Grand Duchy of Hesse

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Instance of

historical country, state in the Confederation of the Rhine, grand duchy, state of the German Confederation 1815–1848 & 1850–1866

Inception

1806

Follows

Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

Followed by

People's State of Hesse

Located in

German Reich

Country

German Reich

Continent

Europe

Capital

Darmstadt

Population

1282051

Area

7688.3

basic form of government

monarchy, constitutional monarchy

contains the administrative territorial entity

Rheinhessen

demonym

Hessois

described by source

Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Nuttall Encyclopædia

different from

Hesja

dissolved, abolished or demolished date

1918

native label

Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein

office held by head of state

Grand dukes of Hesse

official language

German

replaced by

People's State of Hesse

short name

Großherzogtum Hessen

topic's main category

Category:Grand Duchy of Hesse

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