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Gießen District
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district in Hesse, Germany
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Vinony's link graph records 191 inbound references to Gießen District, and connects out to district of Germany, Hesse and Lich.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including Districts of Hesse, Giessen (district) and Giessen (region).
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Hesse
- Adm region
- Giessen
- Capital
- Giessen
- District admin
- Anita Schneider ( SPD )
- Total
- 854.66 km (329.99 sq mi)
- Density
- 314.06/km (813.42/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- GI
- Website
- https://www.lkgi.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Giessen
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Giessen Government Region
- Contains
- Wettenberg
- Capital
- Giessen
- Population
- 253041
- Area
- 854.66
- Elevation
- 222
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Lahn-Dill-Kreis
- Official website
- www.landkreis-giessen.de
- Licence plate code
- GI
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- Commons category
- Landkreis Gießen
- topic's main category
- Category:Giessen (district)
- inception
- 1832-00-00
- female population
- 136741
- P11012
- Mihirakula
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Encyclopedic overview
Giessen (Landkreis Giessen in German) ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡiːsən]) is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hessen, Germany. Neighboring districts are Marburg-Biedenkopf, Vogelsbergkreis, Wetteraukreis, and Lahn-Dill.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gießen District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.