What is State of Hanover?
{{Infobox Former Subdivision | native_name = ''Land Hannover'' | conventional_long_name = State of Hanover | common_name = State of Hanover | era = [[Cold War]] | subdivision = [[States of Germany|State]] | nation = [[Allied-occupied Germany|Germany]] | status_text = [[States of Germany|State]] of [[Allied-occupied Germany]] | image_flag = Flag of the State of Hanover (1946).svg | image_map = Hannover innerhalb der britischen Besatzungszone 1946.svg | image_map_caption = Map of the State of Hanover, coloured red, within the British Zone of Occupation | p1 = Province of Hanover | flag_p1 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Hannover.svg | s1 = Lower Saxony | flag_s1 = Flag of Lower Saxony.svg | demonym = Hanoverian | capital = [[Hanover]] | government_type = [[Republic]] | title_deputy = [[Minister-President]] | deputy1 = [[Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf]] | year_deputy1 = 1946 | year_start = 1946 | date_start = 23 August | year_end = 1946 | date_end = 23 November | today = [[Germany]] }} The '''State of Hanover''' ({{lang-de|Land Hannover}}) was a state in the [[Allied-occupied Germany#British Zone|British Zone]] of [[Allied-occupied Germany]]. It was a state for 92 days as the Free State of Prussia was [[Ordinance No. 46|dissolved]] after [[World War II]]. The state came after the former [[Kingdom of Hanover]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] was [[Hanover]]. In 1946, Lower Saxony was made by [[wikt:merge|merging]] Hanover with [[Free State of Brunswick|Brunswick]], [[Free State of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]] and [[Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe|Schaumburg-Lippe]]. == Geography == The State of Hanover made up the territory of the old Prussian [[Province of Hanover]] without a few eastern parts that had become part of the [[S