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Giessen

Also known as Gießen

Giessen is a university town on the Lahn river in Hesse, Germany. It was the main town of Upper Hesse, a province of the landgraviate and later grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, whose ruler founded its university in 1607. The chemist Justus von Liebig taught there from 1824 to 1852, making it a leading centre of chemistry.

Giessen
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Giessen. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/giessen
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