Hanover
Capital city of the German federated state of Lower Saxony
Also known as Hannover · Hanover, Germany · Hannover, Germany · Hannober
- Country
- Germany(since 1990)
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- , West Germany(1949–1990)
- , allied-occupied Germany(1945–1949)
- +6 more
- Germany(since 1990)
- Located in
- Hannover Region(since 2001)
- , Province of Hanover(1866–1946)
- , Kingdom of Hanover(1814–1866)
- +3 more
- Population
- 522,803(December 31, 2025)
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- , 522,131(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 548,186(December 31, 2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +57 more
- 522,803(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 204.15 km²(January 1, 2021)
- , 204M m²
- , 204.3 km²(December 31, 2017)
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Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- Elevation
- 55 m
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- 55 m
- Head of government
- Belit Onay(since 2019)
- , Stefan Schostok(2013–2019)
- , Stephan Weil(2006–2013)
- +11 more
- Postal code
- 30159–30659
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
296 statements · 32% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Perpignan(since 1960)
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Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften der Landeshauptstadt Hannover”hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-HannoverRetrieved 2014-08-12
- Bristol(since 1947)
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Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften der Landeshauptstadt Hannover”hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-HannoverRetrieved 2014-08-12
- Hiroshima(since 1983)
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Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften der Landeshauptstadt Hannover”hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-HannoverRetrieved 2014-08-12
- Leipzig(since 1987)
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Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften der Landeshauptstadt Hannover”hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-HannoverRetrieved 2014-08-12
- 2.hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-Hannover/Leipzig
- 3.leipzig.de/buergerservice-und-verwaltung/partnerstaedte/hannover/
- Poznań(since 1979)
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Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften der Landeshauptstadt Hannover”hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-HannoverRetrieved 2014-08-12
- Rouen(since 1966)
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Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften der Landeshauptstadt Hannover”hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-HannoverRetrieved 2014-08-12
- Blantyre(since 1968)
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Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften der Landeshauptstadt Hannover”hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/St%C3%A4dte-Regionspartnerschaften/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften-der-Landeshauptstadt-HannoverRetrieved 2014-08-12
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- Perpignan(since 1960)
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- Capital of
- Lower Saxony
- Principality of Calenberg
- Electorate of Hanover(since 1692)
- Kingdom of Hanover(1814–1866)
- Province of Hanover(1866–1946)
- Hannover Region
- Short name
- Han instance of: library location identifier
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- Han instance of: library location identifier
- Native label
- Hannover pronunciation audio: De-Hannover.ogg, LL-Q188 (deu)-PetiteTrolline-Hannover.wav · ipa transcription: haˈnoːfɐ
- Official name
- Hannover
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1992)
- Mayors for Peace(since 1983)
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Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Niedersächsischer Städtetag
- Creative Cities Network(since 2014) subject has role: City of Music
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- International Cities of Refuge Network
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- Demonym
- Hannoveraner applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Hannoveranerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Hannoveranerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- hannoverià applies to part: masculine singular
- hannoveriana applies to part: feminine singular
- hannoverians applies to part: masculine plural, generic masculine
- hannoverianes applies to part: feminine plural
- Social media followers
- 35,873(May 23, 2023) subreddit: hannover
- 28,981(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2613474788
- 27,135(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2613474788
- 22,528(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2613474788
- Geoshape
- Data:Hannover.map
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 52.4543°N, 9.7811°E
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 52.3970°N, 9.6044°E
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 52.3052°N, 9.8523°E
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 52.4034°N, 9.9184°E
- Tabular population
- Data:Population of Hannover, Germany.tab
- Hashtag
- Hannover
On other databases
91 identifiers linking Hanover across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:942
- ArchINFORM location ID351
- BHCL UUIDc9991e7e-b7bf-4e33-af13-c5e87b82a0f8
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11864270m
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDhannover-40
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10496024
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID07127c
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00027245
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/Lower_Saxony/Localities/Hanover/
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDcb47da0b-f933-4fbb-9dfe-1c2c43730f59
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Hannover-Germany
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDhanovre
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)47hRdt
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526921
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID28600
- Facebook location ID110081962354501
- FactGrid item IDQ10378
- FAST ID1206136
- Freebase ID/m/03pbf
- GeoNames ID6559065
- German municipality key03241001
- German regional key032410001001
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7013260
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDHannover (Niedersachsen, Germany)
- GND ID4023349-2
- Google Maps Customer ID298834536935737120
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDHannover
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5667228
- Grove Art Online IDT036511
- Harper's taghanover
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDHANADTJO42UI
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (new)568828
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (old)197465
- IdRef ID14872552X
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ1715
- INaturalist place ID29480
- Instagram location ID213305671
- Interlingual Index IDi82981
- ISNI0000000123315273
- J9U entity ID987007550339805171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID7232
- Joconde location IDT84-633
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4023349-2
- Klexikon article IDHannover
- Klimadashboard.de region ID79137694-2522-4e6c-b98a-032f63e3250f
- KSW place ID78040
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID7834
- Larousse IDville/Hanovre/123085
- Latin Place Names IDh/hannoverae
- Le Figaro tag IDHanovre
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79093323
- Museum-digital place ID201
- MusicBrainz area IDeca79b55-a6c4-4078-a383-8353271ee81e
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/7F5C91EE-341D-4702-AF59-70ADF57B7318
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001140001
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000976491
- NL CR AUT IDge134203
- Nomisma IDhannover
- Numista ruling authority ID6155
- NUTS codeDE921
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3909954
- Open Library subject IDplace:hannover_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap node ID1651888734
- OpenStreetMap relation ID59418
- OpenWeatherMap city ID6559065
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDlandeshauptstadthannover-204ac7
- Pinakes city ID236
- Provenio UUID736fb46a-e612-4368-b5ca-ee02e2051076
- Quora topic IDHanover-Germany
- RKD thesaurus ID887
- SBN place IDTO0L001361
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID3890
- SNARC IDQ2245
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202184
- Subreddithannover
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDVI75P3AEMVFOVFIVG4VYPJ37YM
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDhannover
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10036554
- UK Parliament thesaurus ID35504
- UN/LOCODEDEHAJ
- VIAF cluster ID126622508
- Vikidia article IDfr:Hanovre
- Wellcome Collection concept IDfbpth4w7
- Who's on First ID101748819
- WOEID657169
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08791512-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID12346199
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJkxPvY6KjWDfX7f7c9VYP
- X (Twitter) usernamehannover
- Yale LUX IDplace/79881f23-f2d6-4981-bf0c-30b874a8e22b