Everything about Gie En District totally explained
Gießen is a
Kreis (
district) in the middle of
Hesse,
Germany. Neighboring districts are
Marburg-Biedenkopf,
Vogelsbergkreis,
Wetteraukreis,
Lahn-Dill.
History
In
1821 the duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt created districts (called
Landratsbezirke) in the reorganisation of its internal administration. In the area of today's district the districts of Gießen and Grünberg were created.
1822 another district called Hungen was created. In
1832 these entities were replaced with bigger structures, now called
Kreis. There were still two districts, Gießen und Grünberg.
1837 several municipalities moved from Grünberg to Gießen, and Grünberg in exchange acquired some municipalities from Hungen, which became a district again in
1841.
After the revolutionary uprisings of
1848 the districts were dissolved and replaced with a
Regierungsbezirk Gießen, but just four years later the districts were recreated. After the war of
1866 the north-western part of the district became part of
Prussia. In
1874 the district grew in size again.
1938 the city of
Gießen was excluded from the district, and with the dissolution of the district Schotten several municipalities joined the district.
After two minor changes in
1967 and
1971, in
1977 the district was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dillkreis to form the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. In
1979 it was split again, and the district Gießen was recreated. The city Gießen - temporarily merged with
Wetzlar to the city
Lahn - was included into the district.
Geography
The main river of the district is the
Lahn, which crosses the district from north to south.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
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