Giesenkirchen

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.

Giesenkirchen, view to a street: Konstantinplatz
Giesenkirchen, St Gereon's Church