Hannover Fair
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Hanover fairground
The Hanover fairground is an exhibition area in the Mittelfeld district of Hanover, Germany. Featuring 496,000 m² of covered indoor space, 58,000 m² of open-air space, 27 halls and pavilions and a convention centre with 35 function rooms, it is the largest exhibition ground in the world.-...
in Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, Germany
Germany
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. Typically, there are about 6,000 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors.
The Hannover Messe started in 1947 in an undamaged factory building in Laatzen
Laatzen
Laatzen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated directly south of Hanover.-Division of the town:In 1964, the municipalities of Laatzen and Grasdorf were merged into the city Laatzen...
, south of Hanover, by an arrangement of the British
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military government in order to boost the economic advancement of post-war Germany. The first fair was colloquially known as Fischbrötchenmesse (fish bun fair) due to the exemptions in food rationing for the fair at this time. It proved hugely successful and was hence repeated on a yearly basis, contributing largely to the success of the Hanover fairground in replacing the then-East German city of Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
as the new major fair city for West Germany
West Germany
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.
In the 1980s, the growing information and telecommunication industry forced the organiser Deutsche Messe AG to split the fair. The CeBIT
CeBIT
CeBIT is the world's largest and most international computer expo. CeBIT is held each year on the world's largest fairground in Hanover, Germany, and is a barometer of the state of the art in information technology...
is a successful spin-off of the Hannover Messe.
Nowadays, the Hanover Fair covers all areas of industrial technology.
- 2006 dates: April 24-28.
- 2007 dates: April 16-20.
- 2008 dates: April 21-25.
- 2009 dates: April 20-24.
- 2010 dates: April 19-23.
- 2011 dates: April 04-08.
- 2012 dates: April 23-27.
The location in 2005 was at coordinates 52°19′37"N 9°48′7"E.