State of Hanover

State of Hanover
Land Hannover
State of Allied-occupied Germany
1946
Flag of State of Hanover
Flag

Map of the State of Hanover, coloured red, within the British Zone of Occupation
CapitalHanover
Government
 • TypeRepublic
Minister-President 
• 1946
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf
Historical eraCold War
• Established
23 August 1946
• Disestablished
23 November 1946
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Province of Hanover
Lower Saxony
Today part ofGermany

The State of Hanover (German: Land Hannover) was a short-lived state within the British Zone of Allied-occupied Germany. It existed for 92 days in the course of the dissolution of the Free State of Prussia after World War II until the foundation of Lower Saxony in 1946. The state saw itself in the tradition of the former Kingdom of Hanover, annexed by Prussia in 1866, reflected in the Saxon Steed state emblem. After Lower Saxony was founded by merging Hanover with several smaller states, it continued to use the Hanover emblems.