About Hannover Germany

The transcontinental MilanCopenhagen and Paris-Moscow express trains both stop here

. The station's exterior deserves' more than just a glance. One of the most palatial you are likely to see in any town, it is a proud, escutcheoned edifice designed on Classical lines and similar to the nearby Opern haus (Opera House). Both were the work of Hannover's official architect, Georg Ludwig Laves, in the first half of the 19th century. A statue of King Ernst August, who commissioned the work, rides high in front of the station.

At the Vienna Congress in 1814 the Guelph electorate of Hannover had been promoted to kingdom. It survived as such until 1866, when Ernst August's blind son, King Georg V, lost a decisive battle to his cousin, King Wilhelm I of Prussia, whereupon Hannover became a Prussian provinceas did the ancient bishops' seat of Hildesheim (a few kilometers south), famed for the 1,000 yearold climbing rose (Rosenstock) still thriving in its cathedral's crypt, and now ear marked as a World Heritage town by UNESCO.

From Hannover's main station to the sweeping curve formed by the river Leine and the Friedrichswall highway are some 3 km (Eiz miles) of pedestrian zones to stroll in. Modern urban designers have done their best to create boulevards and squares that invite you to linger. Department stores and fast food establishmehts have, unfortunately, replaced patrician architecture, but Georgstrasse, the Kropcke (the liveliest square), and Karmarschstrasse still seem to work the same magic as in prewar times. This area is nearly always teeming with windowshoppers, knots of chatting students, street musicians, and teenage daredevils on skateboards.

A fragment of medieval Hannover awaits you down by the Leine river. A couple of halftimbered houses on Kramerstrasse and Burgstrasse date as far back as the 16th century. A stone arch, the Marstallstor, is all that remains of the royal stables built in 1714. The graffiti on it almost eclipse the sculpted coatofarms of King George I of Great Britain and Hanover. On the river are a few cafes, their beer gardens basking in the last of the day's sunshine. From here you'll have a good view of the 17th century LeineschIoss's riverside facade, just a short walk from the Marstalltor along the Klostergang on the banks of the Leine.

It was here, in 1701, that Electress Sophie was designated successor to the British throne by London's emissary, the earl of Macclesfield. Shortly after Queen Anne's death in 1714, Sophie died too. The British crown thereupon passed to her son Georg Ludwig.

by: Adrian Vultur

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