Giessen
Giessen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Altena, about 7 km southeast of Gorinchem.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,630 residents
- Description: village in Altena, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Giesen” and “Giessen, Netherlands”
- Postal code: 4283
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Giessen and Bomvrije Remise (C).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rijswijk and Andel.
Rijswijk
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rijswijk is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Altena, about 5 km southeast of Gorinchem.
Andel
Village
Andel is a village in the municipality of Altena, North Brabant, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km southeast of Gorinchem.
Uitwijk
Village
Uitwijk is a village in the municipality of Altena, in the Netherlands. It is located about 3 km south of Woudrichem, and just north of Waardhuizen. As of 2021, Uitwijk had 340 inhabitants.
Giessen
Latitude
51.79102° or 51° 47′ 28″ northLongitude
5.03186° or 5° 1′ 55″ eastPopulation
1,630Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL GISOpen location code
9F37Q2RJ+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 9466551984OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Giessen” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Giessen”
- Asturian: “Giessen”
- Catalan: “Giessen”
- Cebuano: “Giessen”
- Chinese: “Giessen”
- Dutch: “Giessen (Noord-Brabant)”
- Dutch: “Giessen”
- Esperanto: “Giessen”
- French: “Giessen”
- Irish: “Giessen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Giessen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Giessen”
- Persian: “خیسن”
- Persian: “گایسن”
- Russian: “Гиссен”
- Turkish: “Giessen”
- Ukrainian: “Гіссен”
- Zeeuws: “Giessen (plekke)”
- Zeeuws: “Giessen”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sporthal De Jager and Ned. Hervormde Kerk Giessen.
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