Alter Friedhof Gießen

Alter Friedhof Gießen is a cemetery in Gießen, Giessen, Hesse. Alter Friedhof Gießen is situated near Tanzschule Bäulke, as well as near the art gallery Neuer Gießener Kunstverein.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Giessen, Germany
Also known as: “Старое кладбище (Гиссен)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Alter Friedhof Gießen, Friedhofskapelle and Theater Gießen.

Alter Friedhof Gießen, Friedhofskapelle

Church

Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alter Friedhof Gießen, Friedhofskapelle is a church, which is situated 200 metres northwest of Alter Friedhof Gießen.

Theater Gießen

Theater building

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The Theater Gießen, official name Stadttheater Gießen, is a theatre in Gießen, Germany, a cultural center for the university city and the region. The main building was designed in Neo-classical style with influences of Jugendstil by architects Fellner & Helmer and completed in 1906. Theater Gießen is situated 770 metres west of Alter Friedhof Gießen.

Sporthalle Gießen-Ost

Sports venue

Photo: Emha, CC BY 2.5.

Sporthalle Gießen-Ost is an indoor sporting arena located in Gießen, Germany. The gym was built in the 1960s both as the gym of a nearby high school as well as the gym for the city's professional basketball team, the Giessen 46ers. Sporthalle Gießen-Ost is situated 560 metres southeast of Alter Friedhof Gießen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annerod and Linden.

Annerod

Village

Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Annerod is a small village, part of the municipality Fernwald, in Germany between Gießen and Großen-Buseck approximately 70 km north of Frankfurt. Annerod has a population of about 3189 people. Annerod is situated 4½ km east of Alter Friedhof Gießen.

Linden

Village

Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Linden is a small town in the Gießen district, central Hesse, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km south of Gießen. The Dießenbach, a small brook, flows into the Kleebach in Linden. Linden is situated 6 km southwest of Alter Friedhof Gießen.

Alter Friedhof Gießen

Categories: park, historic site, and burial
Location: Gießen, Giessen, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.58183° or 50° 34′ 55″ north

Longitude

8.68742° or 8° 41′ 15″ east

Open location code

9F2CHMJP+PX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4597149

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q437889

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In Other Languages

From French to Slovenian—“Alter Friedhof Gießen” goes by many names.

French: “cimetière ancien de Giessen”
French: “Cimetière ancien de Giessen”
German: “Alter Friedhof (Gießen)”
German: “Alter Friedhof”
Portuguese: “Alter Friedhof de Gießen”
Russian: “Старое кладбище в Гиссене”
Slovenian: “Alter Friedhof Gießen”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tanzschule Bäulke and Neuer Gießener Kunstverein.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Alter Friedhof and Alter Friedhof.

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