Giesen
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Coat of arms
Location of Giesen within Hildesheim district
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Giesen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km northwest of Hildesheim, and 22 km southeast of Hanover.
The municipality includes five villages:
- Ahrbergen (pop. 2,219)
- Emmerke (pop. 1,684)
- Giesen (pop. 3,401)
- Groß Förste (pop. 795)
- Hasede (pop. 1,606)
Gallery
- Gross Giesen, Sankt-Vitus-Kirche
- Klein Giesen, estate next to the village place
- Ahrbergen, view to the village
- Gross Förste, catholic church: Kirche Sankt Pankratius
- Hasede, church: die Sankt Paulus Kirche
- Siegfried-Giesen mining hamlet
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the community:
- Hermann Schnipkoweit (born 1928), politician (CDU)
Personalities associated with this community:
- Michael Weiner (born 1969), football referee, lives in the district of Hasede
References
- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
External links
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Towns and municipalities in Hildesheim district
- Alfeld
- Algermissen
- Almstedt
- Bad Salzdetfurth
- Bockenem
- Diekholzen
- Duingen
- Eime
- Elze
- Freden
- Giesen
- Gronau
- Harsum
- Hildesheim
- Holle
- Lamspringe
- Nordstemmen
- Sarstedt
- Schellerten
- Sibbesse
- Söhlde
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