- Gifhorn
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Name = Gifhorn
Wappen = Wappen Gifhorn.png
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 29 |lat_sec = 19
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 32 |lon_sec = 47
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Gifhorn
Höhe = 50 - 68
Fläche = 104.86
Einwohner = 42143
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 38501–38510, 38516, 38518
PLZ-alt = 3170
Vorwahl = 05371
Kfz = GF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 1 51 009
Gliederung = 6 districts
Adresse = Marktplatz 1
38518 Gifhorn
Website = [http://www.stadt-gifhorn.de/ www.stadt-gifhorn.de]
Bürgermeister = Manfred Birth
Partei = IndependentGifhorn (IPA2|ˈgɪfhɔʁn) is a town and capital of the district Gifhorn, in
Lower Saxony ,Germany . It is situated at the confluence of the Ise river and theAller river, near the cities ofHannover ,Celle , andWolfsburg . Gifhorn is home to the World Windmill Museum which contains a comprehensive collection and working replicas of the world's most common windmills.History
Gifhorn was first mentioned in 1196, when it was located at the crossing of two important merchant routes, one transporting
salt betweenLüneburg andBraunschweig , the other transporting grain between Celle andMagdeburg .Education
Schools in Gifhorn include the
Humboldt Gymnasium , theOtto-Hahn-Gymnasium , Fritz-Reuter-Realschule, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Realschule, Albert-Schweitzer-Hauptschule, Alfred-Teves-Hauptschule and the Berufsbildenden Schulen I and II.Twin towns
*
Xanthi ,Greece
*Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi ,Ukraine
*Dumfries ,Scotland
*Gardelegen ,Germany (Saxony-Anhalt )
*Hallsberg ,Sweden External links
* [http://www.stadt-gifhorn.de/ Gifhorn homepage] de icon
* [http://www.muehlenmuseum.de International museum of mills] de icon
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.