Gehrden () is a town in the district of Hanover, in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is situated approximately southwest of

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

and next to the recreation area

Deister The Deister () is a chain of hills in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony, about 15 mi (25 km) southwest of the city of Hanover. It runs in a north-westerly direction from Springe in the south to Rodenberg in the north. The next i ...

Notable people

Werner von Siemens Ernst Werner Siemens ( von Siemens from 1888; ; ; 13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892) was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. He ...

(1816–1892), inventor, founder of electrical engineering and industrialist, *

Carl Wilhelm Siemens Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens (4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883), anglicised to Charles William Siemens, was a German-British electrical engineer and businessman. autobiography Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens FRS FRSA, anglicised to Charles William Sie ...

(1823–1883), industrialist. *

Hans-Joachim Frey Hans-Joachim Frey (born 10 June 1965, in Gehrden, Lower Saxony) is a German cultural manager. From 1997 to 2007, he was Artistic Director of Operations and Director of Opera (from 2003) at the Semperoper in Dresden from 2007 to 2010 and general d ...

(born 1965), theater director *

Maria Schrader Maria Schrader (born 27 September 1965) is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award-winning 2007 film ''Love Life'' and the 2020 Netflix miniseries '' Unorthodox'', for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Ou ...

(born 1965), actress, screenwriter and director. * Tim Pritlove (born 1967), eventmanager, media artist and member of

Chaos Computer Club The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is Europe's largest association of Hacker (computer security), hackers with 7,700 registered members. Founded in 1981, the association is incorporated as an ''eingetragener Verein'' in Germany, with local chapters ...

Marc Bator Marc Bator (born 4 December 1972) is a German journalist and television moderator. Life Bator was born in Hannover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of ...

(born 1972), newsreader at the

Tagesschau (German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, se ...

2000–2013, since then at

Sat.1 Sat.1 () is a German free-to-air television channel that is a part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group. It is considered the first privately owned television network in Germany, having been launched in January 1984 as ''PKS'' ''(Programmgesell ...

Carolina Bartczak Carolina Bartczak (born October 5, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Magda Gurzsky, the wife of Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto, in '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' and as Maura Mackenzie in the CBC film ''An Audience of Chairs''. Early ...

(born 1985), a Canadian actress of Polish descent.

Sport

Werner Lueg Werner Lueg (16 September 1931 – 13 July 2014) was a West German middle distance runner who equalised Lennart Strand's and Gunder Hägg's 1500 m world record in 3:43.0 min in Berlin in 1952. He and Otto Peltzer are the only Germans to ...

(1931–2014), athlete, bronze medallist in the 1500m at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Wolfgang Kreißig Wolfgang Kreißig (born 29 August 1970 in Gehrden, West Germany) is a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. He was a finalist at both 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth and eighth respectively. His bes ...

(born 1970), high jumper *

Grischa Niermann Grischa Niermann (born 3 November 1975 in Hannover) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2012. He started his career in 1997 with the Die Continentale team, where he won the Hessen- ...

(born 1975), racing cyclist *

Christian Pampel Christian Pampel (born 6 September 1979 in Gehrden) is a retired volleyball player from Germany. Career Christian Pampel started his career in Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Hochstetten in 1995. After three years in the Volleyball-boarding school F ...

(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 Grant-Leon Ranos (; born 20 July 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Born in Germany, he represents the Armenia national team. Personal life Ranos was born in Gehrden, Germany. His fat ...

(born 2003), Armenian football player

References

Towns in Lower Saxony Hanover Region {{Hanover-geo-stub