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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 ...
North Hesse (German: Nordhessen) describes the northern part and historical heart of the German federated state of Hesse. The region is – unlike the name Lower Hesse – not a historical territory and also has no established, standard and official administrative function.
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.
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 lion in the bottom half is the lion of Hesse. The lilies in the upper part show the flowers of the martagon lily (German Türkenbund, Lilium martagon), a rare plant which grows in some protected areas of the district. The flowers were taken from the coat of arms of the Lauterbach district.
The Kellerwald in the West Hesse Highlands, with the Hohes Lohr (656.7 m, l), Jeust (585.0 m, m) and Wüstegarten (675.3 m, r); in front are the Gilserberg Heights View from the Amöneburg of the southeastern Amöneburg Basin, the Vogelsberg foothills (right: the 405 and 407 m high Mardorfer Kuppe) and the "actual" Vogelsberg (left rear)
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.
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