Gifhorn

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Gifhorn is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its location near the confluence of several rivers and its historic windmill museum.

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Label Occurrences
Gifhorn canonical 5
Gifhorn district 2
Gifhorn region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
areaCode 05371
climate temperate oceanic climate
country Germany
distanceTo approximately 15 km west of Wolfsburg
approximately 20 km north of Braunschweig
elevation about 60 m above sea level
hasCulturalInstitution city library
local history museum
hasEducationalInstitution secondary schools
hasIndustry light manufacturing
logistics
services sector
hasLandmark Gifhorn Castle
International Wind- and Watermill Museum
Lake Tankumsee (nearby recreation area)
Old Town Church of St. Nicolai
hasMuseum International Wind- and Watermill Museum
hasPopulation around 40,000 inhabitants (approximate, 2020s)
hasRailConnectionTo Braunschweig
Wolfsburg
hasRailwayStation Gifhorn railway station
surface form: Gifhorn Stadt railway station

Gifhorn railway station
hasRecreationArea Tankumsee
hasRiver Aller
Ise
Mühlengraben
hasSubdivision several districts and quarters
hasTwinTown Gardelegen
Hennebont
Koronowo
Slavkov u Brna
Wolfratshausen
isPartOf District of Gifhorn
isSeatOf District of Gifhorn
knownFor International Wind- and Watermill Museum
locatedIn Lower Saxony
Lüneburg Heath
surface form: Lüneburg Heath region

Northern Germany
surface form: northern Germany
locatedNear confluence of Aller and Ise rivers
locatedOn Deutsche Fachwerkstraße (German Timber-Frame Road)
surface form: German Timber-Frame Road (tourist route, nearby section)
postalCode 38518
regionCode DE-NI
state Lower Saxony
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
vehicleRegistrationCode GF

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Aller flowsThrough Gifhorn
Celle district borders Gifhorn
this entity surface form: Gifhorn district
Aller River flowsThrough Gifhorn
this entity surface form: Gifhorn district
Dumfries hasTwinTown Gifhorn
Ostfälisch spokenIn Gifhorn
this entity surface form: Gifhorn region