Gifhorn (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfhɔʁn] ) is a town and capital of the district of Gifhorn in the east of Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population...
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Gifhorn (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfhɔʁn]) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. The district is located at the border of Saxony-Anhalt and extends from...
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Gifhorn (German: Bahnhof Gifhorn) is a railway station located in Gifhorn, Germany. The station is located on the Berlin-Lehrte Railway and Braunschweig-Uelzen...
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Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (redirect from Francis, Duke of Gifhorn)
brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly founded Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in 1549. He was...
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Gifhorn Castle (German: Schloss Gifhorn) is a castle in Gifhorn, Germany, built between 1525 and 1581 in the Weser Renaissance style. The castle was fortified...
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In 1539, the two remaining brothers divided the Duchy. Francis received Gifhorn while Ernest I remain in Lüneburg. Sophie of Mecklenburg Henry V, Duke...
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during the administrative reforms of the 1970s. Municipalities lost: to Gifhorn Ahnebeck Bergfeld Brechtorf Eischott Hoitlingen Parsau Rühen Tiddische...
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Gifhorn – Peine is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under...
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The Duchy of Gifhorn (German: Herzogtum Gifhorn) with its residence at Gifhorn Castle was founded in 1539 and lasted only 10 years until the death of...
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and was incorporated into Wolfsburg in 1972. Before 1972, it belonged to Gifhorn. In 1939, Fallersleben had 2,600 inhabitants. August Heinrich Hoffmann...
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