Gleidingen is a part of the town of Laatzen in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The origins of the St. Gertruden-Kirche (St Gertrud Church) in Gleidingen date back to the 12th century.

The building on Hildesheimer Strasse was changed multiple times afterwards.

A memorial for Danish-Norwegian Vice-Admiral Peter Wessel, called Tordenskiold (lit.

"Thundershield"), has been erected near the site of the duel in which he was killed by the Swedishman Jakob Axel Staël von Holstein in 1720.