Editing Hanover (section)

===Post-war===
Hanover was in the British zone of occupation of Germany and became part of the new [[States of Germany|state (Land)]] of [[Lower Saxony]] in 1946. In 1947, Hanover established its relationship with [[Bristol|Bristol, England]] in exchanges of goods, students and music. This would link the two cities as models for establishing programs and organizations like [[Sister Cities International]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cremer |first1=Rolf D. |last2=De Bruin |first2=Anne |last3=Dupuis |first3=Ann |date=January 2001 |title=International Sister-Cities: Bridging the Global-Local Divide |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1536-7150.00066 |journal=The American Journal of Economics and Sociology |language=en |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=377–401 |doi=10.1111/1536-7150.00066 |issn=0002-9246}}</ref> 

Today Hanover is a vice-president city of [[Mayors for Peace]], an international mayoral organisation mobilising cities and citizens worldwide to abolish and eliminate nuclear weapons by 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.2020visioncampaign.org |title=Mayors for Peace |publisher=2020visioncampaign.org |access-date=7 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418083236/http://www.2020visioncampaign.org/ |archive-date=18 April 2011 }}</ref>