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Unusual Attractions in Giessen

Giessen, Germany

Mathematikum

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

Giessen, Germany

Gießkannenmuseum (Watering Can Museum)

An homage to the humble watering can.

Giessen, Germany

Grave of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Final resting place of the humble physicist who discovered X-rays, and made the invisible visible.

Giessen, Germany

The Three Gossips

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

Giessen, Germany

Schlammbeiser Statue

Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.

Giessen, Germany

Elefantenklo

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

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Heiliger Stein (Holy Stone)

A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.

9 miles from Giessen

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