Middle Hesse

The region of Middle Hesse (German: Region Mittelhessen) is one of three planning regions in the German state of Hesse, alongside North and South Hesse. Its territory is identical with that of the administrative province of Gießen (Regierungsbezirk Gießen) and covers the counties of Limburg-Weilburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Marburg-Biedenkopf and Vogelsbergkreis. The Middle Hesse Regional Assembly (Regionalversammlung Mittelhessen), which decides on the regional plan, currently consists of 31 members chosen by the five counties and the three towns with special status: Gießen, Marburg and Wetzlar. The regional assembly has tasked the governing president (Regierungspräsident) with delivering regional management. The Mid-Hesse Regional Management Association (Regionalmanagementverein MitteHessen) was founded on 22 January 2003.

Middle Hesse is geomorphologically a mix of uplands and valley depressions, originally shaped by volcanism. The valley of the Lahn, including the natural regions of the Upper Lahn Valley, Marburg-Gießen Lahn Valley, Weilburg Lahn Valley region and Limburg Basin, bisects the region down the centre. Of the highlands on both sides of the river valley, only the Vogelsberg (to its left) and the Gladenbach Uplands (to its right) lie entirely within Middle Hesse. Of the others, only the northern part of the Eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus, the eastern part of the Westerwald, almost to its highest point, and the (south-)east slopes of the Rothaar at the Kalteiche, including the Haincher Heights and Sackpfeife, are actually within Middle Hesse.

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