Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Hanover, Germany

The Hölty monument in Hanover was created at the beginning of the 20th century by the architect Otto Lüer and the sculptor Karl Gundelach. The monument was erected in place of a grave of the "Spring Poet", which could no longer be found at the time of the Electorate of Hanover, in the Old St. Nicholas Cemetery and has been changed several times over the years.

Wikipedia: Hölty-Denkmal (Hannover) (DE)

The Anzeiger high-rise in Hanover was built between 1927 and 1928 in the style of brick expressionism according to a design by Fritz Höger as a publishing house for the Hannoversche Anzeiger and was one of the first high-rise buildings in the German Reich. The 51-metre-high, ten-storey building is located in the Mitte district near Steintor-Platz and, with its characteristic roof dome, is highly recognisable in the capital of Lower Saxony.

Wikipedia: Anzeiger-Hochhaus (DE), Heritage Website

BUSSTOPS in Hanover is an art project with originally twelve half-open bus shelters for light rail vehicles and city buses of üstra. It was part of a project on art in public space between 1990 and 1994 and was created on the initiative of the Lower Saxony Foundation in cooperation with üstra and Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen. The design project was carried out by internationally renowned architects and designers. The task for the artists was to create art as an extraordinary part of an ordinary service.

Wikipedia: BUSSTOPS (DE)

The Dragon Slayer House in Hanover is a commercial building built between 1900 and 1901 at Georgstraße 10 at the height of the Schiller Monument. The heritage-protected, richly decorated sandstone façade of the house is best known for the figure of St. George as a dragon slayer, almost fully sculpted above the Georgspassage by Werner Hantelmann.

Wikipedia: Drachentöterhaus (DE)

The sculpture Bogside '69 in Hanover was created by the sculptor Hans-Jürgen Breuste on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Amnesty International in 1981.

Wikipedia: Bogside 69 (DE)

The Schmiedestrasse car park is a parking garage in the old town of the Lower Saxony capital of Hanover. It is located at Schmiedestrasse 13 in Hanover's Mitte. The high garage with 564 parking spaces is the oldest parking garage in Hanover and is under monument protection with its location on the corner to the Corvinusweg, the parking garage is on the historic site of the original Leibnizhaus.

Wikipedia: Parkhaus Schmiedestraße (Hannover) (DE)

The houses at Burgstraße 12 in Hanover's old town are the oldest surviving half-timbered houses in Hanover. The neighbouring houses in Burgstraße were destroyed in the air raids on Hanover in the Second World War, so that today the houses stand isolated between post-war buildings. The front building of the listed ensemble was probably designed in the style of the pharmacy wing of the Old Town Hall in 1566 by its master Hinrich Holste from Hildesheim.

Wikipedia: Burgstraße 12 (Hannover) (DE)

The Ballhofbrunnen in Hanover is a fountain installed in the mid-1970s as art in public space on Ballhofplatz in Hanover's Old Town.

Wikipedia: Ballhofbrunnen (DE)

The Ballhof is a theater on Ballhofplatz in the old town of Hanover, which belongs to the Hanover State Theater in Lower Saxony.

Wikipedia: Ballhof (DE), Website

Broyhan House is a residential and commercial building constructed in 1576 in Hanover's historic old town. It is the second-oldest preserved half-timbered building in Hanover, and stands on the cellar walls of an earlier building dating to the 14th century. The house is named after Cord Broyhan, a brewer who lived in an earlier building from 1537 until 1561.

Wikipedia: Broyhan House (EN)

The Market Church is the main Lutheran church in Hanover, Germany. Built in the 14th century, it was referred to in 1342 as the church of Saints James and George in dedication to Saint James the Elder and Saint George. Replacing an older, smaller, church at the same location that dated to 1125 and that is known to have been called St. Georgii in 1238, Hanover grew around it and the market place situated immediately adjacent to its south that was established around the same time. Today the official name of the church is Market Church of Saints George and James, and along with the nearby Old Town Hall is considered the southernmost example of the northern German brick gothic architectural style.

Wikipedia: Marktkirche, Hanover (EN), Website, Heritage Website

The Blätterbrunnen in Hanover is located near the Kröpcke on the corner of Karmarschstraße and Ständehausstraße. It was created by the German sculptor of informal art Emil Cimiotti.

Wikipedia: Blätterbrunnen (DE)

The Ernst-August monument is a horse-riding statue in honor of the Land of the former Kingdom of Hanover, King Ernst August. It was created in 1861 by Albert Wolff and built in Ernst-August Square in front of the Hannover Central Station. Besides the Kröpcke watch, the monument is one of the most important meeting points in Hanover, commonly referred to as the “Unterm Schwanz”.

Wikipedia: Ernst-August-Denkmal (DE), Website

The Dr. Buhmann Schule gGmbH in Hanover is a vocational school with the core competencies of business, management and languages. The educational institution for young people and adults offers basic training for young professionals as well as further training. The registered office of the non-profit GmbH is at Prinzenstraße 13 in Hannover-Mitte in a listed building. It was founded by Friedrich Buhmann in 1907.

Wikipedia: Dr. Buhmann Schule (DE), Website, Facebook, Youtube

The German: Eilenriede is a 640-hectare (1,600-acre) municipal forest in Hanover, Germany. It is the largest urban city forest in Germany, one of the largest in Europe, and is nearly twice the size of Central Park in New York. The biggest German urban park in the strict sense of the word, however, is the 375-hectare (930-acre) English Garden in Munich.

Wikipedia: Eilenriede (EN)

The Villa Seligmann is a former upper-middle-class residential building in Hanover, Germany. It is located on the Eilenriede in the district of Hannover-Oststadt, Hohenzollernstraße 39. The villa was built between 1903 and 1906 according to a design by the architect Hermann Schaedtler for Siegmund Seligmann, the Jewish director of Continental AG, and his family. The listed building now serves as a venue for concerts and other events.

Wikipedia: Villa Seligmann (DE), Website

The guesthouse of the Lower Saxony state government is a former upper-middle-class villa in Hanover, Lüerstraße 5, in the Zoo district. The building, which is now a listed building, was built between 1898 and 1900 in the Neo-Renaissance style and has served as a guest house for the Lower Saxony state government since 1947.

Wikipedia: Gästehaus der Niedersächsischen Landesregierung (DE)

The city park Hannover (city hall garden) in Hanover is located south of the Hanover Congress Centrum in the Zoo district. It is limited by Clausewitzstraße in the east and Kleefelder Straße in the south.

Wikipedia: Stadtpark (Hannover) (DE)

The Stadthalle Hannover is a concert hall and event venue in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. The large hall is called Kuppelsaal, after its dome. The hall was opened in 1914. It is the largest hall for classical music in Germany, seating 3,600. Severely damaged during World War II, it was restored slightly altered. The hall is now part of the Hannover Congress Centrum. The listed historic building is a landmark of the city.

Wikipedia: Stadthalle Hannover (EN)