Giessen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant.

[3] Giessen developed in the Middle Ages along the Afgedamde Maas.

[4] The Dutch Reformed church was dates was built on a terp (artificial living hill) in the 14th century.

[6] Giessen nowadays forms a single urban area with Rijswijk.

[5] There are no visible traces of this castle, except for a small monument that marks its location.