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Gifhorn is a district in
Lower Saxony,
Germany.
Geography
The district is located at the border of
Saxony-Anhalt and extends from the southern edge of the
Lüneburg Heath (
Lüneburger Heide) in the north to the suburbs of Braunschweig and Wolfsburg in the south. The
Aller River enters the district in the southeast, runs through the town of
Gifhorn, is joined by the
Ise and
Oker river and leaves the district in the west. Also in the district, at Edesbüttel, the
Elbe-Seitenkanal diverge from the
Mittellandkanal.
It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the district of
Helmstedt, the cities of
Wolfsburg and
Braunschweig, the districts of
Peine,
Hanover,
Celle and
Uelzen, and by the state of
Saxony-Anhalt (districts of
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and
Börde).
The deepest point of the administrative district Gifhorn lies at the
Aller near
Müden (46 m above sea level). The highest point lies in the north of the district near
Sprakensehl (124 m 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
Towns and municipalities
(numbers of inhabitants from the 30th June, 2005)
Communities
- Gifhorn, Town, autonomous community (42.658)
- Sassenburg (10.946) [Seat: Westerbeck
- Wittingen, Town (12.268)
Samtgemeinden with their local communities
* Seat of Samtgemeinde government
Area without community (uninhabited)
Giebel (10,36 km²)Further Information
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