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The
Leineschloss
(English:
Leine
Palace),
situated
on
the
Leine
in
Hanover,
Germany,
is
the
former
residence
of
the
Hanoverian
dukes,
electors
and
kings.
Currently
it
is
the
seat
of
the
Landtag
of
Lower
Saxony.
The
first
building
on
the
site
was
a
Franciscan
friary,
constructed
in
about
1300,
which
was
abandoned
in
1533
after
the
Protestant
Reformation.
In
1636,
George,
Duke
of
Brunswick-Lüneburg,
began
construction
of
a
rather
small
late
renaissance
palace
on
the
site
as
his
residence.
Elector
Ernest
Augustus
had
it
enlarged
and
modernized
and
added
a
theatre
in
the
late
17th
century.
In
1742
the
north-west
wing
was
renewed.
Between
1816
and
1844,
the
architect
Georg
Ludwig
Friedrich
Laves
fully
re-built
the
palace.
The
column
portico
with
six
Corinthian
columns
was
built
during
this
period.
During
World
War
II,
the
Leineschloss
burnt
out
entirely
after
British
aerial
bombings.
King
George
I
of
Great
Britain
was
originally
buried
in
the
Chapel
of
the
Leineschloss,
but
his
remains,
along
with
his
parents',
were
moved
to
the
19th-century
mausoleum
of
King
Ernest
Augustus
in
the
Berggarten
of
Herrenhausen
Palace
after
World
War
II.
Architect
Dieter
Oesterlen
re-built
the
palace
between
1957
and
1962.
In
August
2016
bones
were
found
in
the
Leineschloss
during
a
renovation
project;
it
was
believed
that
the
bones
were
the
remains
of
Philip
Christoph
von
Königsmarck,
the
lover
of
the
wife
of
the
later
king
George
I
of
Great
Britain
who
was
killed
there
in
July,
1694.
However,
subsequent
tests
proved
that
some
of
the
bones
were
from
animals,
while
the
human
bones
came
from
at
least
five
different
skeletons.
None
have
been
proven
to
belong
to
Königsmarck.
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