Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Region Hannover, Landkreis » Hannover Industrial and commercial area* 1300 ha Municipal area* 204,30 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 548 186 Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,1 % Retail purchasing power* 6 060 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 6 km Motorway junction Hannover/Langenhagen (A2) Nearby motorways A2 A352 A7 Airport Airport (distance) 10 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance) 3 km Name of port Hafen Hannover - Lindener Hafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Stichkanal Hannover-Linden Freight village Freight village (distance) 14 km Name of freight village GVZ Hannover-Lehrte Modality bimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 480 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 600 % (municipal rate) Level of labour costs (in the federal state) Production industry 41,60 €/h Service industry 33,48 €/h Qualification of labour (in the district) Academic education 23 % Vocational training 55 % Without training 14 % Contact City HannoverMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Add