Garbsen

Garb Sen
Town Hall
[[File:Wappen Garbsen.svg|80x80px|Coat of arms of Garb Sen ]] Coat of arms
Garb Sen
Location of Garb Sen within Hanover district
Coordinates: 52°25′06″N 09°35′53″E / 52.41833°N 9.59806°E / 52.41833; 9.59806Coordinates: 52°25′06″N 09°35′53″E / 52.41833°N 9.59806°E / 52.41833; 9.59806
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Christian Grahl (CDU)
Area
• Total	79.31 km2 (30.62 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	60,590
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	30823, 30826, 30827
Dialling codes	05131, 05137, 0511, 05031, 05032
Vehicle registration	H
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.

Division of the town

The town consists of 13^[2] districts:

• Altgarbsen
• Auf der Horst
• Berenbostel
• Frielingen
• Garbsen-Mitte
• Havelse
• Heitlingen
• Horst
• Meyenfeld
• Osterwald Oberende
• Osterwald Unterende
• Schloss Ricklingen
• Stelingen

International relations

Garbsen is twinned with:

• Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Calvados, Normandy, France
• Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
• Farmers Branch, Texas, USA
• Schönebeck, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Września, Poland

People of Garbsen

• Volker Finke, (born 1948), - football player, teacher and football coach, 16 years for SC Freiburg
• Frank Pagelsdorf, (born 1958), - former football player and football coach
• Erdoğan Atalay, (born 1966), - actor in Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei

See also

• Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garbsen.

• Official site