Talk:History of Hanover (region)

Infobox
It's good that the flag and the arms were added. But I wonder about the map -- it shows the location of the City of Hanover (not the state) in a current map (not from before 1946, when Hanover still existed). I think it causes more confusion than it helps. Comments? --Chl 14:38, 3 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I added the map to be in line with other infoboxes- and the map showing the city was the only one avaliable. I would say it is not perfect, but better than nothing. Astrotrain 17:17, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Province of Hanover
I'm not sure I agree with making Province of Hanover a separate article. The separation has the disadvantage that it makes information harder to find for the reader; and editors linking to either article have to decide if it is the right one (which may not always be easy). The province had the exact same area as the preceding kingdom; I would consider them different constitutional stages of the same political entity. Chl 01:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Merger with rulers of Hanover
Against| Like all rulers, this should be kept as a serperate list for possible future expansion. It is usefull as an article on its own Lofty 15:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It can be split out again when needed. Rich Farmbrough, 15:24 21 November 2006 (GMT).

kalenberg
Was Kalenberg part of Spanish Habsburg territory in 1648? This map shows it in the same colour as the spanish netherlands --Astrokey 44 03:56, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That may be intended as a slightly different shade of green. If not, then it's just an error.RandomCritic 12:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Calenberg and Celle
Hanover cannot be considered exactly equivalent to Calenberg, even though when Ernest Augustus was named Elector "of Hanover" he was just ruling Calenberg; the territories assigned to the Electorate included Calenberg, Celle (which was the larger and, apparently, the more desirable portion) and several other smaller divisions that had earlier become united with either of the two (Ernest Augustus had the expectation of inheriting Celle when his uncle died). So I've included rulers of both Calenberg and Celle (all very closely related, uncles, brothers and nephews) from the point where the line becomes dynastically distinct from the Dannenburg line that ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The previous history of Calenburg should be addressed in a separate article, as it's not really pertinent to the entity that would become Hanover. Basically, Hanover = Calenberg+Celle, but not either one of them alone; the latter has its own article under Principality of Lüneburg. RandomCritic 16:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Kings German Army
The article said: "The Hanoverian army was dissolved, but many of the officers and soldiers went to England, where they formed the King's German Legion . The KGL was the only German army to fight during the whole Napoleonic wars against the French. They played an important part in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815." (emphasis added)

Obviously they were not the only German army to fight the French during the Napoleonic wars. I removed that line. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

The King's German Legion was the only German army, that fought continually against the French. Every other army was either defeated and dissolved or was fighting for the French.Therefore I corrected the line accordingly and put it in again. Anne-theater 21:56 (CEST), 24.August 2007

No Map
The map referred to is now gone. Obviously I can look up 'Hanover' on Multimap or whatever, but it's inconvenient. I think a modern-day map showing Germany, with the former border of the Principality/Kingdom of Hanover outlined, would be simplest and most useful. Anyone else bothered by the lack of a map?

WikiReaderer 13:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

We should have a map. What happened to the one that was here before? There should probably be two maps, one of Hanover in the 18th century, and one in the 19th, preferably not traced on modern days maps, but on maps showing the neighbors that Hanover had at the time (i.e. Prussia, the Duchy of Brunswick, Oldenburg, and so forth). john k 14:42, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Timeline of Hanover
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 09:11, 4 November 2015 (UTC)