Giesenkirchen is a district in the city of Mönchengladbach in the eastern part of the Lower Rhine region, Germany.
This deed mentions the donation of a newly cleared plot of land, the so-called Neubruchzehnt, made by the provost of St. Gereon in Cologne.
As of 2009 the Council Members were Giesenkirchen North: Horst-Peter Vennen (SPD), Giesenkirchen-South: Ralf Kremer (CDU).
In 2000, Hans-Willi Körfges (SPD), a native of Giesenkirchen, became a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The school reached its final form with the construction of a new building with four classrooms, teaching materials and teachers' lounge room in 1912.
Due to low student numbers, the Catholic elementary school at Bauerstraße was dissolved in 1969.