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Giessen (gē`sən), city (1994 pop. 73,705), Hesse, central Germany, on the Lahn River. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Its manufactures include machinery, textiles, rubber goods, and tobacco products. Iron ore is mined nearby. Giessen was chartered by 1248 and became the chief town of Upper Hesse Hesse (hĕs, hēs`ē, hĕs`ə), Ger. Hessen, state (1994 pop. ..... Click the link for more information. . The city was heavily damaged in World War II. It is the seat of a famous university (founded 1607), where the chemist Justus von Liebig taught (1824–52). Giessen a city in central Germany, in Hesse: university (1607). Pop.: 74 001 (2003 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jackson in South Carolina and Giessen in Germany were the bases selected for participation. Hans-Peter Howaldt of the Justus-Liebig-University Medical School in Giessen, Germany, as saying, "The skull is now smooth to the touch, the missing parts replaced by thin but solid bone. This was the case at the universities of Vienna, Heidelberg, and Leiden in the sixteenth century, and Giessen in the early seventeenth. |
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