Gehrden

Gehrden
Town
Church of Saint Margaret
Coat of arms
Location of Gehrden within Hanover district
Gehrden Show map of Germany Gehrden Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°18′42″N 9°36′01″E / 52.31167°N 9.60028°E / 52.31167; 9.60028
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)[1]
• 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.

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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.

Sport[edit]

• 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

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