauser Garten
Hannover
~2.10 miles from Hannover city center
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The Herrenhausen Gardens (German: Herrenhäuser Gärten), located in Lower Saxony's capital of Hanover are made up of the Great Garden (Großer Garten), the Berggarten, the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten. The gardens are a heritage of the Kings of Hanover.
The Great Garden has always been one of the most distinguished baroque formal gardens of Europe while the Berggarten has been transformed over the years from a simple vegetable garden into a large botanical garden with its own attractions. Both the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten have been made in the style of English gardens, and both are considered popular recreation areas for the residents of Hanover. The history of the gardens spans several centuries, and they remain a popular attraction to this day.
http://www.hannover.de/herrenhausen/index.html
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#20 of 21 Things To Do in Hannover
Hannover Fairground
Hannover
~4.42 miles from Hannover city center
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The Hanover fairground (in German: Messegelände Hannover) is an exhibition area in the Mittelfeld district of Hanover, Germany. Featuring 496,000 m² (5.3 million sq.ft.) of covered indoor space, 58,000 m² (624,306 sq ft) of open-air space, 27 halls and pavilions and a convention centre with 35 function rooms, it is the largest exhibition ground in the world.
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#21 of 21 Things To Do in Hannover
Expo Park
Hannover
~5.20 miles from Hannover city center
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The reorganisation of the former World Exhibition Grounds in Hanover into a high quality Technology Park integrates the existing characteristic buildings and landscape elements, whilst at the same time offering possibilities for newly developed, strongly characteristic buildings to stand for themselves.
Explicit attention is paid to a high amount of flexibility. This applies to single buildings as much as to the broad range of diverse building types. The subdivision of the site offers a range of properties from 2,000sqm to 20,000sqm and enables gross floor areas ranging from 4,000sqm up to 30,000sqm. Due to existing functions, excellent infrastructural connectivity and the high quality design landscape architecture the newly designed buildings and functions can be incorporated to an optimum and complement the location’s profile.
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