Linden, Hesse
town in Landkreis Gießen in Hesse, Germany
Linden (German pronunciation: [ˈlɪndn̩] ) is a small town in the Gießen district, central Hesse, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km south of Gießen.
The Dießenbach, a small brook, flows into the Kleebach in Linden.
Geography
Geographical location
To the north, Linden borders the district seat of Gießen, to the east the town of Pohlheim, to the south the municipality of Langgöns, and to the west the municipality of Hüttenberg (Lahn-Dill-Kreis).
Town divisions
The town consists of the boroughs of Großen-Linden and Leihgestern. Großen-Linden includes the settlements of Forst, Oberhof, Am Bergwerkswald, and the Aussiedlerhof (isolated farmstead) Sonnenhof; Leihgestern includes Mühlberg, Gut Neuhof, as well as the Aussiedlerhöfe Hof Konrad, Birkenhof, Berghof, and Ludwigshof.
History
Großen-Linden
The first written mention comes from the Lorsch Codex. According to it, the Villa Lindun was donated to the Lorsch Abbey on February 27, 790. Through another donation to the Lorsch Abbey on June 11, 805, the name Letkestre (Leihgestern) was mentioned for the first time. In the early Middle Ages, Linden was part of the Niederlahngau and was owned by various regional counts before the town finally came into the possession of the Counts of Gleiberg in the 10th century during the time of Otto the Great.
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