State of Hanover
German substate in 1946 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The State of Hanover (German: Land Hannover) was a state in the British Zone of Allied-occupied Germany. It was a state for 92 days as the Free State of Prussia was dissolved after World War II. The state came after the former Kingdom of Hanover. Its capital was Hanover. In 1946, Lower Saxony was made by merging Hanover with Brunswick, Oldenburg and Schaumburg-Lippe.
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State of Hanover Land Hannover | |||||||||
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State of Allied-occupied Germany | |||||||||
1946 | |||||||||
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Map of the State of Hanover, coloured red, within the British Zone of Occupation | |||||||||
Capital | Hanover | ||||||||
Demonym | Hanoverian | ||||||||
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• Type | Republic | ||||||||
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• 1946 | Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Established | 23 August 1946 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 23 November 1946 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
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