Linden-Limmer ( ) is the tenth borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of

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 state capital of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. It became part of the city in 1920.

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 ...

et al., eds. (2009), ''Stadtlexikon Hannover'' Linden-Limmer is where

Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...

was born. It has 44,941 inhabitants (2020) and consists of the quarters (''Stadtteile'') of Linden-Mitte (12,192 residents), Linden-Nord (16,433 residents), Linden-Süd (10,068 inhabitants) and Limmer (6,248 inhabitants).

Linden

The village of Linden was built around a count's court around the year 1100 on the northern slope of the Lindener Berg and developed into an industrial city during the 19th century before being incorporated into Hanover in 1920. Linden today consists of the quarters of Linden-Mitte, Linden-Nord and Linden-Süd. It is characterized by a diverse gastronomy scene and a high proportion of students and residents with a migrant background. Linden is noted for its civic commitment to the wider Hanover community, with cultural activities (such as the Fährmannsfest) having a city-wide attraction. The expression of the local self-understanding is the

Lindener Butjer The Lindener Butjer is a sculpture of a so-called Butjer by the German sculptor Ulrike Enders. Since April 2022, it has been located in a public space along the Stephanusstraße in the Linden-Limmer borough of Hanover. History The inhabitants ...

, embodied by a sculpture of a little boy from the 20th century playing in a public square. The term Butjer was originally an insult used by the inhabitants of Hanover to refer to uninvited guests from the then suburbs of the city; the inhabitants of Linden took the term for themselves as an honorary term and have since proudly called themselves Butjer.

Limmer

Limmer is bounded to the north by the Leine River, in the east by an expressway, in the south by the

Fösse Fösse is a small river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows into the Leine west of Hanover. Environment Much of the stream is channeled in the city of Hanover, where the water flows deeper in places and is piped and hidden in the green. A small w ...

, and in the west by the Stichkanal Hannover-Linden artificial branch of the Leine and the

Hanover freight bypass railway The Hanover freight bypass railway (german: Güterumgehungsbahn Hannover) is a freight railway in the German state of Lower Saxony, which relieves Hannover Hauptbahnhof of freight traffic. It separates freight from passenger traffic on several rou ...

Borough Council

The Linden-Limmer borough council consists of 21 elected members. At its constituent meeting on the 11th of November 2021, the borough council re-elected for a parliamentary term of five years Rainer-Jörg Grube ( Greens) as borough mayor, who has held the office for many terms. The deputy borough mayor, Katharina-Sophia Gerking ( SPD), was also re-elected. The borough council meets in public about nine times a year, mostly in the Freizeitheim Linden but occasionally in the community hall of the St. Nicholas Church in Limmer as well. The distribution of seats, the members of the borough council and their accessibility are presented on the city website. From January 1988 to November 1996, Hiltrud Grote (SPD) was the district mayor. She was the first female borough mayor in Hanover. In its main statutes, the city of Hanover has made use of a provision in the Lower Saxony Municipal Constitution Act that allows the members of the council, whose electoral area is in whole or in part in the respective city district or where they live, belong to the city district council with an advisory vote.

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{{Reflist Boroughs and quarters of Hanover