Herrenhausen-Stöcken

The 12th district consists of a total of seven districts full of tradition.

The neighborhoods of Burg, Herrenhausen, Ledeburg/Nordhafen, Leinhausen, Marienwerder, and Stöcken together form the 12th district, which covers an area of 21.13 km². Characterized by the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen, the green space in Herrenhausen-Stöcken is particularly extensive. The Mittelland Canal also flows through Stöcken, where visitors can now go canoeing or cycling. Other tourist attractions include Sea Life and the Herrenhausen private brewery, which also offers brewery tours. Where the Guelphs once resided, approximately 37,500 people now live (as of 2020).

The Herrenhausen Gardens

The Grand Garden, which was expanded into a summer residence beginning in 1675, is today one of the most significant and largest Baroque gardens in Germany. While the nobility was drawn to the Georgengarten and the Grand Garden, municipal and industrial facilities were built north of the railroad tracks (beginning in 1847): a sewage treatment plant, a three-phase power plant, a railroad repair shop, and later the Continental and Volkswagen plants.

The large garden

The centerpiece of the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen is the Great Garden. In front of the palace—which was reconstructed in 2013—and the gallery building, the Grand Parterre and the Nouveau Jardin stretch across an area of 905 x 555 meters, bordered on three sides by avenues of linden trees and the Graft (1700). Sculptures, boxwood-lined beds, hornbeam hedges, and water features enliven the geometric layout. “Only with the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen can we boast, for they are truly beautiful and well-maintained,” as Electress Sophie already knew—there is nothing more to add to that.

Leinhausen railroad repair works

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The establishment of the railway repair shop in Leinhausen in 1874 marked the beginning of the industrial era for Stöcken. Today, the buildings form the largest industrial complex in Hannover. After World War I, 5,800 people were employed here; operations ceased in 1992. A brick wall dating from 1882 marks the boundary of the site.

Stöcken Municipal Cemetery

The large municipal cemetery in Stöcken (1891) illustrates the evolution of cemetery design. The strict grid of paths and the social hierarchy of the graves, interrupted only by a diagonal main avenue, was expanded in 1902 under the direction of landscape architect Julius Trip to include a landscaped park cemetery. The central building of the cemetery chapel (1892), designed in simple Neo-Gothic style, accentuates the entrance. The cemetery contains the graves of notable Hanoverians such as Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf and Julius Trip, as well as a memorial stone for the victims of the mass murderer Haarmann.