Gifhorn (district)

Coordinates: 52°29′N 10°33′E / 52.483°N 10.550°E / 52.483; 10.550
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Gifhorn
District
Flag of Gifhorn
Flag
Coat of arms of Gifhorn
Coat of arms
Map
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
CapitalGifhorn
Government
 • District admin.Tobias Heilmann (SPD)
Area
 • Total1,563 km2 (603 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total180,232
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGF
Websitewww.gifhorn.de

Gifhorn (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfhɔʁn]) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

The district is located at the border of

Mittellandkanal
is at Edesbüttel in the district.

It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the district of

Hanover, Celle and Uelzen, and by the state of Saxony-Anhalt (districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Börde
).

The lowest point of the administrative district Gifhorn lies at the Aller near Müden (46 m (151 ft) above sea level). The highest point lies in the north of the district near Sprakensehl (124 m (407 ft) above sea level).

History

The district was established in 1885 by the Prussian government. In 1932, the former district of Isenhagen became the northern part of the Gifhorn district. The city of Wolfsburg originally was a part of the district, but became a district-free city in 1951. In 1974 the district again lost parts of its territory, when the city of Fallersleben was incorporated into Wolfsburg.

Coat of arms

The lion as well as the hearts are heraldic symbols of

Brunswick-Lüneburg for many centuries and, briefly the Duchy of Gifhorn
. The horn symbolises the syllable "horn" in the word Gifhorn.

Towns and municipalities

SchwülperVordorfDidderseAdenbüttelHillerseMeineWasbüttelRötgesbüttelLeiferdeIsenbüttelRibbesbüttelCalberlahWagenhoffMeinersenOsloßBokensdorfUmmernWesendorfMüden (Aller)SassenburgGifhornSchönewördeWahrenholzWahrenholzGroß OesingenSteinhorstHankensbüttelSprakensehlObernholzDedelstorfWeyhausenTappenbeckJembkeBarwedelBergfeldTiddischeRühenParsauGiebel (unincorporated area)ParsauTülauBromeEhra-LessienWittingenGifhorn (district)Lower SaxonyWolfsburgBraunschweigHelmstedt (district)Peine (district)Hanover RegionCelle (district)Uelzen (district)Saxony-AnhaltSaxony-Anhalt
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

(numbers of inhabitants from 30 June 2005)

Communities

  1. Gifhorn, town, autonomous community (42,658)
  2. Sassenburg (10,946) [seat: Westerbeck]
  3. Wittingen, town (12,268)

* Seat of Samtgemeinde government

Samtgemeinden with their local communities

  1. Boldecker Land
    (9,802)
    1. Barwedel (1,077)
    2. Bokensdorf (950)
    3. Jembke (1,901)
    4. Osloß (1,981)
    5. Tappenbeck (1,245)
    6. Weyhausen* (2,648)
  2. Brome
    (15,335)
    1. Bergfeld (952)
    2. Brome* (3,397)
    3. Ehra-Lessien (1,629)
    4. Parsau (1,946)
    5. Rühen (4,672)
    6. Tiddische (1,268)
    7. Tülau (1,471)
  3. Hankensbüttel
    (9,739)
    1. Dedelstorf (1,521)
    2. Hankensbüttel* (4,525)
    3. Obernholz (940)
    4. Sprakensehl (1,309)
    5. Steinhorst (1,444)
  4. Isenbüttel
    (15,502)
    1. Calberlah (5,236)
    2. Isenbüttel* (6,183)
    3. Ribbesbüttel (2,133)
    4. Wasbüttel (1,950)
  5. Meinersen
    (20,944)
    1. Hillerse (2,615)
    2. Leiferde (4,335)
    3. Meinersen* (8,415)
    4. Müden (Aller) (5,579)
  6. Papenteich
    (23,458)
    1. Adenbüttel (1,724)
    2. Didderse (1,404)
    3. Meine* (8,070)
    4. Rötgesbüttel (2,280)
    5. Schwülper (6,627)
    6. Vordorf (3,353)
  7. Wesendorf
    (14,576)
    1. Groß Oesingen (2,029)
    2. Schönewörde (983)
    3. Ummern (1,593)
    4. Wagenhoff (1,150)
    5. Wahrenholz (3,839)
    6. Wesendorf* (4,982)

Area without community (uninhabited)

  • Giebel (10.36 km2 (4.00 sq mi))

See also

  • Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

References

  1. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
    .

External links

Media related to Landkreis Gifhorn at Wikimedia Commons

52°29′N 10°33′E / 52.483°N 10.550°E / 52.483; 10.550

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