The German-Hanoverian Party, also known as the Guelph Party, was an agrarian, federalist political party in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. It represented the interests of Hanoverian separatists and regionalists that sought to restore the overthrown House of Welf and separate from Prussia to either become a kingdom within Germany or to become independent outright. The party was a part of the anti-Prussian faction in the Reichstag and closely cooperated with the Catholic Centre Party, including opposing Kulturkampf and centralization legislations.
German-Hanoverian parliamentary group, 1889. First line, sitting: Heinrich Langwerth von Simmern, Ludwig Windthorst (centre), Werner von Arnswaldt-Hardenbostel, second line: - standing: Hermann von Arnswaldt-Böhme, Georg von der Decken
1932 election poster of the party
The Kingdom of Hanover was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Hanover, and joined 38 other sovereign states in the German Confederation in June 1815. The kingdom was ruled by the House of Hanover, a cadet branch of the House of Welf, in personal union with Great Britain between 1714 and 1837. Since its monarch resided in London, a viceroy, usually a younger member of the British royal family, handled the administration of the Kingdom of Hanover.
100 thaler banknote from 1857
Border marker of Hanover
The Leine Palace
Herrenhausen Castle and Gardens