Gehrden

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Gehrden within Hanover district

52°18′42″N 9°36′01″E / 52.31167°N 9.60028°E / 52.31167; 9.60028CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictHanover Government

• MayorCord Mittendorf (SPD)Area

• Total42.97 km² (16.59 sq mi)Elevation

90 m (300 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total15,426 • Density360/km² (930/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

30989

Dialling codes05108Vehicle registrationHWebsitewww.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

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.