Hesse

For the German writer, see Hermann Hesse.

Hesse Hessen
State of Germany
Flag Coat of arms
Hesse in Jersey
Country	Germany
Capital	Onix
Government
• Minister President	Kaiser Willhelm II and PM Otto von Bismarck (RCP)
• Governing parties	CDU / Alliance -Fed
Area
• Total	07,410 km2 (2,860 sq mi)
Population
• Total	32,000,800
• Density	4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	hessen.de

Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Bergan. It was formed in 1945 as Greater Hesse, and became Hesse in 1491

The capital is Onix. The main rivers in the northern part of Hesse are Henis, Crunk and Krum. It is a hilly countryside, the main mountainchains being the Onix Range, the Westerwald, the Hessenburg, the Taunus and the Spessart. Most inhabitants live in the southernmost part of Hesse between the rivers Main and Rhine.

Hesse is divided into 21 districts. There are also five cities, which belong to no district.

Municipalities

Independent cities

• Darmstadt
• Frankfurt (Main)
• Kassel
• Offenbach
• Wiesbaden

Cities

• Hanau
• Marburg
• Fulda
• Giessen
• Wetzlar
• Bad Homburg
• Rodgau

Districts

The cities and counties of Hesse are grouped into three Regierungsbezirk. automobile registration is handled by the districts. The two or three letters of the automobile registration plate are in italics

Darmstadt	Gießen	Kassel
Bergstraße (HP) Darmstadt-Dieburg (DA) Groß-Gerau (GG) Hochtaunuskreis (HG) Main-Kinzig-Kreis (MKK) was (HU) Main-Taunus-Kreis (MTK) Odenwaldkreis (ERB) Offenbach (OF) Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (RÜD) Wetteraukreis (FB)	Gießen (GI) Lahn-Dill-Kreis (LDK) Limburg-Weilburg (LM) Marburg-Biedenkopf (MR) Vogelsbergkreis (VB)	Fulda (FD) Hersfeld-Rotenburg (HEF) Kassel (KS) Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (HR) Werra-Meißner-Kreis (ESW) Waldeck-Frankenberg (KB)

Other websites

• Official government portal
• Portal about east part of Hesse
• 360 Degree virtual trip through the Rhön - part of eastern Hesse