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unusual facts about Hannover


Hannover Zoo

Hannover-Zoo is the name of a district of the city of Hanover.


Ambergau

Die nördlichen und westlichen Bereiche einschließlich der Stadt Bockenem waren bis 1803 Bestandteil des Fürstbistums Hildesheim (mit Unterbrechung zwischen 1523 bis 1643), was sich bis heute durch Zugehörigkeit zur inzwischen aufgelösten Bezirksregierung Hildesheim, seit 1978 Hannover, auswirkte.

Andión Fernández

The major international opera houses she has sung in include the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, the Nuremberg Opera, the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon, the Festwochen Herrenhausen in Hannover, the Schloß Sanssouci in Potsdam, the Kallang Theatre and Victoria Theatre in Singapore, the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden, and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

Bundesautobahn 37

It consists of two parts, one connecting the borough of Hannover-Buchholz to Burgdorf via Altwarmbüchen, the other connecting the Hanover fairground to the A 7.

Cornelius Meister

Besides his father, his teachers in Hannover included Martin Brauss and Eiji Oue.

Countess Marie of Hochberg

Princess Marie of Hanover (German: Marie Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike, Prinzessin von Hannover, Prinzessin von Großbritannien und Irland, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 26 November 1952 in Pattensen, Lower Saxony, Germany) is the wife of Count Michael of Hochberg.

Erich Schroedter

Schroedter commenced training as an Officer Cadet in the Kradschützen Bataillon of the 3. Panzer-Division in Bad Freienwalde and attended the Kriegsschule in Hannover during 1938 and 1939.

Ernst Wiehle

He underwent aviation training at Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 5 in Hannover and Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 9 in Darmstadt.

European Information Technology Observatory

The EITO exists thank to an initiative of Enore Deotto (Milano, † August, 9th, 2008 in Carnia) and the support of Luis-Alberto Petit Herrera (Madrid), Jörg Schomburg (Hannover) and Günther Möller (Frankfurt am Main).

Ferdinand Leitner

He was conductor of the Nollendorfplatz Theater in Berlin from 1943 to 1945; in Hannover from 1945 to 1946; in Munchen from 1946 to 1947; and the General Music Director of the Württemberg State Opera house (German "Staatstheater Stuttgart") in Stuttgart from 1947 until 1969.

Friedrich-Wilhelm Richter

Friedrich-Wilhelm Richter was born on the 9 May 1911, in Picher near Hannover.

Fumiko Shiraga

She studied in Essen, Detmold and Hannover, where she lives currently, and even though the Japanese culture is very well known to her, she describes herself as European and considers Germany as her homeland.

Gabi Bauer

Bauer studied politics, pedagogic and philosophy in Hamburg, Hannover, Grenoble and Kalamazoo.

Gagan Narang

In a pre-Olympic event in Hannover, Germany, Gagan shot a panis air rifle score higher than the world record, 704.3 as opposed to 703.1 set by Thomas Farnik of Austria in the World Cup 2006.

Garrett Phelan

Proa Fundacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina; the 11th Lyon Biennial, France; 4th Auckland Triennial, New Zealand; SMART Project Space, Amsterdam; ICA, London; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Kunstverein, Hannover; Art Statements, Basel 39; Manifesta 5.

Georg Neumann

Production of Neumann microphones was moved into a newly built level 100 cleanroom factory in Wedemark, near Hannover.

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways

The Oldenburg staff were transferred to the Reichsbahn divisions of Hannover, Hamburg und Münster/Westfalia after the disbandment of the railway division in Oldenburg town.

Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant

It is located in Gundremmingen, district of Günzburg, Bavaria and is operated by Kernkraftwerk Gundremmingen GmbH, a joint operation of RWE Power AG, based in Essen (75%) and E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, based in Hannover (25%).

Hanne Haller

While in school she played drums for "The Rooks" in the town of Ronnenberg near Hannover.

Hannover Messe

The Hannover Messe started in 1947 in an undamaged factory building in Laatzen, south of Hanover, by an arrangement of the British military government in order to boost the economic advancement of post-war Germany.

Hans Zach

After a period in retirement following his championship-winning season in 2009–10 with the Hannover Scorpions Zach returned to coaching on 1 January 2014 when he took over as coch of Adler Mannheim, signing a contract until the end of the 2013–14 season.

Henrico Leone

Based on the life of the powerful German prince Henry the Lion, the opera was first performed on 30 January 1689 in Hannover to inaugurate the new royal theatre in the Leineschloss (Leine Palace).

Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart

Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742, Holderbank, Aargau – 1795) was a German botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical works between 1780–1793.

Johann Georg von Eckhart

Through the efforts of Leibniz, Eckhart was appointed professor of history at Helmstedt in 1706, and in 1714 councillor at Hannover.

Juist

Their 4-seat Cessna and their four 10-seat Britten-Norman Islanders serve Juist airport, which has the second highest number of movements in Lower Saxony after the capital airport Hannover.

Julian de Guzman

De Guzman's contract with Hannover expired in 2005 allowing his to move to any team with no transfer fee, he was heavily linked with a move to Tottenham where he would have joined Canadian captain Paul Stalteri.

Karl Schügerl

In 1956 Prof. Schügerl came to Germany to work at Riedel de Haën at Seelze near to Hannover and finished in 1959 his PhD thesis at the University of Hannover under the supervision of Prof. Schiemann in the area of kinetics and rheology of fluid bed systems.

Kloster Mariensee

The Kloster Mariensee is an evangelic women's monastery in Mariensee, a district of Neustadt am Rübenberge close to Hannover.

Kristoffer Nordfeldt

The clubs thought to be interested in Nordfeldt were Ajax, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hannover, Heerenveen and Sampdoria.

La Plata City Hall

Moreno Plaza is overlooked from the south by the Neogothic Cathedral, designed by Benoit and Ernesto Meyer, and from the north by City Hall, designed by Meyer and German architect Hubert Stier (who created the Hannover and Bremen Railway terminals, among other important works).

Louis Kugelmann

Louis Kugelmann, or Ludwig Kugelmann (February 19, 1828, Lemförde - January 9, 1902 Hannover) was a German gynecologist, social democratic thinker and activist, and confidant of Marx and Engels.

Marburg Journal of Religion

The editorial team was broadened in 1999 to include Peter Antes (Hannover) and Andreas Grünschloß (Göttingen) and in 2007 Edith Franke (Marburg).

Mirko Lang

After doing his Abitur he started studying music and theatre in Hannover, where he also had his first appearances on stage.

NDR Radiophilharmonie

The NDR Radiophilharmonie is the symphony orchestra of the broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hannover.

Nic Romm

After Nic Romm finished the gymnasium in Jülich, a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, he visited the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.

Olga Virezoub

As a piano performer, she was engaged in over 30 first performances of her own as well as contemporary chamber music works by European and American composers as, for instance, "Senzapatria Sempiterno" by the German composer Anton Plate for the concert and award of the honorary doctor title onto Helmut Lachenmann in 2001 in Hannover.

Paolo Macchiarini

Paolo Macchiarini, M.D., Ph.D. was head and chairman of the Hospital Clínic (Barcelona Metro) de Barcelona, University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, as well as professor of surgery at the University of Barcelona in Spain, and at the Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany.

Patrick Schöffski

Patrick Schöffski, MD, MPH, is a board-certified internist, haematologist, and oncologist originating from Hannover, Germany, where he also received a master degree in public health at Hannover Medical School.

PerfectGoal

PerfectGoal is a football manager browser game developed by Art-e-Fakten from Hannover, in cooperation with the former professional football player and world champion Gerd Müller.

Philip Bohlman

He is the Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago and a visiting professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Hannover).

Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe full German name: Wilhelm Eugen Georg Friedrich August Albrecht zu Schaumburg-Lippe (8 August 1899, in Hannover, Germany – 7 November 1929, in Caterham, Surrey) was a son of Prince Maximilian August Jaroslav Adalbert Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe (1871–1904) and Princess Olga Alexandra Marie of Württemberg (1876–1932).

Robert Munford

Munford’s work was exhibited throughout Europe in such venues as Galerie Lara Vincy (Paris), Salon des Réalités Nouvelles (Paris), Galerie Brusberg (Hannover, Germany), Galerie Springer (Berlin), Leicester Galleries (London), Galeria Ivan Spence (Ibiza), and Galerie Handschin (Basel).

Rotenburg an der Wümme

Rotenburg an der Wümme (until May 1969: Rotenburg in Hannover) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Sennheiser

Sennheiser is headquartered in the municipality of Wedemark, Germany (near Hannover).

Siegfried Blechert

After a research stay with Professor Pierre Potier in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, in 1981, he finished his habilitation at the University of Hannover in 1982 and there became lecturer in organic chemistry.

Steve Cherundolo

Before joining Hannover, Cherundolo played two years of college soccer at the University of Portland, from 1997 to 1998.

Wilhelm Dommes

Wilhelm Dommes (16 April 1907 in Buchberg, Berent District, West Prussia – 23 January 1990 in Hannover) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Wilhelm Hilse

He tied for 12-13th at Coburg 1904 (DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Augustin Neumann won), shared 1st at Bremen 1906 (Quadrangular), took 4th at Hannover 1907 (Quadrangular), won at Barmbek 1911 (Quadrangular), and took 13th at Mannheim 1914 (DSB-Congress, Hauptturnier A, B. Hallegua won).


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