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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74406" /> == | |||
<p> | <p> A [[Prussian]] province since 1866, formerly an independent kingdom; stretches N. from [[Westphalia]] to the German Ocean, between [[Holland]] on the W. and [[Saxony]] on the E.; the district is well watered by the Elbe, Weser, and Ems; in the S. are the Harz Mountains; for the rest the land is flat, and much of it is occupied by uncultivated moors; agriculture and cattle-rearing are, however, the chief industries, while the minerals of the Harz are extensively wrought; in 1714George Ludwig, second [[Elector]] of Hanover, succeeded Anne on the [[English]] throne as her nearest [[Protestant]] kinsman, and till 1837 the dual rule was maintained, [[Hanover]] meanwhile in 1814 having been made a kingdom; in 1837 the [[Hanoverian]] crown passed to the [[Duke]] of Cumberland, [[Queen]] Victoria, as a woman, being ineligible; in 1866 the kingdom was conquered and annexed by Prussia. </p> | ||
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