Giessen

Giessen is a Kreis in the middle of Hessen, . Neighboring districts are , , Wetteraukreis, and Lahn-Dill.
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  • Locality with about 269,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (730 feet)
  • Description: district in Hesse, Germany
  • Also known as
    “Gießen”
    “Giessen (district)”
    “Gießen District”
    “Landkreis Gießen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reiskirchen station and Evangelische Kirche (Burkhardsfelden).
Reiskirchen is a railway station in , , .
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is a church.
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annerod and Wirberg.
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is a small village, part of the municipality… is situated 4½ km west of Giessen.
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is a former monastery complex in the district of Giessen. is situated 7 km east of Giessen.

Giessen

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Latitude
50.5833° or 50° 35′ north
Longitude
8.8192° or 8° 49′ 9″ east
Open location code
9F2CHRM9+8M
Geo­Names ID
3305827
Wiki­data ID
Q7904

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Panjabi—“Giessen” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Gießen”
  • Armenian: “Գիսեն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gissen”
  • Bavarian: “Landkroas Gießen”
  • Belarusian: “Гісен (раён)”
  • Belarusian: “Гісен”
  • Belarusian: “Раён Гісен”
  • Catalan: “Gießen”
  • Cebuano: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Central Kurdish: “گیسن”
  • Chinese: “吉森县”
  • Croatian: “Gießen (okrug)”
  • Croatian: “Gießen”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Gießen”
  • Danish: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Dutch: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Gießen”
  • Finnish: “Gießenin piirikunta”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Giessen”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Gießen”
  • Georgian: “გისენის რაიონი”
  • German: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Greek: “διαμέρισμα του Γκίσεν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז גיסן”
  • Hungarian: “Gießen járás”
  • Indonesian: “Giessen”
  • Interlingue: “Subdistrict Gießen”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Gießen”
  • Japanese: “ギーセン郡”
  • Kazakh: “Гисен”
  • Korean: “기센군”
  • Kurdish: “Giessen”
  • Ladin: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Low German: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Macedonian: “Гисен”
  • Malay: “Gießen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gießen (Lönjkris)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gießen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Norwegian: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Persian: “گیسن (ناحیه)”
  • Persian: “گیسن”
  • Polish: “Powiat Gießen”
  • Portuguese: “Gießen”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Gießen”
  • Russian: “Гисен”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Gießen”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Gießen”
  • Spanish: “Giessen”
  • Spanish: “Gießen”
  • Swedish: “Landkreis Giessen”
  • Swedish: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Turkish: “Landkreis Gießen”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіссен”
  • Urdu: “گیسن (ضلع)”
  • Urdu: “گیسن”
  • Uzbek: “Gießen”
  • Vietnamese: “Gießen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gießen”
  • Western Panjabi: “گائیزن”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nonnen Köpfen and Dautenberg.

Hesse: Highlights

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