The historic old town of Hanover is located in the Mitte quarter between the Leine River, Friedrichswall, Georgstraße and Goethestraße.

Remains of the historic city wall and the Beguinage Tower were integrated into the Historisches Museum Hannover, designed in 1966 by architect Dieter Oesterlen.

For over 40 years, the Altstadt-Flohmarkt flea market has taken place on Saturdays on the Hohe Ufer, a waterfront road running along the eastern side of the Leine.

The market hall, known as the "belly of Hanover," offers a rich variety of food and gastronomy at 73 stands covering 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft).

The area between the Georgstraße and the railway was developed in the middle of the 19th century by Georg Laves into the Ernst-August-Stadt, or Ernst August City.

The Bahnhofstraße flows into the Ernst-August-Platz plaza, the forecourt of the Hannover Hauptbahnhof, which is the main railway station for the city of Hanover.

In addition to the historic Calenberg Neustadt, today's quarter consists of the former villages of Königsworth, Ohe and Glocksee.

The Leine, Ihme and Schneller Graben form the district border, rounded off in the north by Brühlstraße and the Bremen Dam as feeder of the Westschnellweg expressway.

Along the Leine, the main traffic axis Leibnizufer forms the border with the Mitte district, so that the flea market is completely within its area.

In addition to the announcement in the daily newspapers, the dates and the planned consultation points of the meetings open to the public can also be found on the city's website.