Talk:Giessen (region)

Copying from German Wiki?

Sorry to spam here, but I did a basic translation regarding the history and regional presidents of the Giessen region. I can't seem to find the policies on doing this (translating from other-language wikis to the English wiki), so I figured I would drop it in here. Also, I tried to keep to the basics, so I'm sure there's something debatable. Here it is:

Sonderstatusstädte ("special status" cities -- over 50,000 inhabitants)
Gießen Marburg Wetzlar

History

A law for reorganising the government districts and regional planning began October 15, 1980. As a result, the Hessian state government, under Prime Minster Holger Boerner, established the Regierungsbezirk of Gießen on January 1, 1981. The new region was the smallest of the three in Hesse, lying between Darmstadt and Kassel. This new layout mimicked a similar setup that existed between 1945 and 1968, with the three regions being Darmstadt, Kassel and Wiesbaden. In 1968 however, Wiesbaden was dissolved and the area was assigned to Darmstadt.

As a result of the reorganisation, the counties of Gießen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf and Vogelsbergkreis were added to this new region, known as Mittlehessen (Central Hesse). Prior to this, the county Marburg-Biedenkopf (formerly the regional government of Kassel) had belonged to the region of Darmstadt.

Regional Presidents

• 1981 - 1987 Knut Müller (SPD)
• 1987 - 1989 Dr. Tilman Pünder (CDU)
• 1989 - 1991 Dr. Alois Rhiel (CDU), currently the Hessian Minister for Economy, Transportation and Regional Development.
• 1991 - 1999 Hartmut Bäumer, first "green" regional president in Germany.
• 1999 - current (March 2007) Wilfried Schmied (CDU)

Asinine17 21:37, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

History

Howard from NYC (talk) 21:28, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Q: anyone else interested in regional history? effects of re-unification of East Germany & West Germany after 'fall of the wall'?