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Capital city: Hannover Hannover, in northwestern Germany, was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire (1692-1806), then a kingdom (1814-1866), and finally a Prussian province (1866-1945). After the fall of Napoleon in 1814, Hannover was reconstituted as a kingdom, largely due to British influence. It was the fourth-largest German state after Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria. In 1837, with the death of King William IV, the political union between Great Britain and Hannover came to an end. In 1851 Hannover joined the German Customs Union (Zollverein). The rise of Prussia contributed to the kingdom's decline. The king of Hannover tried to remain neutral during the Seven Weeks' War (1866) between Austria and Prussia, but was driven from Hannover by Prussian forces. The kingdom was then annexed by Prussia (September 20, 1866) and accorded limited self-government. The German Hannoverian party demanded a separate status for Hannover in the Reichstag throughout the period of the German Empire (1871-1918), but Hannover remained part of Prussia until 1945. The province of Hannover was comprised of six administrative subunits: Aurich, Hannover, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Osnabrück, and Stade. (en-US)

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The Times Atlas of World History. Edited by Geofrey Barraclough. Third Edition. Maplewood, New Jersey: Hammond, 1989.

Termini più generici

• Prussia (Germania : State)

Termini più specifici

• Osnabrück (Germania)
• Wietzendorf (Germania)