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}

Official blazon
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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.