Gifhorn

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Gifhorn
Town
Old town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Gifhorn within Gifhorn district
Gifhorn Show map of Germany Gifhorn Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°29′19″N 10°32′47″E / 52.48861°N 10.54639°E / 52.48861; 10.54639
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Subdivisions	6 districts
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Matthias Nerlich[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	104.86 km2 (40.49 sq mi)
Highest elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Lowest elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	43,625
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38501–38510, 38516, 38518
Dialling codes	05371
Vehicle registration	GF
Website	www.stadt-gifhorn.de

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 of about 42,000 and is mainly influenced by the small distance to the more industrial and commercially important cities nearby, Brunswick and Wolfsburg. Further, Gifhorn is part of the Hanover-Brunswick-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. The Municipality Gifhorn includes the villages of Gamsen, Gifhorn, Kästorf, Neubokel, Wilsche and Winkel.

The oldest verifiable source attests the existence of the city in the year 1196.

Gifhorn is home to the International Wind- and Watermill Museum, which contains a comprehensive collection and working replicas of the world's most common windmills.