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Hesse, Germany

Hesse
Hessen
State of Germany
Flag of Hesse
Flag
Coat of arms of Hesse
Coat of arms
Deutschland Lage von Hessen.svg
Coordinates: 50°39′58″N 8°35′28″E / 50.66611°N 8.59111°E / 50.66611; 8.59111
Country Germany
Capital Wiesbaden
Government
 • Minister-President Volker Bouffier (CDU)
 • Governing parties CDU / Greens
 • Bundesrat votes 5 (of 69)
Area
 • Total 21,100 km2 (8,100 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 6,176,172
 • Density 290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code DE-HE
GDP/ Nominal €263/ $292 billion (2015)
GDP per capita €43,000/ $48,000 (2015)
NUTS Region DE7
Website www.hessen.de
Significant foreign born populations
Nationality Population (2014)
 Turkey 159,572
 Poland 73,232
 Italy 69.116
 Romania 39,320
 Croatia 38,322
 Greece 33,148
 Bulgaria 26,987
 Spain 23,302
 Bosnia 17,792
 Morocco 17,344
 Russia 15,434
 Portugal 15,151
 United States 15,136
 Austria 13,709
 Afghanistan 13,575

Hesse (/ˈhɛs/) or Hessia (German: Hessen [ˈhɛsn̩], Hessian dialect: Hesse [ˈhɛzə]) is a federal state (Land) of the Federal Republic of Germany, with just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main. Until the formation of the German Reich in 1871, Hesse was an independent country ruled by a Grand Duke (Grand Duchy of Hesse). Due to divisions after World War II, the modern federal state does not cover the entire cultural region of Hesse which includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The English name "Hesse" originates in the Hessian dialects. The variant "Hessia" comes from the medieval Latin Hassia. The German term Hessen is used by the European Commission because their policy is to leave regional names untranslated (paragraphs 1.31 & 1.35). The term "Hesse" ultimately derives from a Germanic tribe called the Chatti, who settled in the region in the first century B.C. An inhabitant of Hesse is called a Hessian (German: Hesse (masculine) or Hessin (feminine)). The synthetic element hassium, number 108 on the periodic table, is named after the state of Hesse.


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