Giesenhausen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Giesenhausen within Westerwaldkreis district
Giesenhausen Show map of Germany Giesenhausen Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°42′13″N 7°43′23″E / 50.70361°N 7.72306°E / 50.70361; 7.72306
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Government
• Mayor (2024–-)	Astrid Lauer
Area
• Total	4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	331
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57612
Dialling codes	02688
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	giesenhausen.de

Giesenhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the edge of the Kroppach Switzerland. The agriculturally oriented residential community of Giesenhausen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

In 1311, Giesenhausen had its first documentary mention.

The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election in May 2014.

The Maifest (“May Festival”), held yearly on 30 April at the grill lodge and organized by the Maijugend (“May Youth”) is a highlight in community life.

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414 leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

• Official Homepage of Giesenhausen (in German)
• Giesenhausen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
• Giesenhausen at swr.de Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in German)