Giessen

Giessen is a Kreis in the middle of Hessen, . Neighboring districts are , , Wetteraukreis, and Lahn-Dill.
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  • Type: Locality with 268,000 residents
  • Description: district in Hesse, Germany
  • Also known as: Gießen”, “Giessen (district)”, and “Landkreis Gießen

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reiskirchen station and Evangelische Kirche (Burkhardsfelden).

Railway station
Reiskirchen is a railway station in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annerod and Wirberg.

Village
is a small village, part of the municipality , in between Gießen and approximately 70 km north of . has a population of about 3189 people. is situated 4½ km west of Giessen.

Hamlet
is a former monastery complex in the district of Giessen. It is located on the eastern edge of the municipality of between and Göbelnrod, and about eight miles north-west of . is situated 7 km east of Giessen.

Giessen

Latitude
50.5833° or 50° 35′ north
Longitude
8.8192° or 8° 49′ 9″ east
Population
268,000
Elevation
222 metres (728 feet)
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
  • 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
  • French: Arrondissement de Gießen
  • Georgian: გისენის რაიონი
  • German: Landkreis Gießen
  • Greek: διαμέρισμα του Γκίσεν
  • Indonesian: Giessen
  • Interlingue: Subdistrict Gießen
  • Italian: circondario di Gießen
  • Italian: Circondario di Gießen
  • Japanese: ギーセン郡
  • Kazakh: Гисен
  • 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
  • Uzbek: Gießen
  • Vietnamese: Gießen
  • Waray (Philippines): Gießen
  • Western Panjabi: گائیزن

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