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Marktkirche St Georg und St VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Jacobus (church of St George
and St Jacob) features a Practical Information
14th-century nave with a Road map: C3. * 522,000. n
charac teristic four-pinnacled Ernst-August-Platz 8 & Tramm platz
tower. The most valuable 11 (0511-123 45-111). ( Sat. _
object among its furnishings Schützenfest (Jun/Jul), Maschsee-
is the Gothic altar, with scenes fest (Jul/Aug). ∑ hannover.de
of the Passion and copper Transport
engravings by the renowned £ Ernst-August-Platz.
artist Martin Schongauer.

Y Herrenhäuser Gärten Garten, the most important of
Despite having been razed to the four gardens, has a formal
the ground during World War II, layout modelled on 17th- and
Interior of the church of St Georg und the gardens in Hanover’s 18th-century Dutch parks. It is a
St Jacobus, in Marktplatz Herrenhausen district are among botanical garden with fountains,
the most beautiful Baroque including the Große Fontäne, the
in World War II, and now gardens in Germany. They were tallest in Europe with an 82-m
serves as headquarters for established by Duchess Sophie (269-ft) water spout. There are
the Niedersächsischer Landtag von der Pfalz, daughter of grottoes, mazes, sculptures and
(Lower Saxony state parliament). Elizabeth Stuart and mother of decorative urns, and the hedges
The porticos on the façade England’s George I. The Großer are some 21 km (13 miles) long.
were modelled on ancient
Greek temples.

P Marktplatz
Although the houses on this
square had to be almost
completely rebuilt after World
War II, this is one of the best
examples of 15th-century red-
brick architecture, with ama zing
gables with projections as well
as figurative friezes of glazed
terracotta. Nearby, the The stunningly beautiful Baroque gardens in Herrenhausen

GOETHESTR. GEORGSTRASSE GROSSE PACKHOF STR. 200 m (220 yards)
HEILIGERSTR.
Flughafen AM MARSTALL LIMBURGSTR. BAHNHOFSTR. Hauptbahnhof Künstlerhaus
OPERN-
5 km (3 miles) PLATZ
Herrenhaüser Gärten SCHMIEDESTRASSE Opernhaus
KRÖPCKE
DERSTR.
Kreuzkirche SEILWIN- Kröpcke Börse
Leine
KNOCHENHAUERSTR. Marktkirche
Ballhof Altes WINDMÜHLENSTR. RATHENAUSTR.
AM HOHEN UFER
LEIBNIZUFER Historisches
KRAMERSTR. Rathaus BARINGSTR. GEORGS
PLATZ
Museum O S T E R S T R A S S E
Leibnizhaus MARKT- Markthalle/ 0 metres 300
SCHLOSSSTR. LEINSTRASSE Aegidientor- 0 yards 300
Landtag
PLATZ
platz
BREITE STR.
Leineschloss KARMARSCHSTR. Markthalle MAR K T S TR. AEGIDIENTORPLATZ
Wangenheim-
palais
Laveshaus
FRIEDRICHSTRASSE
F R I E D R I C H S W A L L
Kestner-
Museum
Hanover City Centre Neues BLEICHENSTRASSE
Rathaus WILLY-BRANDT-ALLEE
1 Opernhaus Maschpark
2 Niedersächsisches
Landesmuseum C U L EM A N N S T R Maschteich Niedersächsisches
3 Sprengel Museum Landesmuseum
4 Neues Rathaus A S S E
5 Leineschloß Sprengel-
Museum
6 Marktplatz
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