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Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (German pronunciation: [ˈɡiːsn̩] ⓘ), is a town in the German state (Bundesland) of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students.
Gießen is a town separated by the Lahn River, creating eastern and western portions. In WWII a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was located here. In 1944 most of the town was destroyed by heavy bombing, including the majority of the town’s historic buildings. The beautiful and lush landscape is situated in a valley.
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Giessen, city, Hessen Land (state), west-central Germany. It lies on the Lahn River between the Westerwald and Vogelsberg (mountains), north of Frankfurt am Main. First mentioned in 1197, it was chartered in 1248 and sold to the landgraves of Hesse in 1267. It was part of independent Hesse-Marburg
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Aug 27, 2022 · Giessen is town in central Germany, north of Frankfurt. It’s known for the Mathematikum, a museum focused on math, with hands-on experiments. Next door, the ...
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Giessen (Gießen in German) is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the middle of the state.It was created on 1 January 1981 from the districts (Kreise) of Giessen, Lahn-Dill and Limburg-Weilburg and the Vogelsbergkreis, all formerly belonging to Darmstadt, and Marburg-Biedenkopf, formerly belonging to Kassel.
At Gießen's Old Cemetery (Alter Friedhof), you can visit the resting place of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who in 1901 won the first Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of x-rays. Giessen's historic botanical Gardens (Botanischer Garten der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen) are Germany's oldest, established in 1609. Managed by the ...
Nov 6, 2020 · 2. Liebig Museum. Source: Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Dguendel used under CC BY 3.0. Keep your Giessen museum binge going, with a trip to the Liebig Museum! When you check out this well-known museum, you will begin to understand why Giessen is known the world around for its chemical advances.
