Herrenhausen Palace

Originally a manor house of 1640, the building was enlarged in phases from 1676, and served as a summer retreat, located only a few kilometers outside the city from the central Leine Palace.

Ernest Augustus of Hanover sold his remaining property at Herrenhausen Gardens in 1961, but kept the nearby Prince House (Fürstenhaus), a small palace built in 1720 by George I for his daughter Anna Louise.

Following extensive restoration work, the palace was reopened on 18 January 2013[2][full citation needed] in a ceremony attended by Beatrice and Eugenie of York, as well as August.

The gardens were reinstated following major damage in World War II, and became an important leisure resource for the city of Hanover, with new additions including an aquarium.

After World War II the remains of George I of Great Britain, along with those of his parents, were removed from the chapel of Leine Palace in Hanover and reinterred in the 19th-century Guelph mausoleum (Welfenmausoleum) in the Hill Garden at Herrenhausen.