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Ten Secrets from Hannover

Hannover is full of secrets! Many are right before our eyes—along the edges of paths, in the woods, or in meadows—while others only reveal themselves upon a second or third glance. But it’s always worth taking a closer look.

We did just that once, criss-crossing our city and beyond in search of mysterious things, corners and places and found some amazing things!

The swimming pool at the Ihme Center

"A city within a city"—that was the guiding principle behind the construction of a monumental residential, commercial, and shopping complex on the west bank of the Ihme River in the...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

The lost Von-Alten-Park

The magnificent gardens of the von Alten noble family of Hanover once stretched from what is now Lindener Markt in the north to the Deisterkreisel in...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

The Enchanted Amusement Park in Kirchhorst

In Kirchhorst, along the old U.S. Route 3 to Celle, there used to be an amusement park as big as 14 soccer fields, complete with all the trimmings: a roller coaster...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

The hidden Masonic symbols in Hinübers' garden

The Hinüber Garden in Marienwerder, on the northwestern outskirts of Hanover, was laid out around 1767 according to plans by Jobst Anton von Hinüber...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

Dark sign from the past

The imposing façade of the brick building at Herrenhäuser Kirchweg 11 seduces and draws the eye straight to the obviously beautiful details such as the...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

Fake: The Knight's Castle in Hanover's Nordstadt

Anyone strolling through Hanover’s university district on their way to the Royal Gardens will unexpectedly pass a castle on Herrenhäuser Kirchweg,...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

Nirvana is not located in Herrenhausen, but has performed there

For over 40 years, the swimming pool located on what is now Westschnellweg near the Herrenhausen Gardens served as the training pool for the Hanover Swimming Club of 1892. In...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

Ricklingen: The world record in Murmiland

10,000 marbles rolled simultaneously down a long track in the Ricklingen district center on February 27, 2015. That's never happened before, it was a spherical w...

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Ten Secrets from Hannover

Saltier than the North Sea: the Fösse

The Fösse is the "local stream" of the Linden district in Hanover—just eight kilometers long and a left tributary of the Leine, which flows right through...

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Stone crocodiles in front of multi-storey residential building

Ten Secrets from Hannover

How the stone crocodiles came to be in the South End

Two crocodiles crouch lurking in the bushes in front of a multi-storey apartment building on the Alte Bult and stare at unsuspecting passers-by, half grinning, half snarling.

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