Gehrden

Gehrden is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southwest of Hanover.

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