Grand Lodge of Hanover
The Grand Lodge of the Kingdom of Hanover was a recognized Freemason - Grand Lodge in the Kingdom of Hanover . It was founded in Hanover in 1828 and became friends in the Prussian Grand Lodge Royal York in 1866 , after Hanover was annexed by Prussia and the cabinet order of Frederick the Great came into effect there, according to which all Freemasons in the country are in one of the three old Prussian grand lodges would have to.
history
The history of the Grand Lodge of Hanover is closely linked to the history of Freemasonry in Germany in general. The first lodge was founded in Hanover as early as 1746. In 1756 the Grand Lodge in London built a Grand Provincial Lodge in Hanover. The conversion of some lodges to the Strict Observance and other questionable ritual systems led to the cessation of all Masonic work in Hanover in 1776.
It was not until 1786 that boxes were opened again, again as an English provincial box under the chairmanship of Duke Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Strelitz . Other German grand lodges also established lodges in Hanover. When the city fell to the newly established Kingdom of Westphalia in 1810 , in which Jérôme Bonaparte ruled as King of Westphalia, some lodges worked under the insignificant German Grand Orient de Westphalie in Kassel in order not to have to join the irregular Grand Orient de France . After Hanover itself was elevated to a kingdom in 1814 , there were also attempts for independence among the Masonic lodges. The Great Lodge of the Kingdom of Hanover was founded on November 1st, 1828 . The later King Prince Ernst August , Duke of Cumberland , became the first Grand Master . The daughter lodges worked according to the Schröders system since 1801. In 1856 the grand lodge changed at the request of King George V , who also became grand master a year later. After the war of 1866, Hanover became Prussian. The Freemasons asked King Wilhelm of Prussia to be allowed to continue as a grand lodge, but they were not given permission because a fourth Prussian grand lodge was not wanted. The Grand Lodge dissolved itself in 1868, and most of its lodges became members of the Grand Lodge Royal York for Friendship .
See also
Known members
- Ernst August I, King of Hanover , * 1771, † 1851
- George V, King of Hanover , * 1819, † 1878
literature
- Bianca Bartels, Winfried Brinkmann, Wolfgang Dittrich: Freemasons - Secret Society or Ethics School? History and current work of the Freemasons in Hanover. Accompanying volume to an exhibition in the Historical Museum Hannover from September 5, 2012 - January 6, 2013. Ed. By Siegfried Schildmacher. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Hanover 2012, ISBN 978-3-943922-01-1 .
- Eugen Lennhoff / Oskar Posner: International Freemason Lexicon. Almathea-Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-85002-038-X . (Reprint from 1932)
- Ferdinand Runkel: History of Freemasonry. 3 vols. Hobbing, Berlin. Reprint: Edition Lempertz, Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-933070-96-1 .