Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Hanover, Germany

The Jewish cemetery An der Strangriede in Hanover is the second of four Jewish cemeteries in the capital of Lower Saxony. After the closure of the Old Jewish Cemetery on Oberstraße, it was opened in 1864. Until 1924, it was the main cemetery of the Jewish community of Hanover. With the brick construction of the sermon hall and about 2,600 preserved gravestones, the cemetery is an important historical site for the history of Hanover's Jews.

Wikipedia: Jüdischer Friedhof An der Strangriede (DE)

Die Lutherkirche in Hannover ist eine evangelische Kirche, die seit 2006 auch als Jugendkirche genutzt wird. Das Gebäude wurde 1895–1898 als letzte der drei großen Nordstädter Kirchenbauten von Rudolph Eberhard Hillebrand auf einem annähernd dreieckigen Baugrundstück im Zentrum der Nordstadt erbaut. Mit ihren zwei mächtigen Turmhelmen, umgeben von mehreren seitlichen Helmen, bot die Kirche bis kurz vor Kriegsende einen imposanten Anblick, an den heute nur noch wenig erinnert.

Wikipedia: Lutherkirche (Hannover) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The Laves Bridge in the Welfengarten in Hanover is one of originally two pedestrian bridges in the Welfengarten in the Nordstadt. The bridges were constructed in 1843–46 with the participation of the leading architect of the Kingdom of Hanover – Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves – to cross the former Graft. The bridge was built during the existence of Montbrillant Castle, the predecessor of the Guelph Castle.

Wikipedia: Lavesbrücke im Welfengarten (DE)

The Welfengarten in the Hanover district of Nordstadt is a city park in the style of English landscape gardens. Together with the Great Garden, the Berggarten and the Georgengarten, it belongs to the Herrenhausen Gardens.

Wikipedia: Welfengarten (DE)

The Bridge Bastion in Hanover is a monument designed by the architect and sculptor Stefan Schwerdtfeger. The "Bastion", built in 1981, also forms a bridge for pedestrians from the Prinzengarten or from the Welfengarten via the street Schneiderberg to the main canteen of the University of Hanover with the building number 3110.

Wikipedia: Brückenbastion (DE)

The Helmcke Monument in Hanover honours the master baker and grain merchant Johann Gerhard Helmcke (1750–1824), who saved Herrenhäuser Allee in the Georgengarten from deforestation at the beginning of the 19th century. The location of the monument is Nienburger Straße in the Georgengarten at the level of Schneiderberg Street at the corner of the Franziusinstitut.

Wikipedia: Helmcke-Denkmal (DE)

The Georgenpalais is a palace in the Georgengarten in Hanover, Germany. The palace was built between 1780 and 1782 by master builder Tänzel and was initially part of the Wallmodengärten as Wallmodenpalais or Wallmodenschlösschen. The client for the construction was Count Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, who laid the foundation stone for today's Georgengarten with his plans.

Wikipedia: Georgenpalais (DE)

The Wilhelm Busch Museum is a museum in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. It features the world's largest collection of works by Wilhelm Busch, as well as contemporary comic art, illustrations and drawings.

Wikipedia: Wilhelm Busch Museum (EN), Website, Facebook

The Georgsstein in Hanover and the associated Georgseichen in the Georgengarten date back to the time of the Kingdom of Hanover. The trees with memorial stones were planted in 1839 on the 20th birthday of the heir to the throne, George of Hanover, on the western edge of the lawn oval in front of the Georgenpalais.

Wikipedia: Georgseichen (Hannover) (DE)

The dog stone in Hanover, also known as the "dog cheese", is an approximately 12 meter high obelisk in the Georgengarten.

Wikipedia: Hundestein (Hannover) (DE)

The Leibniz Temple in the Georgengarten in Hanover is a pavilion building that was built from 1787 to 1790 in honor of the citizen and polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), who worked in Hanover. It is considered the first public monument in Germany for a non-nobleman. The open, roofed round temple made of sandstone with twelve Ionic columns bears the inscription "Genio Leibnitii" in gilded letters.

Wikipedia: Leibniztempel (DE)

The Great Garden in the Hanover district of Herrenhausen is one of the most important baroque gardens in Europe. The garden area, enclosed by a graft, represents the historic centrepiece of the Herrenhausen Gardens, which also include the Berggarten, the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten. The rectangular complex has an area of 50.2 hectares. The starting point for the planning was Herrenhausen Castle, built in the 17th century.

Wikipedia: Großer Garten (Hannover) (DE), Heritage Website