The University of Gießen (Giessen), officially called Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen after its most famous member, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of artificial fertilizer. Freiherr Justus von Liebig (May 12, 1803 in Darmstadt, Germany - April 18, 1873 in Munich, Germany) was a German chemist. ...

The University of Gießen was founded in 1607 as a Lutheran university in the city of Gießen in Hesse-Darmstadt because the all-Hessian Landesuniversität, the neighboring University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg) in Marburg, Hesse-Kassel, founded in 1527, had become Reformed (i.e., Calvinist). It was then called "Ludoviciana" and only renamed after World War II. Belonging to a very small and poor German state, Gießen was always a minor and poor German university, a "stepping-stone university" where professors had their very first chair but moved on as soon as they could (with the exception of the strong agricultural and veterinary fields). Its academic heyday was the mid-19th century. Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Gießen (Giessen pronunciation) is a city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Hesse in Germany, capital of both the Gießen district and the Gießen region . ... The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt came into existence in 1568, as the portion of George, youngest of the four sons of Landgrave Philipp of Hesse. ... The University of Marburg, officially called Philipps-Universität Marburg after its founder, the Landgrave Philipp I of Hesse (usually called the Magnanimous), was founded in 1527 and is the worlds first and oldest Protestant university. ... Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. ... Hesse-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel) was a German principality that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1568 upon the death of Landgrave Philip of Hesse and his eldest son Wilhelm IV inherited the northern portion and established his capital in Kassel. ... Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ... In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

After the different Hessian states were (re-)united in 1929, both universities became public universities of that German state. The University of Gießen now has almost 22,000 students and 8,500 employees. With its Fachhochschule, it makes Gießen the most student-dominated German city, although it feels much less like an "academical village" than the classical German universities of Göttingen, Tübingen, Heidelberg or Marburg. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... it is a gay university Austria Categories: Section stubs | Education in Germany ... The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. ... Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen) is a state-supported university. ... The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; also known as simply University of Heidelberg) was established in the town of Heidelberg in the Rhineland in 1386. ...

Next to Liebig, famous Gießen professors included the theologian Adolf von Harnack, the lawyer Rudolf von Jhering, the economist and statistician Etienne Laspeyres, the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, the gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka, the philologist and archaeologist Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, and the orientalist Eberhard Schrader. It is indicative that all the most famous students of Gießen were locals, born in Hesse-Darmstadt. They include the German romantic dramatist and revolutionary Georg Büchner, the literary and political historian Georg Gottfried Gervinus and the botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius. Theology is literally reasonable discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Adolf von Harnack, German theologian Adolf von Harnack (May 7, 1851 - June 10, 1930), was a German theologian and science administrator. ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... Rudolf von Jhering (also Ihering) (22 August 1818 - 17 September 1892) was a German jurist. ... An economist is someone who studies Economics. ... For Wikipedia statistics, see m:Statistics Statistics is the science and practice of developing human knowledge through the use of empirical data expressed in quantitative form. ... (Ernst Louis) Etienne Laspeyres (Halle an der Saale, November 28, 1834 – August 4, 1913) was Professor ordinarius of Economics and Statistics or State Sciences and cameralistics in Basel, Riga, Dorpat, Karlsruhe and finally for 26 years in Giessen. ... The word physicist should not be confused with physician, which means medical doctor. ... Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (March 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923) was a German physicist, of the University of Würzburg, who, on November 8, 1895, produced wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are now known as x-rays or Röntgen Rays. ... Gestalt is a German word meaning shape or form. ... A psychologist is a researcher and/or a practitioner of psychology. ... Kurt Koffka (Berlin, March 18, 1886 - 1941) was a Gestalt psychologist. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1784-1868), German philologist and archaeologist, was born at Grünberg in the grand duchy of Hesse. ... Eberhard Schrader (January 7, 1836 - July 4, 1908), was a German orientalist. ... Georg Büchner (October 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Georg Gottfried Gervinus (May 20, 1805 - March 18, 1871), German literary and political historian, was born at Darmstadt. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Johann Jakob Dillen (Dillenius) (1684 - April 2, 1747) was a German botanist. ...

External link

• University of Gießen homepage in English (http://www.uni-giessen.de/uni/english/)