Giebichenstein

Giebichenstein is a district (Stadtteil) in the north of Halle (Saale) on the eastern bank of the river Saale in the Saxony-Anhalt state of Germany. It is part of the Stadtbezirk Nord.

People

 * German physicist Eduard Grüneisen was born in Giebichenstein.
 * Georg Händel, father of famous composer George Frideric Handel, was town surgeon of Giebichenstein.
 * Georg Friedrich Meier, a German philosopher and aesthetician, died in Giebichenstein.
 * Hans Caspar von Krockow was the Amtshauptmann of Giebichenstein.

Giebichenstein Castle
The Giebichenstein Castle is situated in the north of Giebichenstein district, next to the Saale river.