Gifhorn

Gifhorn is a district in , .
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  • Type: Locality with 176,000 residents
  • Description: district of Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: DE914”, “Gifhorn (district)”, and “Gifhorn mit Wolfsburg
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wahrenholz railway station and Burg Wahrenholz.

Railway station

Archaeological site
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wahrenholz and Sassenburg-Stüde.

Village
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.
is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in , . The Municipality includes the villages of Betzhorn, Teichgut, , Weißenberge and Weißes Moor.

Village
Stüde is a village in the municipality of in Gifhorn district in the German state of . In March 2005 it had 714 main residences and 339 secondary residences. is situated 5 km southeast of Gifhorn.

Village
Photo: Kirchenfan, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Gifhorn.

Gifhorn

Latitude
52.59° or 52° 35′ 24″ north
Longitude
10.6306° or 10° 37′ 50″ east
Population
176,000
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Open location code
9F4GHJRJ+26
Geo­Names ID
2920479
Wiki­data ID
Q6053
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gifhorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غيفهورن
  • Aragonese: Districto de Gifhorn
  • Catalan: Districte de Gifhorn
  • Cebuano: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Chinese: Gifhorn Kūn
  • Chinese: 吉夫杭縣
  • Chinese: 吉夫霍恩县
  • Czech: Zemský okres Gifhorn
  • Danish: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Dutch: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Esperanto: distrikto Gifhorn
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Gifhorn
  • Estonian: Gifhorni kreis
  • French: arrondissement de Gifhorn
  • French: Arrondissement de Gifhorn
  • French: Gifhorn
  • Georgian: გიფჰორნის რაიონი
  • German: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Hebrew: מחוז גיפהורן
  • Indonesian: Gifhorn
  • Interlingue: Subdistrict Gifhorn
  • Italian: circondario di Gifhorn
  • Italian: Circondario di Gifhorn
  • Japanese: ギフホルン郡
  • Kazakh: Гифхорн
  • Ladin: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Latin: Circulus Gifhorn
  • Low German: Gefhörn
  • Low German: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Macedonian: Гифхорн
  • Malay: Gifhorn
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gifhorn Kūn
  • Northern Frisian: Lunkreis Gifhorn
  • Persian: گیفهورن (ناحیه)
  • Persian: گیفهورن
  • Polish: Powiat Gifhorn
  • Portuguese: Gifhorn
  • Romanian: Districtul Gifhorn
  • Romanian: Gifhorn
  • Russian: Гифхорн
  • Saterfriesisch: Loundkring Gifhorn
  • Spanish: Distrito de Gifhorn
  • Swedish: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Turkish: Gifhorn
  • Turkish: Landkreis Gifhorn
  • Ukrainian: Гіфгорн
  • Uzbek: Gifhorn
  • Vietnamese: Gifhorn
  • Waray (Philippines): Gifhorn
  • Western Frisian: Gifhorn (Landkreis)
  • Western Frisian: Gifhorn
  • Western Panjabi: گفہارن

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