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Hesse [a] or Hessen [b] (German: Hessen ⓘ), officially the State of Hesse (German: Land Hessen), is a state in Germany.Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre.
Although it was a fairly widespread practice at the time to rent out troops to other princes, it was the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel who became infamous for hiring out contingents of their army as mercenaries during the 17th and 18th centuries. Hesse-Kassel maintained 7% of its entire population under arms throughout the eighteenth century.
Hermann Karl Hesse (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈhɛsə] ⓘ; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter.Although Hesse was born in Germany's Black Forest region of Swabia, his father's celebrated heritage as a Baltic German and his grandmother's French-Swiss roots had an intellectual influence on him.
The People's State of Hesse (German: Volksstaat Hessen) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1945, as the successor to the Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen) after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, on the territory of the current German states of Hesse and the Rhineland-Palatinate.
Born in Hesse: Philipp der Großmütige - Hieronymus Karl von Colloredo-Mansfeld - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Charlotte Buff - Gebrüder Grimm - Schinderhannes - Johann Christian Senckenberg - Ludwig Erk - Anne Frank - Georg Büchner - Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Justus von Liebig, Friedrich Wöhler, Sebastian Vettel, Otto Hahn ...
The Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel) was annexed by Prussia in 1866, while the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) remained a sovereign realm until the end of the German monarchies in 1918. Since 23 May 2013, the head of the house has been Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse. He descends from the Hesse-Kassel branch of the family, which has been ...
The 1,200-square-foot store also will be “more upscale to a luxury retail level,” Hesse said. Cocoa Dolce has always been known for its attractive, creative packaging, and it already seemed ...
A Bembel and a traditional ribbed Apfelwein glass. Hessian cuisine is based on centuries-old recipes, and forms a major part of the Hesse identity. Reflecting Hesse's central location within Germany, Hessian cuisine fuses north German and south German cuisine, [1] with heavy influence from Bavarian cuisine and Rhenish Hesse.