Hanover on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. With a population of over 500,000 (in 2005) it is a major center of northern Germany, known for hosting annual commercial expositions such as the Hanover Fairand the CeBIT. In 2000, Hanover hosted the world fair Expo 2000. The Hanover fairground, due to numerous extensions especially for the Expo 2000, is the largest in the world. Hanover also has regional importance because of its university and medical school, its international airport and its large zoo (Hanover Zoo).
Famous districts of Hanover:

• Herrenhausen
• Hannover-Zoo
• Hannover-Nordstadt
• Hannover-Linden

The federal state museum of Lower Saxony presents nature and people customer, a pre-historical collection and the national gallery. In the historical museum mainly the history of Hanover is presented, in the manor-house EN museum in the prince house the history of the hannoeverschen king and prince house.
The Kestner museum is a museum for history of art, the parish museum presents the art 20. Century, the art association Hanover operates the house of artists. The "Wilhelm-Busch-Museum" in Herrrenhausen is the German museum for caricature and critical diagram). The urban gallery is "KUBUS". Besides there are approximately 30 art galleries.