Difference between Hannover & Niedersachsen

hannover-l
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Hello,

I'm having a little trouble with my maps here in my Atlas and could use some
explanations.

Does the province of Hannover still exist today?

Also, are the villages of Bramsche, Wagenfeld, and Mehlbergen in the province
of Hannover? Or is that considered Niedersachsen? My Atlas shows the city
of Hannover, but I don't see any boundaries for the province of Hannover.

My grandparents' death notices from the 1940's say they were from
Bramsche-Hannover, Wagenfeld--Hannover, and Nienburg--Hannover, but it
looks like these villages are in Niedersachsen on the map.

I have an e-mail pal in Muenster who says they are in Lower Saxony. Now I'm
thoroughly confused! Please can someone explain?

Thanks so much.
Marilyn in Ohio

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Hi Marylin,
Bramsche www.bramsche.de,
Wagenfeld
http://de.dir.yahoo.com/Staedte_und_Laender/Deutsche_Bundeslaender/Niedersac
hsen/Kreise/Diepholz/Staedte_und_Gemeinden/Wagenfeld,
Nienburg/Wester www.nienburg-weser.de/ are now part of Lower Saxony

Ruth
-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----

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Hi Marylin (in Ohio),

the villages of Bramsche, Wagenfeld and Mehlbergen are located in the
"Bundesland" Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony).

The province of Hannover was a part of Prussia (from 1866 until 1947). In
1947
Niedersachsen was founded as an own Bundesland and conssits of the
earlier "L�nder" Braunschweig, Schaumburg- Lippe, Oldenburg and the
province of Hannover.

If you want to know more about the kingdom of Hannover, look for
http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de.

Greetings from Hannover (in Niedersachsen)
Michael

-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----

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Hello Marilyn in Ohio
Hannover was a kingdom in Germany during the 1800s. It became a province of Prussia in 1866 and was a district in Germany until the reorganization in the late 1940s. The former kingdom of Hanover along with several other provinces which had been independent countries like Hanover, were joined to create Lower Saxony (English) or Niedersachsen which is now a state of the German Republic. As you proceed into genealogical searches you'll find that many parts of Germany were independent nations which changed boundaries with the times and changes of administration.