Concept
Hesse
Overview
Hesse or Hessen (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛsn̩]), officially the State of Hesse (German: Land Hessen), is a landlocked state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt am Main, 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 kilometers and a population of over six million, it ranks seventh and fifth, respectively, among the sixteen German states. Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany's second-largest metropolitan area (after Rhine-Ruhr), is mainly located in Hesse.
As a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Charles marries his sister to the Prince of Hesse--He is besieged in Stralsund and escapes to Sweden--The enterprise of Baron Gortz his premier--Plans of reconciliation with the Czar--An attack on England--Charles besieges Frederickshal in Norway--He is killed--His character--Gortz is beheaded. DURING these preparations the King gave his only surviving sister in marriage to Frederic, Prince of Hesse-Cassel.
Voltaire, Voltaire's history of Charles XII, king of Sweden
Names Hesse twice; opens on Hesse.
These two provinces are secured from the incursions of the petty Tartar tribes, by lines extending from the Boristhenes to the Tanais, and well furnished with forts and redoubts. Farther northward we cross the Tanais, and come into the government of Worownitz, or Veronise, which extends as far as the banks of the Palus Mæotis. In the neighbourhood of the capital of this province, which is called, by the Russians…
Voltaire, The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia
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