Gifhorn (district)

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. Samtgemeinde Boldecker Land (9.802) Barwedel (1.077) Bokensdorf (950) Jembke (1.901) Osloß (1.981) Tappenbeck (1.245) Weyhausen * (2.648) 2. Samtgemeinde Brome (15.335) Bergfeld (952) Brome * (3.397) Ehra-Lessien (1.629) Parsau (1.946) Rühen (4.672) Tiddische (1.268) Tülau (1.471)

3. Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel (9.739) Dedelstorf (1.521) Hankensbüttel * (4.525) Obernholz (940) Sprakensehl (1.309) Steinhorst (1.444) 4. Samtgemeinde Isenbüttel (15.502) Calberlah (5.236) Isenbüttel * (6.183) Ribbesbüttel (2.133) Wasbüttel (1.950) 5. Samtgemeinde Meinersen (20.944) Hillerse (2.615) Leiferde (4.335) Meinersen * (8.415) Müden (Aller) (5.579)

6. Samtgemeinde Papenteich (23.458) Adenbüttel (1.724) Didderse (1.404) Meine * (8.070) Rötgesbüttel (2.280) Schwülper (6.627) Vordorf (3.353) 7. Samtgemeinde Wesendorf (14.576) Groß Oesingen (2.029) Schönewörde (983) Ummern (1.593) Wagenhoff (1.150) Wahrenholz (3.839) Wesendorf * (4.982)|}

Area without community (uninhabited)

• Giebel (10,36 km²)