Gehrden

For Gehrden in Saxony-Anhalt, see Gehrden, Saxony-Anhalt.

Gehrden
Town
Church of Saint Margaret
Coat of arms
Location of Gehrden within Hanover district
Location of Gehrden
Gehrden Gehrden
Coordinates: 52°18′42″N 9°36′01″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Government
• Mayor	Cord Mittendorf (SPD)
Area
• Total	43.24 km2 (16.70 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	15,329
• Density	354.5/km2 (918.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	30989
Dialling codes	05108
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.gehrden.de

Gehrden (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯dn̩] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km (6.21 mi) southwest of Hanover and next to the recreation area Deister.

Notable people

• Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor, founder of electrical engineering and industrialist,
• Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823–1883), industrialist.
• Hans-Joachim Frey (born 1965), theater director
• Maria Schrader (born 1965), actress, screenwriter and director.
• Tim Pritlove (born 1967), eventmanager, media artist and member of Chaos Computer Club

• Marc Bator (born 1972), newsreader at the Tagesschau 2000–2013, since then at Sat.1
• Carolina Bartczak (born 1985), a Canadian actress of Polish descent.

Sport

• Werner Lueg (1931–2014), athlete, bronze medallist in the 1500m at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Wolfgang Kreißig (born 1970), high jumper
• Grischa Niermann (born 1975), racing cyclist
• Christian Pampel (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 (born 2003), Armenian football player