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Garbsen | |
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Location of Garbsen within Hanover district  | |
 Location of Garbsen | |
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| Coordinates:52°25′06″N09°35′53″E / 52.41833°N 9.59806°E /52.41833; 9.59806 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hanover |
| Subdivisions | 13 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–26) | Claudio Provenzano[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 79.49 km2 (30.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 61,594 |
| • Density | 774.9/km2 (2,007/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 30823, 30826, 30827 |
| Dialling codes | 05131, 05137, 0511, 05031, 05032 |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| Website | www.garbsen.de |
Garbsen (German pronunciation:[ˈɡaʁpsn̩]ⓘ) is a town in thedistrict of Hanover, inLower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the riverLeine, approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northwest ofHanover. The name Garbsen can be traced back to 1223. Today's 13 city districts have partly developed independently until the city of Garbsen was formed within its current boundaries during the regional reform in 1974.
In the course of industrialization and especially after theSecond World War, the population of Garbsen and its predecessor municipalities increased significantly. In 1963, the current districtAuf der Horst was created as a residential and working class district for up to 10,000 residents. Originally planned by the state capital Hannover,Auf der Horst became an important factor for the independent urban development of Garbsen in the following years.
In the first decades of the post-war period, Garbsen was primarily a classiccommuter town for numerous workers in Hanover's industrial enterprises such asVW Nutzfahrzeuge,Continental orVARTA, todayJohnson Controls.[which?] Since then Garbsen has experienced a significant change in the economic structure. Predominantly medium-size enterprises from different industries were created or settled, the number of the jobs more than doubled itself.
With the Production Technology Center (PZH) and the Underwater Technology Center, Garbsen is home to significant parts of the Mechanical Engineering Department of theLeibniz University of Hannover. By the winter semester 2019/2020, the entire Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is to be united on the Garbsen campus, which is currently under construction.[needs update]
Garbsen belongs to the Weser-Aller-Flachland natural area and is situated between the lowlands of the river Leine and the Otternhagener Moor. The differences in altitude are only a few metres.
The town consists of 13[3] districts:
The soils in the city area are predominantly sandy or boggy (Moorgeest), with the exception of the loamy-clayey soils in the area of the Leine floodplain. The sandy to gravelly deposits are fluviatile formations of the last cold period, the Weichsel cold period, e.g. in the area of Altgarbsen and Havelse, as well as elsewhere, such as Frielingen and Meyenfeld, meltwater deposits partly with overlaying ground moraine of the Saale cold period (Drenthe stage). Furthermore, fine to medium sand dunes can be found in the area of Garbsen Switzerland and Ricklingen Castle. These dunes can also be found at the "Hexenturm" in the neighbouring Hinüberschen Garten and at the Glockenberg in the monastery forest of Marienwerder.
The sand was mined in several places in (old) Garbsen in the time beginning before theFirst World War until 1970 and was burned to lime sand bricks in the Garbsen hard stone works (Kiebitzmoor, "Garbsen", "Niedersachsen", "Hansa" and "Hannover"). Thus Garbsen's hills disappeared, and today only street names remind us of them (among them Osterberg, Mühlenberg, Streitberg, Pottberg). Sand and gravel for construction purposes were extracted in the pit of today's Blue Lake.
Near-surface clays and claystones of the Lower Cretaceous can be found in the area of the Berenbostel district. In the area of Berenbostel the marly claystones of marine origin belong to the formation of the Barremium and the Aptium, further north to Stelingen, Osterwald and Heitlingen the claystones belong to the formation of the Hauterivium. Since the middle of the 19th century the clays were also mined and used for brick production (Hannoversche Ziegelei at the Kastendamm: today Schwarzer See and Berenbosteler See, Flemmingsche Ziegelei in the field "Im Kolke": today backfilled (contaminated site) and built over as the Garbsen-Ost industrial area).
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