Gifhorn (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfhɔʁn] ) is a town and capital of the district of Gifhorn in the east of Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population...
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Gifhorn (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfhɔʁn]) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. The district is located at the border of Saxony-Anhalt and extends from...
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Gifhorn (German: Bahnhof Gifhorn) is a railway station located in Gifhorn, Germany. The station is located on the Berlin-Lehrte Railway and Braunschweig-Uelzen...
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Gifhorn Castle (German: Schloss Gifhorn) is a castle in Gifhorn, Germany, built between 1525 and 1581 in the Weser Renaissance style. The castle was fortified...
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Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (redirect from Francis, Duke of Gifhorn)
brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly founded Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in 1549. He was...
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In 1539, the two remaining brothers divided the Duchy. Francis received Gifhorn while Ernest I remain in Lüneburg. Sophie of Mecklenburg Henry V, Duke...
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municipal council via the BHE list in the county of Gifhorn. In 1956 he became honorary deputy mayor of Gifhorn. His re-election in 1961, however, resulted in...
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The Duchy of Gifhorn (German: Herzogtum Gifhorn) with its residence at Gifhorn Castle was founded in 1539 and lasted only 10 years until the death of...
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Gifhorn – Peine is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under...
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Leiferde (b Gifhorn) is a railway station located in Leiferde, Germany. The station is located on the Berlin-Lehrte Railway. The train services are operated...
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during the administrative reforms of the 1970s. Municipalities lost: to Gifhorn Ahnebeck Bergfeld Brechtorf Eischott Hoitlingen Parsau Rühen Tiddische...
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and was incorporated into Wolfsburg in 1972. Before 1972, it belonged to Gifhorn. In 1939, Fallersleben had 2,600 inhabitants. August Heinrich Hoffmann...
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gymnastics" or "club for exercises." Within a year they captured[tone] the local Gifhorn title.[citation needed] In late November 1946, the club played a friendly...
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Cloppenburg Cuxhaven Diepholz Emsland Friesland (includes Wangerooge) Gifhorn Goslar Göttingen Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont) Hanover Region (Hannover)...
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The Großes Moor (literally "Great Bog") near Gifhorn is part of the Northwest German raised bog region, which stretches from the Netherlands to the eastern...
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Principality of Lüneburg (section Gifhorn)
Gifhorn, the so-called Duchy of Gifhorn. In return for renunciating his participation in the government of the principality, Francis received Gifhorn...
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the district of Wolfenbüttel, the City of Braunschweig, the District of Gifhorn, the City of Wolfsburg and the State of Saxony-Anhalt (districts of Börde...
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city in the Canton of Lucerne Emmen, Germany, a village in the district Gifhorn, Lower Saxony Emen (disambiguation) Emme (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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and the Ausbütteler Riede south of Gifhorn. It is a tributary of the Aller Canal at Winkel [de] (a district of Gifhorn). List of rivers of Lower Saxony...
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by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Heidekreis, Celle, Gifhorn, Peine, Hildesheim, Hameln-Pyrmont, Schaumburg and Nienburg. The Hanover...
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Mittellandkanal ("Midland Canal"). It is bordered by the districts of Gifhorn and Helmstedt. The total annual precipitation is about 532 mm (21 in) which...
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helicopters. These are located in Fuhlendorf (north, with satellite airfield in Gifhorn), Blumberg (east), Fuldatal (centre), Oberschleißheim (south) and Sankt...
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dictionary. Triangel may refer to: Sassenburg-Triangel, a village near Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany Triangel (vehicle manufacturer), a Danish vehicle...
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Burgdorf Celle Fallingbostel Gifhorn Harburg (county offices in Hamburg-Harburg) Isenhagen (to 1932, then to Landkreis Gifhorn) Lüchow-Dannenberg (county...
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not have full sovereignty included the states of Dannenberg, Harburg, Gifhorn, Bevern, Osterode, Herzberg, Salzderhelden, and Einbeck. While a total...
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Geyer (Saxony) Giengen an der Brenz (Baden-Württemberg) Giessen (Hesse) Gifhorn (Lower Saxony) Ginsheim-Gustavsburg (Hesse) Gladbeck (North Rhine-Westphalia)...
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flood control of the river. In a 20-kilometre-long (12 mi) section near Gifhorn, the river meanders in its natural river bed. The river's name, which was...
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Kreise (districts) Gifhorn Goslar Göttingen Helmstedt Northeim Osterode Peine Wolfenbüttel Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns) Braunschweig (Brunswick)...
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is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Uelzen, Gifhorn, Hanover and Heidekreis. The district is located in the southernmost parts...
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Westerbeck is a district of the municipality of Sassenburg in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. Westerbeck is to the east of the Neudorf-Platendorf...
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