Gießen Travel Guide

 yumyum Says:  This dates back to the 16th century when the city's fortification walls were built. When they were taken away around 1810 it was built over in Biedermeier style. For a long time this corner of the city was used by police and army. From this time comes the name... 

 yumyum Says:  On the green stretch around the town where there used to be the castle ditches rich people built villas. This one was built in 1884/5 and when it came through the war undamaged the American took it and it served as a officer's mess. 

 yumyum Says:  The planning was done by the Viennese architects Fellner and Hellmer. The building was constructed under the lead of a local architect in 1906/7. The building survived WW2 with hardly any damages and the first play performed after the war was Faust by Goethe. 

 yumyum Says:  This is the oldest botanical garden by an university that still remains on the original grounds. It was founded in 1609. The botanical gardens are closed during winter time from 21st October until 19th March. During the rest of the year they have various opening times but... 

 yumyum Says:  Because the Stadtkirche (city church) was destroyed during WW2, in 1949 an emergency church was built with the financial help from the St. Louis church in USA. It's a wooden tent roof construction on stone walls. 

 yumyum Says:  These 3 funny figures can be found right in the middle of the shopping streets. It's very popular to have your picture taken with them. 

 yumyum Says:  The museum is located in these beautiful buildings. They are the Wallenfels'schen and the Leib'schen houses. Unfortunately, I don't know which is which. 

 yumyum Says:  The tower is 50,7 meters high and is considered "the" landmark of Giessen. It was built between 1484 and 1520. The tower always stood independent of the church building, which was destroyed in WW2. You can climb the tower from Tuesday till Saturday from 10 am till 4 pm and... 

 yumyum Says:  Today Giessen's citizens nickname is Schlammbeiser. In the old days before there was a sewage system, a Schlammbeiser was the guy who emptied the toilet buckets with a long stick (Schlamp Eisen). The buckets were sitting in the alleys and people dumped their business from... 

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 Nemorino Says:  A pleasant and elegant place to have a cup of coffee or whatnot before or after the opera. In the photo you can see the City Theater in the background.Cup&Cino is located in a little square at the edge of the pedestrian zone. Don't let it bother you that they have to share... 

 yumyum Says:  Giessen is less than an hour from Frankfurt/Main by regional train and is a crossroad for various train lines, although you will not find ICE trains here. The old station looks pretty from outside. In the station you will find lockers, a newsagent and snack shops and of... 

 yumyum Says:  I always like to see what one euro shops offer to buy. Most cities in Germany have one. All sorts of useful and not so useful things. Mostly one euro 

 Nemorino Says:  The Justus Liebig University was founded in 1607 as the Ludoviciana. It is now named after its most famous scientist, Justus Liebig, who was appointed professor at Giessen in 1824 at the age of 21. According to the university's website, Liebig taught and conducted research... 

 Nemorino Says:  Another group of university buildungs is located in a neighborhood to the southeast of the city center.This is the main building or Hauptgebäude at Ludwigstr. 23. It is often refered to as the Aula because the largest lecture and assembly hall is here. 

 Nemorino Says:  Organ, choir and chamber music concerts are held in this church throughout the year.It was built from 1891 to 1893 and is located at the corner of Goethestr. and Südanlage.From here it is just a short walk through the Theater Park to the Giessen City Theater.