- Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
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Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
Metropolitan Region
Metropolregion
Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
LogoHannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region
Country 
GermanyState 
Lower Saxony
Largest Cities Hanover
Braunschweig
Göttingen
WolfsburgGovernment[1] - Type GmbH - Chief executive Stephan Weil (SPD), Mayor of Hanover Area - Metro 18,600 km2 (7,181.5 sq mi) Population (2007) - Metro 3,900,000 - Metro density 210/km2 (543.9/sq mi) [2] Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website http://www.metropolregion-hbg.de/ The Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg) is an economic and cultural region in Northern Germany. The metropolitan area comprises approximately one third of the area of Lower Saxony, with almost half the inhabitants of the state. It has about 3.9 million people in 20 districts and counties with a total of 431 municipalities and is defined by the German Ministerkonferenz für Raumordnung (MKRO) as a medium urban area in Germany.
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History
The application for recognition as a European metropolitan region with the German Ministerkonferenz für Raumordnung responsible for regional planning (MKRO) was made early. The recognition should help the region internationally and improve coordination and development of cities. Although the importance of the region and the developments relating to the citynetwork Expo 2000 she was still the smallest of the metropolitan regions. In 2005 a loose co-operation was initiated with the nearby city regions of Braunschweig and Salzgitter and up in the area of Göttingen.
Area description
Between the cities of the region there are large predominantly agricultural areas. The urban infrastructure network consist of the highways A2, Bundesautobahn A7 and A39 and fast rail links, in particular some high speed rail (like the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway).
The region is mainly based on the service sector and manufacturing. The largest group is the Volkswagen AG headquarters in Wolfsburg. The science and research landscape of the region includes seven universities (including the University of Göttingen, University of Hanover and the Braunschweig University of Technology), nine colleges, an art college, a music and theater school, and approximately 60 other research institutions (including a large number of Max Planck Society Institutes, two locations of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Braunschweig and Göttingen, the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel and various federal agencies such as BBA, BGR, FAL, PTB).
Radioactive waste is frequently transported in the area to the city of Salzgitter, for the deep geological repository Schacht Konrad and between Schacht Asse II in the Wolfenbüttel district and Lindwedel and Höfer .
Members
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Members of the Metropolitan Region Hannover-Brunswick-Göttingen-Wolfsburg are:
- Celle (district)
- Gifhorn (district)
- Göttingen (district)
- Hamelin-Pyrmont (district)
- Hildesheim (district)
- Holzminden (district)
- Nienburg (district)
- Northeim (district)
- Osterode (district)
- Peine (district)
- Schaumburg (district)
- Soltau-Fallingbostel (district)
- City Alfeld
- City Bad Pyrmont
- City Braunschweig
- City Celle
- City Einbeck
- City Garbsen
- City Göttingen
- City Hann. Münden
- Landeshauptstadt Hannover
- City Hildesheim
- City Holzminden
- City Laatzen
- City Langenhagen
- City Lehrte
- Municipality Lengede
- City Nienburg/Weser
- City Northeim
- Oberharz (Samtgemeinde)
- City Osterode am Harz
- City Pattensen
- City Peine
- City Salzgitter
- City Seesen
- City Stadthagen
- City Walsrode
- City Wolfenbüttel
- City Wolfsburg
- Hanover (district)
- Zweckverband Großraum Braunschweig
- Expo-Region, Hameln
See also
References
- ^ http://www.metropolregion-hbg.de/downloads/7Uebersicht.pdf
- ^ http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder/hannover.html
External links
- Homepage der Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
- Raum Hannover - Braunschweig - Göttingen auf dem Weg zur Metropolregion - PDF der Region Hannover
- Information der Stadt Braunschweig über die Gründung der Metropolregion
Metropolitan regions in Germany Berlin/Brandenburg • Bremen/Oldenburg • Hamburg • Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg • Munich • Nuremberg • Rhine-Main • Rhine-Neckar • Rhine-Ruhr • Central German • Stuttgart
states · urban districts · cities · cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants · municipalities Categories:- Metropolitan areas of Germany
- Braunschweig
- Hanover
- Göttingen
- Wolfenbüttel
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