Kröpcke

Around the Kröpcke, the heart of Hanover's city centre, you can shop to your heart's content.

The Kröpcke Clock

The original clock was inaugurated in 1885. Although it survived the Second World War relatively unscathed, it was nevertheless demolished, and replaced by another clock. Today's clock is a replica and was inaugurated in 1977.

Hanover is a city of short distances - grown over centuries from the winding old town on the banks of the Leine, between the Aegidientor in the west and the Steintor in the east, to the main railway station built in the 19th century. If you leave the station via Ernst-August-Platz, you are almost in the middle of the city, which has a new landmark in the form of the new light sculpture at Kröpcke!

Kröpcke: Central Square

Exclusive shops and the colourful world of large department stores await visitors at Kröpcke. Hannover's most central square - car-free and the most important junction of the city railway - is named after the tenant of the most traditional café on the square. Anyone in Hanover who doesn't meet "under the tail" of the Ernst August monument in front of the main railway station meets at the historic Kröpcke clock.