Hanover Region
District in Lower Saxony, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hanover Region (German: Region Hannover) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Heidekreis, Celle, Gifhorn, Peine, Hildesheim, Hameln-Pyrmont, Schaumburg and Nienburg.
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Hanover | |
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Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
Capital | Hanover |
Government | |
• District admin. | Steffen Krach (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,290 km2 (880 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2022)[1] | |
• Total | 1,173,891 |
• Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | H |
Website | www |
The Hanover Region district has a unique legal status among the districts of Lower Saxony. It includes the city of Hanover (the state capital) which has the same privileges as a city that is not part of a district. As a consequence, the district is much larger in population than any other district of the state. Its administrative body is the regional parliament (Regionsparlament), headed by the regional president (Regionspräsident), which since 2021 is Steffen Krach (SPD). The members of the regional parliament are elected once every five years and the regional president is elected also every five years in local elections.