Giesen

Summary

Giesen is a municipality without town privileges in Germany^[1]. Giesen ranks in the top 0.9% of municipality_without_town_privileges_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #59 of 6,526).^[2]

Key Facts

• Giesen is located in Hildesheim^[3].
• Giesen is in the country of Germany^[4].
• Giesen's head of government is recorded as Frank Jürges^[5].
• Giesen's image is recorded as Giesen StMartin.jpg^[6].
• Giesen's instance of is recorded as municipality without town privileges in Germany^[7].
• Giesen's instance of is recorded as Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony^[8].
• Giesen's shares border with is recorded as Harsum^[9].
• Giesen's shares border with is recorded as Sarstedt^[10].
• Giesen's shares border with is recorded as Hildesheim^[11].
• Giesen's shares border with is recorded as Nordstemmen^[12].
• Giesen's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Giesen COA.svg^[13].
• Giesen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154914346^[14].
• Giesen's GND ID is recorded as 4250003-5^[15].
• Giesen's locator map image is recorded as Giesen in HI.svg^[16].
• Giesen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92090316^[17].
• Giesen's postal code is recorded as 31180^[18].
• Giesen's Commons category is recorded as Giesen^[19].
• Giesen's licence plate code is recorded as HI^[20].
• Giesen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1168904^[21].
• Giesen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[22].
• Giesen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[23].
• Giesen's German municipality key is recorded as 03254017^[24].
• Giesen's local dialing code is recorded as 05066^[25].
• Giesen's local dialing code is recorded as 05121^[26].
• Giesen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.2, 'lon': 9.8833333333333}^[27].

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Geography

Giesen is in the country of Germany^[4]. Giesen is located in Hildesheim^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+33.90'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34'}^[29]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+70'}^[30] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+72'}^[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+9804'}^[32], {'amount': '+9698'}^[33], {'amount': '+9709'}^[34], {'amount': '+9700'}^[35], {'amount': '+9732'}^[36], and {'amount': '+9747'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality without town privileges in Germany^[7] and Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony^[8].

Why It Matters

Giesen ranks in the top 0.9% of municipality_without_town_privileges_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #59 of 6,526).^[2] Giesen has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38]