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Rhenish Hesse or Rhine Hesse [1] [2] (German: Rheinhessen, pronounced [ʁaɪnˈhɛsn̩]) is a region and a former government district (Regierungsbezirk) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is made up of territories west of the Upper Rhine river that were part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and its successor in the Weimar Republic , the ...
Rheinhessen. Rheinhessen (in English often Rhine-Hesse or Rhenish Hesse) is the largest of 13 German wine regions (Weinanbaugebiete) for quality wines (QbA and Prädikatswein) with 26,758 hectares (66,120 acres) under cultivation in 2018.
Rhenish Hesse (German: Rheinhessen) is a region in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate that, from 1816 to 1945 was part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, something that still causes confusion today. Articles about the capital of Rhenish Hesse are under Category:Mainz .
It also houses Rhenish Hesse’s oldest bell. Like the surrounding municipalities, Bornheim belonged to the Waldgraves in the Early Middle Ages, and beginning in 1671 to their kin, the Rheingrafen ("Rhine Counts"). After the Napoleonic Wars, the municipality passed, as part of Rhenish Hesse, to the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt.
The term "Rhenish Hesse" (German: Rheinhessen) refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine. It has not been part of the State of Hesse since 1946 due to divisions in the aftermath of World War II. This province is now part of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a hilly countryside largely ...
While Upper Hesse was also the largest province by population at the start of the 19th century, by the end of the grand duchy in 1918 it had become the smallest. The only significant institution which was based here was the University of Giessen. Starkenburg and Rhenish Hesse. Starkenburg and Rhenish Hesse were totally different.
One of the four hills in Rhenish Hesse, the Petersberg. The Rhenish-Hessian Hills (German: Rheinhessisches Hügelland), also called the "Land of the Thousand Hills" (Land der 1000 Hügel), refers to that part of Rhenish Hesse within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Politicians from Rhenish Hesse (12 P) Pages in category "People from Rhenish Hesse" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.