Giesen () is a
village
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and a municipality in the
district of Hildesheim, in
Lower Saxony
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,
Germany
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. It is situated approximately 6 km northwest of
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...
, and 22 km southeast of
Hanover
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.
The municipality includes five villages:
*
Ahrbergen (pop. 2,219)
*
Emmerke (pop. 1,684)
* Giesen (pop. 3,401)
*
Groß Förste (pop. 795)
*
Hasede (pop. 1,606)
Gallery
File:Gross Giesen Kirche.JPG, Gross Giesen, Sankt-Vitus-Kirche
Giesen AmThie1.jpg, Klein Giesen, estate next to the village place
File:Ahrbergen, dorpszicht IMG 4613 2018-07-02 11.38.jpg, Ahrbergen, view to the village
File:Gross Förste, die katholische Kirche Sankt Pankratius IMG 4626 2018-07-02 11.52.jpg, Gross Förste, catholic church: Kirche Sankt Pankratius
File:Hasede, die Sankt Paulus Kirche IMG 4635 2018-07-02 12.02.jpg, Hasede, church: die Sankt Paulus Kirche
Siegfried-Giesen.jpg, Siegfried-Giesen mining hamlet
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the community:
* Hermann Schnipkoweit (born 1928), politician (CDU)
Personalities associated with this community:
*
Michael Weiner (born 1969), football referee, lives in the district of Hasede
References
External links
Hildesheim (district)
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