Giessen | |
Native Name: | German: Regierungsbezirk Gießen |
Native Name Lang: | de |
Settlement Type: | German: [[Regierungsbezirk]] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Germany |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Hesse |
Extinct Title: | Disestablished |
Seat Type: | Region seat |
Seat: | Giessen |
Leader Party: | CDU |
Leader Name: | Christoph Ullrich |
Leader Title: | District President |
Area Total Km2: | 5381.14 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | GDP |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Total |
Demographics1 Info1: | €39.154 billion (2021) |
Giessen (Gießen in German) is one of the three German: [[Regierungsbezirk]]e of Hesse, Germany, located in the middle of the state. It was created on 1 January 1981 from the districts (German: Kreise) of Giessen, Lahn-Dill and Limburg-Weilburg and the German: [[Vogelsbergkreis]], all formerly belonging to Darmstadt, and Marburg-Biedenkopf, formerly belonging to Kassel.
The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was €35.9 billion in 2018, accounting for 1.1% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €47,800 or 105% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 96% of the EU average.[2]