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'The Red Thread' walking guide of Hannover
Breakfast with Horst then off to his office. Ron and I walked from Contrescarpe Straße to the railway station. Bought a Niedersachsen all day train ticket for 2 for 27 Euro. Caught the 10:17 RE train to Hannover. It took one hour twenty minutes.
We bought 'The Red Thread' walking guide of Hanover for 3 Euro from the Tourist Office across from the Hauptbahnhof. A red line has been painted on the footpath with points of interest numbers that correspond to the walking guide. There are 36 points of interest with 2 optional extra paths.
Hannover is the state capital for Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). The red-brick Gothic Market Church and the Old Town Hall are stunning half-timbered houses in the rebuilt old town. Most of Hannover was destroyed in WWII. The ornate New Town Hall has views from its dome and 4 different scale models of the city through the ages. The Ruins of the Aegidienkirche is a memorial to the victims of war and violence. The bells ring 5 minutes past the hour so that they are not drowned out by the other church bells.
It is located on the River Leine. It was once the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover). At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate was enlarged to become a Kingdom with Hanover as its capital.
King Ernst August I was the first king of Hannover to live in the city after the union with the United Kingdom had ended.
We bought 'The Red Thread' walking guide of Hanover for 3 Euro from the Tourist Office across from the Hauptbahnhof. A red line has been painted on the footpath with points of interest numbers that correspond to the walking guide. There are 36 points of interest with 2 optional extra paths.
Hannover is the state capital for Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). The red-brick Gothic Market Church and the Old Town Hall are stunning half-timbered houses in the rebuilt old town. Most of Hannover was destroyed in WWII. The ornate New Town Hall has views from its dome and 4 different scale models of the city through the ages. The Ruins of the Aegidienkirche is a memorial to the victims of war and violence. The bells ring 5 minutes past the hour so that they are not drowned out by the other church bells.
It is located on the River Leine. It was once the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover). At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate was enlarged to become a Kingdom with Hanover as its capital.
King Ernst August I was the first king of Hannover to live in the city after the union with the United Kingdom had ended.
Galerie Luise. It branches out in three directions from a central rotunda.
The Opera House. Built 1844-1852. Signature building of the famous architect Georg Ludwig Laves, the city's Royal Master of Works from 1814 to 1864.
Hannoversche Bank, founded 1856, built in French Late Gothic style. Now the Deutsche Bank.
The Aegidientor along Georgplatz lies a remnant of the ancient city wall built in 1337.
The Aegidienkirche. This church was destroyed in the war in 1943 and is now a churchyard. It was one of the largest places of worship in medieval Hannover. It was a small chapel 10th century, replaced with a Romanesque basilica 12th century, gothic hall church built 1347. The Ruin is now a memorial to the victims of war and violence.
The New Town Hall. Heinrich Tramm (1854-1932) was the town clerk and developer. Iconic representative of the Wilhelmenian period. Built from 1901-1913 in marshlands. Builders had to ram 6026 beech piles into the marshy soil to create solid foundations. The inauguration of the State of Niedersachsen was proclaimed in the 38 metre high main hall in 1946.
The Leine Palace Bridge. Built 1686. Designed by Italian architect Hieronimo Sartotio.
Um Hohen Ufer. The first settlement here goes back to 10th century. It is high above the flood plain. The Beguine tower was the strongest tower in the.city's fortifications.
The Old Town. Famous for the art of brewing. Cord Broyhan from Hannover invented a light coloured, top fermented beer in 1526 which made Hannover one of the most important cities anywhere.
The Old Town. Half timbered buildings from the 16th and 17th centuries. These buildings were collected from different parts of Hannover after the war and rebuilt here in this uniform ensemble.
The Old Town.
The Ballhof. Hannover's oldest gymnasium. This is the location where Henry the Lion held court in 1163. The gymnasium was built 1649-1664 by Duke Georg Wilhelm for festivities and badminton.
The Market Hall. Hannover's food Temple. It was the largest steel and glass building in the German empire in 1892. Only the cellars survived the air raids on 26 July 1943. The Market Hall was rebuilt in 1955 by architect Erwin Töllner.
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