Gehrden Knowpia

Gehrden
Gehrden
Town
	Church of Saint Margaret
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gehrden within Hanover district
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	Coordinates: 52°18′42″N 9°36′01″E / 52.31167°N 9.60028°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Government
• Mayor	Cord Mittendorf (SPD)
Area
• Total	42.97 km2 (16.59 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	15,426
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	30989
Dialling codes	05108
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.gehrden.de

Gehrden is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km (6.21 mi) southwest of Hanover.

Notable people edit

Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor, founder of electrical engineering and industrialist,^[2]
Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823–1883), industrialist.^[3]
Hans-Joachim Frey (born 1965), theater director
Maria Schrader (born 1965), actress, screenwriter and director.
Tim Pritlove (born 1967), eventmanager, media artist and member of Chaos Computer Club

Marc Bator (born 1972), newsreader at the Tagesschau 2000–2013, since then at Sat.1
Carolina Bartczak (born 1985), a Canadian actress of Polish descent.

Werner Lueg (1931–2014), athlete, bronze medallist in the 1500m at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Wolfgang Kreißig (born 1970), high jumper
Grischa Niermann (born 1975), racing cyclist
Christian Pampel (born 1979), volleyball national player
Nils Pfingsten-Reddig (born 1982), footnaller, played 517 games
Kristin Demann (born 1993), footballer, played over 170 games and 20 for Germany women
Grant-Leon Ranos (born 2003), Armenian football player

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ "Siemens, Ernst Werner von" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. XVIII. 1905.
^ "Siemens, William" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. XVIII. 1905.