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Gießen District
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district in Hesse, Germany
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.