GIESSEN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Upper See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse, in the See also:

• GRAND

grand-duchy of Hesse-See also:

• DARMSTADT

Darmstadt, is situated in a beautiful and fruitful valley at the confluence of the Wieseck with the See also:

• LAHN

Lahn, 41 M . N.N.W. of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main on the railway to See also:

• CASSEL
• CASSEL, or KASSEL

Cassel; and at the junction of important lines to See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne and See also:

• COBLENZ (KOBLENZ)

Coblenz . Pop . (1885) 18,836; (1905) 29,149 . In the old See also:

• PART

part of the town the streets are narrow and irregular . Besides the university, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the Stadtkirche, the provincial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government offices, comprising a portion of the old See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle dating from the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, the See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal (now See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

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

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 (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave of Hesse, has a large and valuable library, a botanic See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, medical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, a museum of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history, a chemical laboratory which was directed by Justus von See also:

• LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON, BARON (1803-1873)

Liebig, See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor here from 1824 to 1852, and an agricultural See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include the manufacture of woollen and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• CLOTH

cloth of various kinds, See also:

• MACHINES

machines, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, candles, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and See also:

• BEER

beer . Giessen, the name of which is probably derived from the streams which pour (giessen) their See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters here into the Lahn, was formed in the 12th century out of the' villages Selters, See also:

• ASTER (Gr. /MrTI P, a star)

Aster and Kroppach, for whose See also:

• PROTECTION

protection See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

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

marriage the town came, in 1203, into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the count See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine, See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph of See also:

• TUBINGEN

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, FRIEDRICH KARL CHRISTIAN LUDWIG (1824-1899)

Buchner, Fiihrer See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Giessen and das Lahntal (1891) ; and Aus Giessens Vergangenheit (1885) .