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Hanover

Also known as Hannover

Hanover is a city on the Leine in northern Germany and the capital of Lower Saxony. From 1636 it was the residence of the Guelph dukes of Calenberg, who became electors of Hanover in 1692 and, from 1714, kings of Great Britain. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1814 until Prussia annexed it in 1866, and the philosopher Leibniz worked there as court librarian.

Hanover
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County of BentheimPrince-Bishopric of OsnabrückDuchy of Brunswick-LüneburgPrincipality of CalenbergCounty of LingenBremen-VerdenDuchies of Bremen and VerdenElectorate of HanoverKingdom of WestphaliaKingdom of HanoverGerman ConfederationNorth German Confederationand 3 more

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hanover. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hanover
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“Hanover.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hanover. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Hanover’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hanover (Accessed: ).

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