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.
The hangars in Laatzen, south of Hanover, were deemed suitable for this purpose, and so the Hanover Fair, then named Exportmesse 1947 was first held in 1947 to promote the economic recovery in the Bizone.
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The railway station is named Hannover Messe/Laatzen after the suburb of Laatzen, which has a common border with Hanover near the fairground.
Before being mayor of Laatzen the lawyer worked for SPD-Landtagsfraktion Niedersachsen, Niedersächsisches Justizministerium and Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei under Gerhard Schröder's command.
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