Kronsberg is a hill about six kilometres in length and dominates the surrounding areas up to 30 meters, just outside
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
. The highest point on the Kronsberg is the scenic hill with 118 meters (387 ft). The only taller hill in the city is the "Monte Müllo"
landfill site, standing at . It mainly consists of
marl.
Expo-settlement Kronsberg
The Expo-settlement Kronsberg is a district of
Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode in Hanover and has approximately 7,300 residents (2013). The district emerged in the late 1990s in connection with the
EXPO 2000
Expo 2000 was a World Expo held in Hanover, Germany from 1 June to 31 October 2000. It was located on the Hanover Fairground (Messegelände Hannover), which is the largest exhibition ground in the world. Initially some 40 million people were expe ...
event. People live in 2,600 apartments, 150 condominiums and about 400 private townhouses, as well as semi-detached and detached houses. There are two neighbourhood parks and meeting places for all age groups. The front gardens and the courtyards of the individual building blocks are varied and diversified in order to achieve above-average housing quality.
[http://www.oekosiedlungen.de/kronsberg/steckbrief.htm] There is an extensive infrastructure facilities with schools, kindergartens, shops, the community center ''Krokus'' and the
Evangelical Church Centre Kronsberg available. The project is showcased in the Crystal exhibition pavilion in London as a global standard for integrated construction. The
World Cities Summit 2012 in Singapore also paid tribute to the residential area as one of the world's hundred most innovative infrastructure projects.
Literature
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Klaus Mlynek
Klaus Mlynek (born 16 January 1936) is a German historian and scientific archivist. The long-term director of the Stadtarchiv Hannover is one of the editors and authors of the ', an encyclopedia of Hanover.
Life
Born in Poznań, Poland, Mlynek ...
: ''Kronsberg'', in ', S. 372
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Hermann Löns
Hermann Löns (29 August 1866 – 26 September 1914) was a German journalist and writer. He is most famous as "The Poet of the Heath" for his novels and poems celebrating the people and landscape of the North German moors, particularly the L ...
: ''Hinter dem Kronsberg'', 1904
* Hermann Löns: ''Auf dem Kronsberge'', 1904
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Geography of Hanover
Expo 2000
Mountains and hills of Lower Saxony