[1][2] Initially, only as a summer residence, but later intended as the main seat replacing the Leineschloss in the city centre.
The king engaged the architect Christian Heinrich Tramm (1819–1861) to make the designs in neo-Gothic style.
[2] George V's reign ended as a result of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 after the battle of Langensalza and Prussia annexing Hanover.
During the Allied aerial raids on Hanover, the chapel on the east side of the palace was heavily damaged.
It is a duplicate from a sculpture made by Albert Wolf for the entrance of the Altes Museum in Berlin, the Löwenkämpfer.
The Saxon Steed is a heraldic motif associated with the German provinces of Lower Saxony and Westphalia, and the Dutch region of Twente.