Gifhorn

Gifhorn is a town and capital of the district of Gifhorn in the east of Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of around 42,000 and is for the most part affected by the little separation to the more modern and economically significant urban communities close-by, Brunswick and Wolfsburg. Further, Gifhorn is a piece of the Hanover-Brunswick-Gottingen-Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. The Municipality Gifhorn incorporates the towns of Gamsen, Gifhorn, Kastorf, Neubokel, Wilsche and Winkel. The most seasoned evident source validates the presence of the city in the year 1196.

Gifhorn is home to the International Wind-and Watermill Museum, which contains a thorough accumulation and working reproductions of the world's most regular windmills. Gifhorn lies at the juncture of the Rivers Ise and Aller. Gifhorn is arranged around 20 km north of the city of Brunswick and around 15 km west of Wolfsburg. In the city, the Bundesstrabe 4 and 188 meet. At the northern end of the city, the Luneburg Heath begins. Gifhorn was first referenced in 1196. It was situated at the intersection of two then significant shipper courses: The salt road being a fundamental exchanging course for salt among Luneburg and Brunswick, and the grain road transporting grain among Celle and Magdeburg.