A leading order determination of the gluon density in the proton has b
een performed in the fractional momentum range 1.9 . 10(-3) < x(g/p) <
0.1.8 by measuring multi-jet events from boson-gluon fusion in deep-i
nelastic scattering with the H1 detector at the electron-proton collid
er HERA. This direct determination of the gluon density was performed
in a kinematic region previously not accessible. The data show a consi
derable increase of the gluon density with decreasing fractional momen
ta of the gluons.