A Masonic bond between England and Hanover, spanning centuries of fellowship and tradition.

Freemasonry in Hanover has deep and historic links to England. The first lodge in the city is recorded as early as 1746, at a time when the Electorate of Hanover and the British Crown were united under one monarch. In 1756, the Grand Lodge of London chartered a Provincial Grand Lodge of Hanover, establishing the English Craft firmly on continental soil.

After decades of changing political fortunes, the lodges of Hanover founded their own independent body in 1828, the Grand Lodge of the Kingdom of Hanover, with Prince Ernest Augustus — later King of Hanover — as its first Grand Master. His successor, King George V, followed him in that office in 1857, continuing a uniquely royal commitment to the Craft.

Working mostly in the spirit of Friedrich Ludwig Schröder’s ritual, the Hanoverian lodges reflected both English roots and a distinctive German character. Even after the annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1866 and the subsequent dissolution of the Grand Lodge in 1868, many lodges joined the Royal York Grand Lodge of Friendship in Berlin, preserving the original bonds of English and Hanoverian Freemasonry.

Today, Lodge Bridge of Fellowship No. 929 proudly recalls this heritage — symbolising the enduring bridge between English and continental Freemasonry that was first built in Hanover nearly three centuries ago.