Hanover (region)
Appearance
Template:Infobox German Regierungsbezirk Hanover (German: Hannover) was a Regierungsbezirk of the German state of Lower Saxony from 1946 until 2004. It was located in the south of the state, centered on the Lower Saxon capital of Hanover.
- History
There was a similar, equally named administrative unit within the then Prussian Province of Hanover from 1885 until the end of World War II; and before that, a 1823 established Landdrostei within the Kingdom of Hanover.
- Kreise (districts) from 2001 to 2004
- Diepholz
- Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)
- Hanover (Hannover)
- Hildesheim
- Holzminden
- Nienburg
- Schaumburg