In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

Giessen , spelled Gießen in German ( -RSB- -RSB- , is a town in the German federal state ( " Bundesland " ) of Hesse , capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen .
Gießen or Giessen is a city in the German state of Hesse .