What is "jessen"

Jessen is a municipality on the Black Elster river and lies in the eastern part of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Wittenberg.

Jessen may refer to:

• Jessen (Elster), a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Jessen (surname), a Danish surname
• A typeface created by Rudolf Koch

Jessen is a Danish patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Jes, which is a short form of Jens (equivalent of biblical Ioanne from Schleswig.

Persons called Jessen:

• Børge Jessen (1907–1993), Danish mathematician
• Carl Wilhelm Jessen, (1764-1823) Danish Naval Officer
• Christian Jessen (* 1977), British television presenter
• Gianna Jessen (b. 1977), American recording artist and pro-life activist
• Ida Jessen (b. 1964), Danish author
• Karl Jessen, Russian admiral during the Russo-Japanese War
• Knud Jessen (1884–1971), Danish botanist and geologist
• His son, also Peter Willers Jessen (1824–1912), Danish psychiatrist
• Ulla Jessen (b. 1946), Danish actress