Garbsen
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Garbsen | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Lower Saxony |
District | Hanover (district) |
Town subdivisions | 12 districts |
Mayor | Alexander Heuer (SPD) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 79.31 km² (30.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 50 m (164 ft) |
Population | 63,097 (30/09/2005) |
- Density | 796 /km² (2,061 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | H |
Postal codes | 30823, 30826, 30827 |
Area codes | 05131, 05137, 0511, 05031, 05032 |
Website | www.garbsen.de |
Garbsen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 11 km northwest of Hanover.
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[edit] Division of the town
The town consists of 12 districts:
- Altgarbsen
- Auf der Horst
- Berenbostel
- Frielingen
- Garbsen-Mitte
- Havelse
- Heitlingen
- Horst
- Meyenfeld
- Osterwald
- Schloss Ricklingen
- Stelingen
[edit] Twinning
- Hérouville-Saint-Clair (France)
- Rødding (Denmark)
- Bassetlaw (United Kingdom)
- Farmers Branch (Texas, USA)
- Schönebeck (Elbe) (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
- Wrzesnia (Poland)
[edit] People of Garbsen
- Volker Finke, *March 24, 1948 - former football coach of SC Freiburg
- Frank Pagelsdorf, *February 5, 1958 - football coach of Hansa Rostock
- Erdoğan Atalay, *September 22, 1966 - Actor in Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
- Kim-Valerie Voigt, *1989 - Miss Germany 2008
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