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{{For|the "Regierungsbezirk Hannover"|Hanover (region)}}
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{{short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Infobox District DE
| name=Hanover
| state={{wikidata |property | P131}}
| capital={{wikidata |property |linked |P36}}
| area=2290
| Kreisschlüssel=03241
| district_admin    = Steffen Krach
| admin_party       = SPD
| carsign={{wikidata |property |P395}}
| url={{official URL}}
| map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
|image_coa={{wikidata |property |raw |P94}}
|image_flag={{wikidata |property |raw |P41}}
}}
'''Hanover Region''' ({{langx|de|Region Hannover}}) is a [[districts of Germany|district]] in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Heidekreis]], [[Celle (district)|Celle]], [[Gifhorn (district)|Gifhorn]], [[Peine (district)|Peine]], [[Hildesheim (district)|Hildesheim]], [[Hameln-Pyrmont]], [[Schaumburg]] and [[Nienburg (district)|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 {{lang|de|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 ({{langx|de|Regionsparlament|label=none}}), headed by the regional president ({{langx|de|Regionspräsident|label=none}}), which since 2021 is [[Steffen Krach]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|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 ({{lang|de|Landkreis Hannover}}) and the city then known officially as District-free City of Hanover ({{lang|de|kreisfreie Stadt Hannover}}){{cn |date=July 2022}} were merged in order to form the new Hanover Region district, not to be confused with the former [[Hanover (region)|governmental district of Hanover]] ({{lang|de|Regierungsbezirk Hannover}}).

During [[World War II]], Hanover was the headquarters ({{langx|de|Hauptquartier|label=none}}) of Military District XI ({{lang|de|Wehrkreis XI}}), which was responsible for [[Braunschweig]], [[Anhalt]], and part of Hanover. It was also the garrison town for the [[71st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|71st Infantry Division]] of the [[German Army (1935–1945)|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 {{cvt|32|km2}}, 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==
{{Imagemap Germany district H|Municipalities in H.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}

===Towns===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Town!! Capital!! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!! Population (2015)!! Location
|-
| [[Barsinghausen]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Barsinghausen.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Barsinghausen|| 102.65&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>|| 33,608|| 
[[File:Barsinghausen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Burgdorf, Hanover|Burgdorf]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Burgdorf (Region Hannover).png|100px|frameless]]
|| Burgdorf|| 112.26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> || 30,147|| 
[[File:Burgdorf in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Burgwedel]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Burgwedel.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Burgwedel||151.96&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||20,654 || 
[[File:Burgwedel in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Garbsen]] <br />
[[File:DEU Garbsen COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Garbsen|| 79.31&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||60,590 || 
[[File:Garbsen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Gehrden]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Gehrden.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Gehrden|| 42.97&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||14,624 || 
[[File:Gehrden in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Hanover]]<br />
[[File:Coat of arms of Hannover.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Hanover|| 204.01&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>|| 532,163|| 
[[File:Hannover in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Hemmingen]] <br />
[[File:Wappen Hemmingen.svg|100px|frameless]]
||Hemmingen || 31.65&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||18,793 || 
[[File:Hemmingen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|  [[Laatzen]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Laatzen in Deutschland.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Laatzen||34.05&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> ||40,939 || 
[[File:Laatzen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Langenhagen]] <br />
[[File:DEU Langenhagen COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Langenhagen||71.99&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>  ||53,323 || 
[[File:Langenhagen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Lehrte]] <br />
[[File:Wappen Lehrte.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Lehrte|| 127&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||43,639  || 
[[File:Lehrte in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Neustadt am Rübenberge]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Neustadt Am Ruebenberge.jpg|100px|frameless]]
|| Neustadt am Rübenberge
||357&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> ||43,931 || 
[[File:Neustadt am Rübenberge in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Pattensen]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Pattensen.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Pattensen||67&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> ||14,324 || 
[[File:Pattensen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Ronnenberg]]<br />
[[File:DEU Ronnenberg COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Ronnenberg||37.78&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> || 23,752|| 
[[File:Ronnenberg in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Seelze]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Seelze.png|100px|frameless]]
 ||Seelze ||54&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> ||33,283|| 
[[File:Seelze in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Sehnde]] <br />
[[File:DEU Sehnde COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Sehnde|| 103.44&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||23,489  || 
[[File:Sehnde in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Springe]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Springe.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Springe||159.78&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> ||28,682 || 
[[File:Springe in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Wunstorf]] <br />
[[File:DEU Wunstorf COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Wunstorf|| 126.60&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>|| 41,251|| 
[[File:Wunstorf in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|}

===Municipalities===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Municipalities!!Capital !!Area /km<sup>2</sup> !! Population (2015)!! Location
|-
| [[Isernhagen]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Isernhagen.png|100px|frameless]]
||Isernhagen || 59.72&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||23,792 || 
[[File:Isernhagen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Uetze]]<br />
[[File:DEU Uetze COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
||Uetze || 140.56&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>|| 20,103|| 
[[File:Uetze in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Wennigsen]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Wennigsen (Deister).png|100px|frameless]]
|| Wennigsen|| 53.78&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>||14,036 || 
[[File:Wennigsen in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Wedemark]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Wedemark.png|100px|frameless]]
 || Wedemark||173&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> ||29,358 || 
[[File:Wedemark in H.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|}
{{clear|left}}
;Election results for the Regional Assembly since 2001
{{Cleanup|section|reason=The section needs to be translated. It currently uses German for percent and seats, and a comma as a decimal point.|date=March 2024}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Parties and voter associations
! Prozent<br />2021
! Sitze<br />2021
! Prozent<br />2016
! Sitze<br />2016
! Prozent<br />2011
! Sitze<br />2011
! Prozent<br />2006
! Sitze<br />2006
! Prozent<br />2001
! Sitze<br />2001
|-
| SPD
| [[Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands]]
| align="right" |29,9
| align="right" |25
| align="right" |32,3
| align="right" |26
| align="right" |36,4
| align="right" |31
| align="right" |39,7
| align="right" |33
| align="right" |42,4
| align="right" |37
|-
| CDU
| [[Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands]]
| align="right" |26,2
| align="right" |22
| align="right" |29,0
| align="right" |24
| align="right" |31,0
| align="right" |26
| align="right" |35,2
| align="right" |30
| align="right" |36,2
| align="right" |31
|-
| Grüne
| [[Bündnis 90/Die Grünen]]
| align="right" |21,3
| align="right" |18
| align="right" |13,6
| align="right" |12
| align="right" |19,0
| align="right" |16
| align="right" |10,9
| align="right" |9
| align="right" |9,1
| align="right" |8
|-
| FDP
| [[Freie Demokratische Partei]]
| align="right" |6,5
| align="right" |5
| align="right" |5,4
| align="right" |5
| align="right" |3,1
| align="right" |3
| align="right" |7,3
| align="right" |6
| align="right" |6,3
| align="right" |5
|-
| AfD
| [[Alternative für Deutschland]]
| align="right" |5,1
| align="right" |4
| align="right" |10,1
| align="right" |9
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| Linke
| [[Die Linke]]
| align="right" |3,6
| align="right" |3
| align="right" |4,8
| align="right" |4
| align="right" |2,5
| align="right" |3
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |1,4
| align="right" |1
|-
| Tierschutz
| [[Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz]]
| align="right" |1,7
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| PARTEI
| [[Die PARTEI|Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative]]
| align="right" |1,6
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |0,9
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| Basis
| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany]] ({{lang|de|Basisdemokratische Partei Deutschland}})
| align="right" |1,0
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| Piraten
|[[Piratenpartei Deutschland]]
| align="right" |0,9
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |1,6
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |3,0
| align="right" |2
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| HAN
| {{ill |The Hanoverians |de |Die Hannoveraner }}
| align="right" |0,8
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |1,9
| align="right" |2
| align="right" |2,7
| align="right" |2
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| FW
| [[Free Voters]] ({{lang|de|Freie Wähler}})
| align="right" |0,8
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| Volt
| [[Volt Deutschland]]
| align="right" |0,6
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| BF
| BürgerForum
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |1,1
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |1,1
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| BSG
| Bündnis für Soziale Gerechtigkeit
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |0,6
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |0,7
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
|-
| REP
| [[Die Republikaner]]
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |–
| align="right" |1,5
| align="right" |1
| align="right" |1,4
| align="right" |1
|-
| Sonstige
| |
| align="right" |0,2
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |1,5
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |1,6
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |3,8
| align="right" |3
| align="right" |3,1
| align="right" |1
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! colspan="2" style=text-align:left | Gesamt
! 100 %
! 84
! 100 %
! 84
! 100 %
! 84
! 100 %
! 84
! 100 %
! 84
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! colspan="2" style=text-align:left | Voter turnout
! colspan="2" |54,7 %
! colspan="2" |54,6 %
! colspan="2" |49,7 %
! colspan="2" |47,0 %
! colspan="2" |52,3 %
|}

=== Inhabitants ===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
! Year
! Residents<ref name="regi">[http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/ Regionaldatenbank Niedersachsen]</ref>
|-
| 2001 || 1,122,038
|-
| 2005 || 1,128,543
|-
| 2010 || 1,132,130
|-
| 2015 || 1,144,481
|-
| 2017 || 1,153,063
|-
| 2018 || 1,157,624
|}

==See also==
*[[Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [https://www.hannover.de/en/Official-Map-of-the-Region-and-State-Capital-Hannover Official Map of the Region and State Capital Hannover]
* [https://www.hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Bildung/Bibliotheken-Archive/Archiv-der-Region-Hannover Regional archive] (in German)
* [https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/startseite/ Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen] (in German)

==External links==
{{Commons category|Region Hannover}}
*{{Official website}}

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