Hannover,
our home town,
lies in the northern part of Germany. First mentioned in 1241, today it has roughly
600,000 inhabitants and is known for its royal baroque gardens, its city hall of 1913,
its renowned opera, its funny sculptures (the Nanas of artist Niki de St. Phalle), and
its industrial fairground, the home of world's biggest annual industrial show,
the Hannover Messe, and of the world's biggest
electronics and computer show, the CeBit Messe.
In the past year 2000, from June until the end of October, Hannover has been the host of the
World Expo 2000.
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| Baroque Garden | City Hall | Opera | Nanas | Hannover Messe |