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GIESSEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, See also:capital of the See also:province of Upper See also:Hesse, in the See also:grand-duchy of Hesse-See also:Darmstadt, is situated in a beautiful and fruitful valley at the confluence of the Wieseck with the See also:Lahn, 41 M. N.N.W. of See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main on the railway to See also:Cassel; and at the junction of important lines to See also:Cologne and See also:Coblenz. Pop. (1885) 18,836; (1905) 29,149. In the old See also:part of the town the streets are narrow and irregular. Besides the university, the See also:principal buildings are the Stadtkirche, the provincial See also:government offices, comprising a portion of the old See also:castle dating from the 12th See also:century, the See also:arsenal (now See also:barracks) and the town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (containing an See also:historical collection). The university, founded in 1607 by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis V , See also:landgrave of Hesse, has a large and valuable library, a botanic See also:garden, an See also:observatory, medical See also:schools, a museum of natural See also:history, a chemical laboratory which was directed by Justus von See also:Liebig, See also:professor here from 1824 to 1852, and an agricultural See also:college. The See also:industries include the manufacture of woollen and See also:cotton See also:cloth of various kinds, See also:machines, See also:leather, candles, See also:tobacco and See also:beer.
Giessen, the name of which is probably derived from the streams which pour (giessen) their See also:waters here into the Lahn, was formed in the 12th century out of the' villages Selters, See also:Aster and Kroppach, for whose See also:protection See also:Count See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of Gleiberg built the castle of Giessen. Through See also:marriage the town came, in 1203, into the See also:possession of the count See also:palatine, See also:Rudolph of See also:Tubingen, who sold it in 1265 to the landgrave See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry of Hesse. It was surrounded with fortifications in 1530, which were demolished in 1547, but rebuilt in 156o. In 18o5 they were finally pulled down, and their site converted into promenades.
See O. See also:Buchner, Fiihrer See also:fur Giessen and das Lahntal (1891) ; and Aus Giessens Vergangenheit (1885).
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