into the Hanoverian state. Since the Hanoverian monarchs had moved to London, Hanover had become a state of very conservative and backward rule, with a local government recruited from local aristocrats adding much to the preservation of outdated structures. The administrative union with Hanover only followed in 1823, when a local government reform united Bremen-Verden and Hadeln to form the High-Bailiwick of Stade, administered according to unitarian modern standards, thereby doing away with various traditional government forms of Bremen, Verden and Hadeln. For the further history see Stade Region (1823–1977), which emerged by the establishment of the High-Bailiwick of Stade in 1823, comprising the territories of the former Duchies of Bremen and Verden and the Land of Hadeln. List of rulers (1648–1823) For the consorts see List of consorts of Bremen-Verden. Heads of government (1648–1823) Governors-general under Swedish rule (1646/1648–1712) 1646–1663 Hans Christoffer Königsmarck (*1600–†1663) 1663–1666 Gustav Evertsson Horn (*1614–†1666) 1668–1693 Henrik Horn (*1618–†1693), de facto interrupted 1676–1679 by Brandenburg-Prussian and Danish occupation in the course of the Scanian War 1693–1693 Erik Dahlbergh (*1625–†1703) vacancy 1696–1698 (*1633–†1713) 1698–1710 Nils Carlsson Gyllenstierna af Fogelvik (*1648–†1720) 1711–1712 (*1651–†1727) vacancy due to Danish occupation Presidents of the government under Hanoverian rule (1715–1807, 1813–1823) 1715–1716 Cord Plato von Schloen, called Gehle (*1661–†1723) 1716–1730 Johann Friedrich von Staffhorst (*1653–†1730) vacancy From 1739 on the presidents were in personal union reeves ( or Gräfe) of the Land of Hadeln: 1739–1759 Philipp Adolf von Münchhausen, ranked state minister, also appointed head of the Hanoverian Chancery () in London 1759–1782 Bodo Friedrich von Bodenhausen (*1719–†?), ranked state minister in 1769 1782–1798 Gotthelf Dietrich von Ende (*1726–†1798) vacancy 1800–1810 Christian Ludwig von Hake (*1745–†1818), ranked state minister, name giving for the species Hakea 1811-1813 vacancy due to French annexation 1813–1823 Engelbert Johann von Marschalck (*1766–†1845), Bremen-Verden's Estates elected him president of the provisional government after the French retreat. In 1823 he became the first High-Bailiff of Stade Region, the merely administrative entity succeeding Bremen-Verden's dissolution in 1823. Source President of the government under Westphalian Rule (1810 March-Dec.) 1800–1810 Christian Ludwig von Hake (*1745–†1818) 1810, April–December Johann Julius Conrad von Schlütter (*1749–†1827) Nobility of Bremen , Bremisch- und Verdischer Ritter-Sahl Oder Denckmahl Der Uhralten Berühmten Hoch-adelichen Geschlechter Insonderheit der Hochlöblichen Ritterschafft In Denen Hertzogthümern Bremen und Verden. 1720 Notable people A list of interesting people whose birth, death, residence or activity took place in Bremen-Verden. Heinrich Böse (*1783–†1867), Bremian and