Gamsen
Gamsen is a village in Gifhorn, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony. Gamsen is situated nearby to the village Kästorf, as well as near Sassenburg-Triangel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include International Wind- and Watermill Museum and Glockenpalast.
International Wind- and Watermill Museum
Theme park
Photo: ArtMechanic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The International Wind- and Watermill Museum, at Gifhorn in the German state of Lower Saxony, is the only one of its kind in Europe. On the museum's open-air site, which covers an area of around 16 hectares, there are currently 16 mills from 12 different countries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kästorf and Sassenburg-Triangel.
Sassenburg-Triangel
Village
Triangel is a village in the municipality of Sassenburg in the Lower Saxon district of Gifhorn. Triangel means “triangle”. The name is derived from the original shape of the village estate. Sassenburg-Triangel is situated 3 km east of Gamsen.
Wilsche
Village
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Wilsche is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Gamsen.
Gamsen
- Type: Village
- Description: quarter of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony, Germany
- Categories: Ortsteil and locality
- Location: Gifhorn, Gifhorn, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50725° or 52° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
10.53985° or 10° 32′ 24″ eastElevation
56 metres (184 feet)Open location code
9F4GGG4Q+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 130150825OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Gamsen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gamsen”
- French: “Gamsen”
- German: “Gamsen”
- German: “Gifhorn-Gamsen”
- Irish: “Gamsen”
- Italian: “Gamsen”
- Spanish: “Gamsen”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dorfgemeinschaftshaus and Epiphanias Kirche.
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