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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. Two other major historic cities are Darmstadt and Kassel. With an area of 21,114.73 square ...
Nassau (/ ˈ n æ s ɔː / NASS-aw, also UK: / ˈ n æ s aʊ / NASS-ow, US: / ˈ n ɑː s aʊ / NAHSS-ow, German: ⓘ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in today's Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in western Germany. Named for the town of Nassau, it includes the territory of the Duchy of Nassau, a former sovereign country which ...
The largest part of the province surrounded the province of Upper Hesse in the Grand Duchy of Hesse (People's State of Hesse from 1918). [1] On 1 April 1929, the Free State of Waldeck became a part of Hesse-Nassau after a popular vote, becoming part of the Kassel administrative region.
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1 Bergstraße 2 Darmstadt-Dieburg 3 Groß-Gerau 4 Hochtaunuskreis 5 Main-Kinzig-Kreis 6 Main-Taunus-Kreis 7 Odenwaldkreis 8 Offenbach 9 Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis 10 Wetteraukreis 11 Gießen 12 Lahn-Dill-Kreis
For regional administrative purposes five states, namely Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony, consist of a total of 22 Government Districts (Regierungsbezirke). As of July 2021 Germany is divided into 400 districts (Kreise) on municipal level, these consist of 294 rural districts and 106 urban districts. [33] [34]
Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (German pronunciation: [ˈɡiːsn̩] ⓘ), is a town in the German state (Bundesland) of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students.
The following table lists the highest mountains and hills of the various Hessian landscape and natural regions.. In the Landscape column the major Central Upland ranges and landscapes are listed in bold; the smaller, local subranges or basins (with prominent island-like hills) are listed in italics.