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Geodata Gifhorn
Landkreis Gifhorn · Lower Saxony
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
156,776 parcels, 165 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LGLN · Licence CC BY 4.0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
1,754 tiles of 1 km² each (4.56 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,754 tiles, JSON) | 4.56 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
1,758 tiles of 1 km² each (5.21 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,758 tiles, JSON) | 5.21 GB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
468 tiles, period 2024-05-15–2026-05-26.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (468 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical cycles 2014–2019 — all (102 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
Show historical years individually (13)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2012 (18 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2013 (434 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2015 (19 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2016 (434 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2019 (434 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2020 (34 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2021 (22 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (468 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (56 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (434 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Survey cycle 2014-2015 (34 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
| Survey cycle 2016-2017 (34 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
| Survey cycle 2018-2019 (34 tiles, JSON) | link generates the file on click |
📷 bDOM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
1,724 tiles, period 2025-03-04–2025-04-29.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (1,724 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (4)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2021 (75 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (1,724 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (75 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (1,724 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
The extract is generated on click — larger districts take a few seconds.
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Land use in Landkreis Gifhorn
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the district area of 1,567 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 788 km² | 50.3 % |
| Forest | 528 km² | 33.7 % |
| Residential land | 55 km² | 3.5 % |
| Paths and tracks | 43 km² | 2.7 % |
| Road transport | 27 km² | 1.7 % |
| Water bodies | 23 km² | 1.4 % |
| Woodland | 22 km² | 1.4 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 19 km² | 1.2 % |
| Industry & commerce | 18 km² | 1.1 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 14 km² | 0.9 % |
| Mixed-use area | 13 km² | 0.8 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 6 km² | 0.4 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 432 ha | 0.3 % |
| Other uses | 386 ha | 0.2 % |
| Rail transport | 267 ha | 0.2 % |
| Cemetery | 94 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the district area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Landkreis Gifhorn
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 43.7 m |
| Mean | 71.5 m |
| Maximum | 136.9 m |
Municipalities in Landkreis Gifhorn
- Adenbüttel
- Barwedel
- Bergfeld
- Bokensdorf
- Brome
- Calberlah
- Dedelstorf
- Didderse
- Ehra-Lessien
- Giebel
- Gifhorn
- Groß Oesingen
- Hankensbüttel
- Hillerse
- Isenbüttel
- Jembke
- Leiferde
- Meine
- Meinersen
- Müden (Aller)
- Obernholz
- Osloß
- Parsau
- Ribbesbüttel
- Rötgesbüttel
- Rühen
- Sassenburg
- Schwülper
- Schönewörde
- Sprakensehl
- Steinhorst
- Tappenbeck
- Tiddische
- Tülau
- Ummern
- Vordorf
- Wagenhoff
- Wahrenholz
- Wasbüttel
- Wesendorf
- Weyhausen
- Wittingen
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Data as of: 2026-09-02.