Municipality of Hanover / Landeshauptstadt Hannover
- Cultural Route
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- European Route of Historic Gardens
- Country
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- Germany
- Member Category
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- Local Authority
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- N/D
- Contact Details
- Neues Rathaus
Trammplatz
DE-30159 Hannover
Tel: +49 511 168-0
Website: www.hannover.de
Email: stadtverwaltung[at]hannover-stadt.de
Herrenhäuser Gärten (Herrenhausen Gardens)
Herrenhäuser Straße
DE-430419 Hannover
Tel: +49 511 168-4 45 43
Website: www.hannover.de/Herrenhausen
Email: herrenhaeuser-gaerten[at]hannover-stadt.de
- Contact Person
- Ronald CLARK (Director)
- Main Town/Region
- Hanover (Lower Saxony)
- Site Town/Region
- Hanover (Lower Saxony)
- Main GPS Location
- 52.367643, 9.737564
- Site GPS Location
- 52.388752, 9.696442
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- N/D
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- Administrative body of the city of Hanover (Lower Saxony).
The Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen (Herrenhäuser Gärten) is a complex of four English and French baroque-style gardens, whose design started in 1666 at the behest of Princess Sofia of the Palatinate. The Great Garden (Großer Garten) in Herrenhausen is known as one of the most important baroque gardens in Europe.
- Logos/Pictures