It consists of the quarters Burg, Herrenhausen, Ledeburg, Leinhausen, Marienwerder and Stöcken.

Industries include Johnson Controls (spun off from VARTA) and Herrenhäuser Brewery founded in 1868.

The graph shows the population development in the district of Herrenhausen-Stöcken since 1 January 2005.

The palace was largely destroyed in World War II and not rebuilt until 2013.

The 19th-century "Welfenmausoleum" in the Gardens is the burial place of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and after World War II the remains of King George I of Great Britain along with his parents' were removed from the crypt of Leineschloss and reinterred there.