Gifhorn: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Aller enters the Gifhorn district in the southeast, flows through the town of Gifhorn, takes in the Ise and Oker rivers, and leaves the district in the west. Those interested in river landscapes will find this a specific geographical reference point for a trip to Gifhorn.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Gifhorn.

Geographical setting

Gifhorn is a district in Lower Saxony that extends from the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath in the north to the suburbs of Braunschweig and Wolfsburg in the south.

Waterways

The southern terminus of the Elbe Lateral Canal at the Mittelland Canal is located in Edesbüttel in the Gifhorn district.

Surroundings

In the surroundings of Gifhorn, Warxbüttel is a named, mapped castle feature approximately 14.0 km as the crow flies southwest of the mapped centre of Gifhorn; Mundburg is a named, mapped ruin feature approximately 13.1 km as the crow flies west of this centre. Further afield, Campen and Kampen are named, mapped castle features approximately 17.5 and 17.6 km respectively as the crow flies southeast of the mapped centre. Nearby, Kesselberg is a named, mapped hill feature approximately 4.2 km as the crow flies northwest; the surroundings also include Wieckelah as a named, mapped hill feature approximately 6.3 km away, as well as Fuchsberg and Krähenberg as named, mapped hill features each approximately 7.1 km as the crow flies northwest of the mapped centre.

Culture

Gifhorn’s historic market square includes a half-timbered town hall and a former department store dating from 1570. The International Mill Park is laid out between ponds and lakes in a biotope and contains twelve mills.

Nature

The heathland around Gifhorn is described as pine heath with fine sand dunes, heather and damp dune valleys known as Schlatt.

Further places

For further orientation regarding Gifhorn, local pages are also available for the following places: Abbesbüttel, Behren, Bergfeld, Bokensdorf, Brechtorf, Brome, Calberlah, Dedelstorf, Didderse, Ehra-Lessien, Emmen, Gifhorn, Groß Oesingen, Hagen, Hankensbüttel, Hillerse, Isenbüttel, Leiferde, Meine, Meinersen, Müden, Neudorf-Platendorf, Obernholz, Räderloh, Ribbesbüttel, Rühen, Sassenburg, Schönewörde, Sprakensehl, Steinhorst, Tappenbeck, Tiddische, Tülau, Ummern, Vollbüttel, Vordorf, Wahrenholz, Wesendorf, Weyhausen, Wilsche and Wittingen.

To the higher-level travel overview: Lower Saxony.