Timeline of Hanover

For history of the region, see History of Hanover (region).

Hanover in the 1640s

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hanover, Germany.

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Prior to 19th century

• 1333 - Kreuzkirche (church) consecrated.
• 1347 - Aegidienkirche (church) built.
• 1366 - Marktkirche (church) built.
• 1369 - Welfs in power.
• 1382 - Döhrener Tower built near city.
• 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1410 - Town Hall building expanded (approximate date).^(de)
• 1440 - Stadtbibliothek Hannover (library) founded.
• 1529 - Hanover Schützenfest established.
• 1550 - Alter Jüdischer Friedhof an der Oberstraße (cemetery) established.
• 1670 - Neustädter Kirche (church) built.
• 1676 - Herrenhausen Palace expansion begins.
• 1689
  • Population: 11,373.
  • Schlossopernhaus opens with premiere of Steffani's opera Henrico Leone.
• 1698 - Leibniz house in use.

Marstall Gate decorated with a bas-relief with the 18th-century coat of arms of Great Britain

• 1720 - Royal Public Library active.
• 1726 - Herrenhäuser Allee laid out.
• 1755 - Population: 17,432.
• 1797 - Hanover Natural History Society founded.
• 1798 - Adressbuch der Stadt Hannover (city directory) begins publication.

19th century

• 1810 - Hanover becomes part of the Kingdom of Westphalia.
• 1815 - City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Hanover.
• 1821 - Population: 33,255.
• 1824 - Calenberger Neustadt becomes part of city.
• 1826 - Gas lighting installed.
• 1832 - Kunstverein Hannover (art society) formed.
• 1835 - Historischer Verein für Niedersachsen (historical society) founded.
• 1838 - Artilleriekaserne am Steintor (military barracks) built.
• 1844 - Hanover–Braunschweig Railway in operation.
• 1847
  • Bremen–Hanover railway begins operating.
  • Development of Ernst-August-Stadt area begins.
• 1851 - Thalia Society founded.
• 1852
  • Royal Theatre built.
  • Hannoversches Tageblatt newspaper in publication.
• 1853 - Hanoverian Southern Railway begins operating.
• 1854 - Hannoversche Courier newspaper begins publication.
• 1856 - Museum of Art and Science built.
• 1861 - Population: 71,170.
• 1864
  • Hanover–Hamburg railway in operation.
  • Stadtfriedhof Engesohde and Jüdischer Friedhof An der Strangriede (cemeteries) established.
• 1865 - Hanover Zoo established.
• 1866
  • Hanover becomes part of Prussia.
  • Hanover Military Riding Institute active.
  • Welfenschloss (palace) built.
  • X Army Corps headquartered in Hanover.
  • Hanover Chamber of Industry and Commerce established.
• 1870 - New Synagogue, Hanover built.
• 1871 - Continental rubber manufacturer in business.
• 1872
  • Horse-drawn tram begins operating.^(de)
  • Goethe Bridge built.
• 1879 - Hannover Hauptbahnhof rebuilt.
• 1885 - Population: 139,731.
• 1886 - Cumberlandsche Galerie built.
• 1888 - Photographischer Verein founded.
• 1889
  • Mellini-Theater opens.
  • Kestner Museum established.
• 1891 - Hainholz, Herrenhausen, List, and Vahrenwald become part of city.
• 1893
  • Electric tram begins operating.^(de)
  • Hannoverscher Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
• 1895 - Lister Tower and Flusswasserkunst built.
• 1896
  • Hannover 96 football club formed.
  • Holzmarkt Fountain installed.
• 1897 - Music Conservatory established.
• 1898 - Hannoversche Waggonfabrik (manufacturer) in business.

20th century

1900-1945

• 1902 - Provincial museum built.
• 1903 - Vaterländisches Museum opens.
• 1904 - Bismarck Tower erected.
• 1907 - Bothfeld, Groß-Buchholz, Klein-Buchholz, Döhren, Kirchrode, Mecklenheide, Stöcken, and Wülfel become part of city.
• 1908 - Anti-noise society formed.
• 1911 - Schauburg (theatre) opens.
• 1913 - New City Hall built in the Maschpark.
• 1914
  • Stadthalle built.^(de)
  • Stadtpark (Hannover) opens.
• 1916
  • Kestnergesellschaft (modern art society) formed.
  • Duve-Brunnen (fountain) installed in the Neustädter Markt.
• 1918
  • November: German Revolution of 1918–19.
  • Robert Leinert becomes mayor.
• 1919
  • Deutsche Luft-Reederei begins operating its Berlin-Hannover airplane route.
  • Population: 310,431.
• 1920
  • Linden becomes part of city.
  • Hanover Cavalry School established.
• 1921
  • Nazi Party branch established.
  • Überlandwerke und Straßenbahnen Hannover AG (public transit entity) active.
  • Hindenburg Villa in use.
• 1923
  • German Völkisch Freedom Party branch established.
  • Nazi Niedersächsischer Beobachter weekly newspaper begins publication.
• 1924 - Gustav Fink becomes mayor.
• 1925
  • Arthur Menge becomes mayor.
  • Population: 422,745.
• 1927 - Botanischer Schulgarten Burg (garden) established.
• 1936 - Maschsee (lake) created.
• 1937 - Henricus Haltenhoff becomes mayor.
• 1938 - November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.
• 1939
  • September: Bombing of Hanover in World War II by Allied forces begins.
  • Population: 472,527.
• 1942 - Ludwig Hoffmeister becomes Staatskommissare.^(de)
• 1944
  • 24 June: Hanover-Limmer concentration camp begins operating.
  • 26 June: Hanover-Misburg subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly Polish women.
  • 1 September: Hanover-Limmer concentration camp redesignated a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp.
  • September: Hanover-Stöcken (Continental) concentration camp begins operating.
  • Late September or early October: Hanover-Langenhagen subcamp of Neuengamme established. The prisoners were mostly Polish women.
  • November: Hanover-Ahlem concentration camp established.
  • Egon Bönner becomes Staatskommissare.^(de)

Survivors of the Hanover-Ahlem concentration camp following liberation

• 1945
  • January: Hanover-Langenhagen subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners relocated to the Hanover-Limmer camp.
  • February: Hanover-Mühlenberg concentration camp begins operating.
  • 6 April: Hanover-Limmer and Hanover-Misburg subcamps of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners sent on a death march.
  • 10 April: Allied forces arrive.
  • April–May: Mayor, Regierungspräsident, and Oberpräsident (local government officials) appointed.

1946-1990s

• 1946 - February: Flood.^(de)
• 1947
  • 1 April: Food protest.
  • Hannover Messe (trade fair) begins.
• 1949
  • Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.
  • Europa-Haus built.
• 1950s - Hannover War Cemetery established.
• 1951 - Youth House built.
• 1952
  • Landesbühne Hannover (theatre) established.
  • Trade union building built.
• 1954
  • Niedersachsenstadion (stadium) opens.
  • Mannesmann Tower erected.
  • Frühlingsfest Hannover begins.
  • Markthalle Hannover rebuilt.
• 1965 - Oktoberfest Hannover begins.
• 1965 - Population: 555,228.
• 1969 - IBM-Haus built.
• 1970 - Norddeutsche Landesbank headquartered in city.
• 1972 - Herbert Schmalstieg becomes mayor.
• 1974 - Ahelm, Anderten, Bemerode, Misburg, Vinnhorst, Wettbergen, and Wülferode become part of city.
• 1975
  • Hanover Stadtbahn begins operating.
  • Eilenriedehalle built in the Hannover Congress Centrum.
• 1979 - Sprengel Museum opens.
• 1987 - Klecks-Theater Hannover founded.
• 1991 - Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway built.
• 1992 - Hanover City Archive moves to Bokemahle in Südstadt-Bult.
• 2000
  • June: Expo 2000 opens.
  • Hanover S-Bahn commuter rail begins operating.

21st century

• 2001 - Gehry Tower built.
• 2002 - Nord/LB headquarters built.
• 2005 - Regional Lower Saxony State Archives established, including its Hanover office.
• 2006 - Stephan Weil (SPD) becomes mayor.
• 2008
  • Hannover City 2020 + urban planning process begins.
  • Baitus Sami Mosque built.
• 2013 - Stefan Schostok becomes mayor.
• 2014 - Population: 523,642.
• 2019 - Belit Onay (Greens) becomes mayor.

Images

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  Herrenhäuser Allee, laid out in 1726 (postcard from 1906)
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  Vaterländisches Museum, opened in 1903
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  Crowd outside house of Hindenburg on day he becomes President of Germany, 12 May 1925
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  Bombed wreckage of Old Town Hall, 1943
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  Flood, 1946

See also

• Hanover history
• History of Hanover (city)
• History of Hanover (region)
• History of the Jews in Hannover
• List of mayors of Hanover
• Maps of Hanover
• List of former buildings in Hanover

Other cities in the state of Lower Saxony:^(de)

• Timeline of Braunschweig

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Hanover", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015057241179
• Edward Augustus Domeier (1830), "Hanover", Descriptive Road-Book of Germany, London: Samuel Leigh, hdl:2027/hvd.hx167e
• "Hanover". Handbook for North Germany. Murray's hand-book Rhine & North Germany. London: J. Murray. 1886. hdl:2027/hvd.hn1imr.
• "Hanover". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Hanover", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379 + 1873 ed.
• "Hanover (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 926–927.
• Robert E Dickinson (1951). "Structure of the German City: Hanover". West European City: a Geographical Interpretation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-25970-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• John Farquharson (1973), "The NSDAP in Hanover and Lower Saxony 1921-26", Journal of Contemporary History, 8 (4): 103–120, doi:10.1177/002200947300800406, JSTOR 260130, S2CID 159784977
• Barbara Marshall (1986), "Democratization of Local Politics in the British Zone of Germany: Hanover 1945-47", Journal of Contemporary History, 21 (3): 413–451, doi:10.1177/002200948602100304, JSTOR 260436, S2CID 154840068
• Werner Heine & Annette Haxton (1994), "'Futura' without a Future: Kurt Schwitters' Typography for Hanover Town Council, 1929-1934", Journal of Design History, 7 (2): 127–140, doi:10.1093/jdh/7.2.127, JSTOR 1316081

in German

published in the 19th century

• Hoppe (1845). Geschichte der Stadt Hannover (in German).
• Friedrich Wilhelm Andreae (1859). Chronik der residenzstadt Hannover (in German). Hildesheim: Finckesche Buchhandlung.
• Adressbuch, Stadt- und Geschäfts-Handbuch der königlichen Residenzstadt Hannover (in German). 1872 – via HathiTrust. + 1884 ed.
• Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter (in German). Vereins für die Geschichte der Stadt Hannover. 1898. ongoing
• "Hannover (Stadt)". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 8 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064585.
• Georg Fischer [in German] (1899). Opern und Concerte im Hoftheater zu Hannover bis 1866 (in German). Hanover: Hahn.

published in the 20th century

• Otto Jürgens [in German] (1907). Hannoversche chronik. Veröffentlichung zur niedersächsischen geschichte,6 (in German). Hanover: Geibel. (chronology)
• Verwaltungsbericht des Magistrats der Koniglichen Haupt- und Residenzstadt Hannover, 1906-07 [Management report of the magistrate of the royal residence and capital city of Hanover] (in German). Hanover: Aug. Eberlein & Co. 1908.
• P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Hannover". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
• Hannover und Hildesheim. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). Vol. 151 (2nd ed.). Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt. 1914 – via HathiTrust.
• Adelheid von Saldern, ed. (1989). Stadt und Moderne: Hannover in der Weimarer Republik (in German). Ergebnisse. ISBN 978-3-925622-51-9.
• Klaus Mlynek; Waldemar R. Röhrbein, eds. (1991). Hannover Chronik (in German). Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft. ISBN 978-3-87706-319-4. (chronology)
• Klaus Mlynek; Waldemar R. Röhrbein, eds. (1994). Geschichte der Stadt Hannover (in German). Schlütersche. ISBN 978-3-87706-364-4.
• Friedrich Lindau (2000). Hannover: Wiederaufbau und Zerstörung; die Stadt im Umgang mit ihrer bauhistorischen Identität (in German) (2nd ed.). Schlütersche. ISBN 978-3-87706-659-1.

published in the 21st century

• Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon (in German). 2002.
• Hannover. Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon (in German) (4th ed.). 2007.
• Klaus Mlynek; et al., eds. (2009), Stadtlexikon Hannover (in German), Schlütersche, ISBN 9783842682078 – via Google Books^(de)

External links

• "Stadtgeschichte". Hannover.de (in German). Landeshauptstadt Hannover.