Gifhorn (district)

Wappen Landkreis Gifhorn.svg

Gifhorn is a Landkreis (district) in Germany in the state of Lower Saxony. It has about 175.000 inhabitants. Gifhorn is located in the north of Braunschweig.

Towns and sub-administrations

In the district of Gifhorn there are 41 local communities.(numbers of inhabitants from the 30th June, 2005).

Communities

  1.   Gifhorn, Town, autonomous community (42.658)
  2.   Sassenburg (10.946) [Seat: Westerbeck
  3.   Wittingen, Town (12.268)

Samtgemeinden with their local communities

* Seat of Samtgemeinde government

  1.   Barwedel (1.077)
  2.   Bokensdorf (950)
  3.   Jembke (1.901)
  4.   Osloß (1.981)
  5.   Tappenbeck (1.245)
  6.   Weyhausen * (2.648)
  1.   Bergfeld (952)
  2.   Brome * (3.397)
  3.   Ehra-Lessien (1.629)
  4.   Parsau (1.946)
  5.   Rühen (4.672)
  6.   Tiddische (1.268)
  7.   Tülau (1.471)
  1.   Dedelstorf (1.521)
  2.   Hankensbüttel * (4.525)
  3.   Obernholz (940)
  4.   Sprakensehl (1.309)
  5.   Steinhorst (1.444)
  1.   Calberlah (5.236)
  2.   Isenbüttel * (6.183)
  3.   Ribbesbüttel (2.133)
  4.   Wasbüttel (1.950)
  1.   Hillerse (2.615)
  2.   Leiferde (4.335)
  3.   Meinersen * (8.415)
  4.   Müden (Aller) (5.579)
  1.   Adenbüttel (1.724)
  2.   Didderse (1.404)
  3.   Meine * (8.070)
  4.   Rötgesbüttel (2.280)
  5.   Schwülper (6.627)
  6.   Vordorf (3.353)
  1.   Groß Oesingen (2.029)
  2.   Schönewörde (983)
  3.   Ummern (1.593)
  4.   Wagenhoff (1.150)
  5.   Wahrenholz (3.839)
  6.   Wesendorf * (4.982)|}

Area without community (uninhabited)