Garbsen

Garbsen
Town hall
Garbsen
Location of the town of Garbsen within Hanover district
Coordinates	52°25′6″N 9°35′53″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Town subdivisions	13 districts
Mayor	Alexander Heuer (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	79.31 km2 (30.62 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m  (164 ft)
Population	61,790 (31 December 2010)
- Density	779 /km2 (2,018 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	H
Postal codes	30823, 30826, 30827
Area codes	05131, 05137, 0511, 05031, 05032
Website	www.garbsen.de

Garbsen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 11 km northwest of Hanover.

Division of the town

The town consists of 13 districts:

• Altgarbsen
• Auf der Horst
• Berenbostel
• Frielingen
• Garbsen-Mitte
• Havelse
• Heitlingen
• Horst
• Meyenfeld
• Osterwald Oberende
• Osterwald Unterende
• Schloss Ricklingen
• Stelingen

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Garbsen is twinned with:

• Hérouville-Saint-Clair (France)
• Rødding (Denmark)
• Bassetlaw (United Kingdom)
• Farmers Branch (Texas, USA)
• Schönebeck (Elbe) (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
• Września (Poland)

People of Garbsen

• Volker Finke, *March 24, 1948 - former football coach of SC Freiburg
• Frank Pagelsdorf, *February 5, 1958 - football coach of Hansa Rostock
• Erdoğan Atalay, *September 22, 1966 - Actor in Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei

See also

• Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

External links

• Official site