Īn inhabitant of Hesse is called a 'Hessian' (German: Hesse (masculine), plural Hessen, or Hessin (feminine), plural Hessinnen).

The ancient name Chatti by the 7th century is recorded as Chassi, and from the 8th century as Hassi or Hessi. The name of the Hessians ultimately continues the tribal name of the Chatti. The Old High German form of the name is recorded as Hessun (dative plural of Hessi) in Middle Latin it appears as Hassia, Hessia, Hassonia.

The geographical name represents a short equivalent of the older compound name Hessenland ('land of the Hessians'). The German name Hessen, like the names of other German regions ( Schwaben 'Swabia', Franken 'Franconia', Bayern 'Bavaria', Sachsen 'Saxony'), derives from the dative plural form of the name of the inhabitants or eponymous tribe, the Hessians ( Hessen, singular Hesse). 8.1 Architecture, art, literature and music.2.3.1 French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany's second-largest metropolitan area (after Rhine-Ruhr), is mainly located in Hesse.Īs a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate. With an area of 21,000 square kilometers and a population of just over six million, it ranks seventh and fifth, respectively, among the sixteen German states. Two other major historic cities are Darmstadt and Kassel. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Hesse ( / h ɛ s/, US also / ˈ h ɛ s ə, ˈ h ɛ s i/, Hessian dialect: ) or Hessia ( UK: / ˈ h ɛ s i ə/, US: / ˈ h ɛ ʃ ə/ German: Hessen ( listen)), officially the State of Hessen (German: Land Hessen), is a state in Germany.

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