Garbsen

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Garbsen
Wappen = Wappen Garbsen.jpg
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 25 | lat_sec=06
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 35 | lon_sec=53
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Hanover (district)
Höhe = 50
Fläche = 79.31
Einwohner = 63097
Stand = 2005-09-30
PLZ = 30823, 30826, 30827
Vorwahl = 05131, 05137, 0511, 05031, 05032
Kfz = H
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 41 005
Gliederung = 12 districts
Adresse = Rathausplatz 1
30823 Garbsen
Website = [http://www.garbsen.de www.garbsen.de]
Bürgermeister = Alexander Heuer
Partei = SPD

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 12 districts:
* Altgarbsen
* Auf der Horst
* Berenbostel
* Frielingen
* Garbsen-Mitte
* Havelse
* Heitlingen
* Horst
* Meyenfeld
* Osterwald
* Schloss Ricklingen
* Stelingen

Twinning

* (France)
* )
* (United Kingdom)
* , USA)
* , Germany)
* )

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

External links

* [http://www.garbsen.de Official site]