Editing Giessen (section)

{{Short description|Town in Hesse, Germany}}
{{other uses|Giessen (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadt
|name = Giessen
|German_name      = ''Gießen''
|image_photo      = 2004-JLU Gießen Sicherlich.jpg
|imagesize        =
|image_caption    = Main building of [[Justus Liebig University]]
|image_coa = DEU Gießen COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|50|35|N|8|40|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Landkreis Gießen Gießen.png
|plantext =
|state = Hessen
|region = Giessen
|district = Giessen
|elevation = 159
|area = 72.55
|postal_code = 35390–35398
|area_code = 0641, 06403
|licence = GI
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 31 005
|divisions         = 6 [[Stadtteil]]e
|website           = [https://www.giessen.de/ www.giessen.de]
|mayor             = Frank-Tilo Becher<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=[[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]]|format=XLS}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;27
|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister
|party = SPD
}}
'''Giessen''', spelled '''{{lang|de|Gießen}}''' in German ({{IPA|de|ˈɡiːsn̩|-|De-Gießen.ogg}}), is a town in the [[Germany|German]] [[States of Germany|state]] ({{lang|de|Bundesland}}) of [[Hesse]], capital of both the [[Giessen (district)|district of Giessen]] and the [[Giessen (region)|administrative region of Giessen]]. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Einwohnerstatistik |url=https://www.giessen.de/media/custom/684_19215_1.PDF?1722847275?direct |access-date=2024-08-05}}</ref>

The name comes from ''Giezzen'', as it was first referred to in 1197, which refers to the position of the town between several rivers, lakes and streams.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} The largest river in Giessen is the [[Lahn]], which divides the town in two parts (west and east), roughly {{convert|50|km|0|abbr=off}} north of [[Frankfurt am Main]]. Giessen is also home to the [[University of Giessen]].

In 1969, the town hosted the ninth ''[[Hessentag]]'' state festival.