Hannover

	HANNOVER Country : Germany State : Niedersachsen District (Kreis) : Region Hannover (until 2001 Kreisfreie Stadt) Additions: 1891 Hainholz 1891 Herrenhausen 1891 List 1891 Vahrenwald 1907 Bothfeld 1907 Döhren 1907 Groß-Buchholz 1907 Kirchrode 1907 Klein-Buchholz 1907 Lahe 1907 Stöcken 1907 Wülfel 1920 Linden 1909 Badenstedt 1909 Bornum 1909 Davenstedt 1909 Limmer 1913 Ricklingen 1974 Ahlem 1974 Anderten 1974 Bemerode 1974 Misburg 1974 Vinnhorst 1974 Wettbergen 1974 Wülferode Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.37219999999999942019712761975824832916259765625,"lon":9.7369000000000003325340003357268869876861572265625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

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Hannover became a city around 1170 and was in the 14^th century an important member of the Hanseatic League. From 1636 it was the capital of the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who later became Kings of Hannover and at the same time Kings of England.

The lion is the lion of Brunswick and taken from the Welfen family. It appears on the oldest known seals, dating from the early 13^th century. The oldest real arms of the city showed only the trefoil. It is known from coins from 1430. It does not appear on the seals of the city until 1534. In 1565 the arms (still only the trefoil) had two golden lions as supporters and a helmet with crest on top.

In the 19th century the city used large arms, with mantling, helmet and crest, see below.

The arms around 1500
The arms in a manuscript from 1514
Large arms
The arms on a calendar (1900)
Seal from around 1900-1930
Seal from around 1900-1930
Seal from around 1900-1930
Seal from around 1900-1930
Seal from around 1900-1930
Seal from around 1900-1930
The arms on a 1625 coin
The arms as used on a British cigarette card from 1906
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms on a modern postcard
The arms on a manhole cover
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in an album +/- 1905
The arms in an album, 1950s
The arms in an album from 1930s
The arms on a matchbox label
The arms in an album from 1968
The arms on a philatelic card (with Perpignan)

Literature: Stadler,1964-1971, 8 volume; Ahrens, 1891

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