Giessenburg

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Giessenburg

Total population

4,886

Coordinates51.85°, 4.89°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Giessenburg is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 6 km west of Gorinchem.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

H

Herbertus Bikker

Dutch Nazi collaborator (1915–2008)

K

Klaas Hendrikse

Dutch priest (1947–2018)

Johan de Kock

Dutch footballer

Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne

Dutch politician (1869-1941)

Aad Nuis

Dutch politician, political scientist and literary critic (1933-2007)

Arie Noordergraaf

Dutch politician

J

Johan Oomen

Dutch snooker referee

Gerrit J. Geysendorffer

Dutch aviator (1892-1947)

E

Evert den Hartog

Dutch sculptor

Douwe Klaas Wielenga

Dick de Boer

Dutch historian

J

Jorien van den Herik

Dutch businessman

Henri Wijnoldy Daniëls

Dutch fencer (1889-1932)

S

Stefan van Dam

Dutch football player

Adriaan Volker

Dutch general contractor (1827-1903)

D

Daniël Mensch

Dutch rower

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Holland

• Giessen-Oudekerk
  1.1 mi away · pop. 815
• Schelluinen
  1.6 mi away · pop. 1,270
• Boven-Hardinxveld
  2 mi away · pop. 4,475
• Ottoland
  2.9 mi away · pop. 983
• Molenaarsgraaf
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,160
• Hoornaar
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,815
• Goudriaan
  3.5 mi away · pop. 919
• Gorinchem
  4 mi away · pop. 37,022
• Hoogblokland
  4 mi away · pop. 1,400
• Brandwijk
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,291
• Noordeloos
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,786
• Arkel
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,439

Browse all places in South Holland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers