Hesse may refer to:

Place names

• The German State of Hesse (Bundesland Hessen), or an inhabitant there of (1946-present)

• Greater Hesse was a German territory created by the US military administration in at the end of World War II (1945-1946)

• Landgraviate of Hesse (1264-1567) :
  • Hesse-Darmstadt (1567-1945) :
    • Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567-1806)
      • Landgraviate of Hesse-Butzbach (1609–1643)
      • Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg (1622–1866)
        • Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg-Bingenheim
      • Landgraviate of Hesse-Braubach (1625–1651)
      • Landgraviate of Hesse-Itter (1661–1676)
    • Grand Duchy of Hesse (1806-1918)
    • Peoples' State of Hesse (1918-1945)
  • Hesse Kassel (1567-1945)
    • Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (1567-1806)
      • Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg (1627–1834)
      • Landgraviate of Hesse-Eschwege (1627–1755)
      • Landgraviate of Hesse-Philippsthal
        • Landgraviate of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
    • Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (1803–1866)
    • Province of Hesse-Nassau (1868-1945)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels (1567-1583)
  • Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg (1485-1500 and 1567-1604/1650)

• Hesse, Moselle, a place in Lorraine, France

• Hesse District, Upper Canada

Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE7 Capital Wiesbaden Largest city Frankfurt Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 5 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  21,100 km² (8,147 sq mi) Population 6,077,000 (08/2006)[1]  - Density... Flag Greater Hesse (bright orange) within the US-administered zone of post-war Germany (pale orange) Capital Wiesbaden Government Military occupation Commissioner Col. ... Capital Kassel, Marburg Government Monarchy Landgrave  - 1264 – 1308 Henry I the Child  - 1509 – 1567 Philip I the Magnanimous Historical era Middle Ages, Reformation  - Established 1264  - Disestablished 1567 The Landgraviate of Hesse (German: ) was a Landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1264 to 1567 when it was divided between the... Capital Darmstadt Government Monarchy Landgrave  - 1567 - 1596 George I  - 1790 - 1806 Louis X History  - Established 1567  - Disestablished 1806 The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: ) was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Hesse-Homburg was formed into a separate landgraviate in 1622 by the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt to be ruled by his son, although it did not become independent of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1668. ... The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt came into existence in 1568, as the portion of George, youngest of the four sons of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse. ... Flag Anthem: Hessenlied Hesse (red), within Germany at the time of the Weimar Republic Capital Darmstadt Government Republic President  - 1919-1928 Carl Ulrich  - 1935-1945 Jakob Sprenger Historical era Interwar period  - German revolution 9 November, 1918  - Constitution 12 December 1919  - Disestablished 19 September, 1945  - State of Hesse 1 December 1946... Hesse-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel in German) was a German principality that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1568 upon the death of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse. ... Hesse-Kassel Capital Kassel Language(s) German Religion Protestant (Lutheran) Government Principality Landgrave  - 1567–1592 William IV of Hesse  - 1730–1751 Frederick I of Sweden History  - Established 1567  - Elevation to Electorate 1803  - Annexed by France 1806  - Reestablished 1813  - Annexed by Prussia 1866 Area  - 1864 9,581 km2 3,699 sq... Hesse-Rotenburg is a former German landgraviate which was broken up in 1834. ... Hesse (Hessen in German) is a region of west-central Germany. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels, also called Philip the Younger, (1541-1583) was the first and only Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... (Région flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Regional President Departments Meurthe-et-Moselle Meuse Moselle Vosges Arrondissements 19 Cantons 157 Communes 2,337 Statistics Land area1 23,547 km² Population (Ranked 11th)  - January 1, 2006 est. ... Western District was one of four districts of Upper Canada created in 1788. ...

Human names

See Rulers of Hesse Hesse is a region of west-central Germany. ...

• Alexandra of Hesse
• Elisabeth of Hesse
• Henry I of Hesse
• Louis IV of Hesse
• Louise Caroline of Hesse
• Marria Alexandrovna of Hessee
• Otto I of Hesse
• Philipp I of Hesse
• William IV of Hesse
• Hermann Hesse

Princess Alix of Hesse, as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918) Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice, 6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918), was the consort of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia. ... Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (Elisabeth Marie Alice Victoria) (11 March 1895 - 6 November 1903) was the only daughter of Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and his first wife, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. ... Heinrich I called Das Kind (the child) was Landgrave of Hesse. ... Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, K.G. (12 September 1837 in Bessungen, now Darmstadt - 13 March 1892 in Darmstadt), the ruler of the small German grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse and by Rhine), was the husband of Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, the... ... Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824 - 8 June 1880) was a princess of Grand Ducal Hesse and, as Maria Alexandrovna (in Russian Мария Александровна), Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. ... Philipp I of Hesse Philipp I, Landgraf von Hessen, the Magnanimous (13 November 1504 - 31 March 1567), was a leading champion of the Reformation and one of the most important German rulers of the Renaissance. ... William IV, landgrave of Hesse (1532-1592), was the son and successor of the landgrave Philip the Magnanimous. ... Hermann Hesse (pronounced ) (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a Swiss-German poet, novelist, and painter. ...

Other notables

• Adolf Friedrich Hesse (1809-1863), composer
• Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851-1918), Austrian travel-author
• Eva Hesse (1936-1970), painter and sculptor
• Eva Hesse (author) (born 1925), German author
• Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), German-born poet, novelist, and painter
• Hermann Albert Hesse (1877-1957), German theologian
• Karen Hesse (born 1952), US writer
• Konrad Hesse (1919-2005), German jurist
• Otto Hesse (1811-1874), German mathematician, known for the Hessian matrix
• Mary Hesse (born 1924), US philosopher

Adolf Friedrich Hesse (August 30, 1809, Breslau – August 5, 1863, Breslau) was a German organist and composer. ... Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg 1854 – 1918 was an Austrian writer and traveller. ... Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 - May 29, 1970), was a German-born American sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. ... Hermann Hesse (pronounced ) (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a Swiss-German poet, novelist, and painter. ... Karen Hesse, born August 29, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is an author of childrens literature and literature for young adults. ... Konrad Hesse (* January 29, 1919 in Königsberg, East Prussia, † March 15, 2005 in Freiburg) was a German Jurisprudence scientist and he was, from 1975 to 1987, Judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. ... Ludwig Otto Hesse (22 April 1811 – 4 August 1874) was a German mathematician. ... In mathematics, the Hessian matrix is the square matrix of second partial derivatives of a scalar-valued function. ... Mary B. Hesse (born 1924) is a contemporary English philosopher of science. ...

See also

• Hesse's Rule in Zoology
• Hess

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