Garßen is a Lower Saxon village in the southern part of the

Lüneburg Heath Lüneburg Heath (, ) is a large area of heath (habitat), heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen and is ...

and, since 1973, part of the borough of

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle (district), Celle in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller (Germany), Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about ...

in Germany. It lies on the northeastern side of the town.

History

The name of the village is derived from ''Gersnethe'' (1248). Historically Garßen was part of the

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Groß Hehlen Groß Hehlen is a village north of the town of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is linked to the town via the K 27 district road which joins the main B 3 federal highway from Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of ...

. On 1 January 1973 Garßen lost its independence and was incorporated into the borough of Celle. The village is separated into an old and a new area by the B 191 federal road which runs from Celle to

Eschede Eschede () is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated approximately 15 km (10 miles) northeast of Celle, Eschede lies at the border of the Südheide Nature Park, a protected area of large forests and heat ...

and

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. Whilst the new area consists mainly of new houses, in the old part there are several farms and old buildings.

Politics

The head of the parish council (''Ortsbürgermeister'') is Dr. Michael Bischoff (CDU).

Culture and points of interest

The centrepiece of the old village is St Mark's Church (''Markuskirche''), which was built in the middle of the 14th century. Next to the church is the primary school and the special needs school. In addition there is a kindergarten in Garßen and a large hypermarket as well as several small craft shops. Garßen is also known for its sports club, the ''Sportverein SV Garßen Celle'', which under the short name of

SVG Celle Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML-based vector graphics format for defining two-dimensional graphics, having support for interactivity and animation. The SVG specification is an open standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium sin ...

had an unbroken run since 1998 in the Women's 2nd Handball Division (North) in Germany and, in 2009, was promoted to the 1st Division. In addition there has been a

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on the eastern edge of the village for several years on the road to

Lachendorf Lachendorf (West Low German: ''Lachendörp'') is a municipality in the Celle (district), district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km east of Celle. Lachendorf is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collect ...

References

External links

Website of the town of Celle

Website of the village of Garßen
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