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Hanover · Alexandria

Place

Hanover

Also known as

Anuova
Gannover
Ganover
Hannober
Hannober
Hannova

Image illustrating Hanover — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Hanoversee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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in countryGerman Reich1871 CE
in countryGermany1949 CE
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birthplace ofChristoph Meineke1979 CE
birthplace ofCompars Herrmann1816 CE
birthplace ofCornelius Boersch1968 CE
birthplace ofCristoph Conrad Stremme1806 CE
birthplace ofDaniel Axt1991 CE
birthplace ofDianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town1949 CE

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