Volksstaat Hessen
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| Anthem: Hessenlied | ||||
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| Capital | Darmstadt |
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| Government | Republic | |||
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| - 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 | |||
| Area | ||||
| - 1925 | 7,692 km2 2,970 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||
| - 1925 est. | 1,347,279 | |||
| Density | 175.2 /km² 453.6 /sq mi |
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| Today part of | Hesse Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Der Volksstaat Hessen (- in German, Peoples' State of Hesse in English) was a new name of a traditional state of Germany from 1918 until 1945.
After the end of World War I the Grand Duchy of Hessen (Großherzogtum Hessen) became republic and changed its name to People's State (meaning republic in contrast to monarchy, not a communists state). Its capital was Darmstadt. The state consisted of provinces Oberhessen (Upper Hesse, capital Gießen), Starkenburg (capital Darmstadt) and Rheinhessen (Rhine Hesse, capital Mainz).
Area of the state was 7,692 km²; it had 1,347,279 inhabitants. Around two thirds were Protestants, one third Roman Catholics.
In accordance with Treaty of Versailles approximately 40% of its territory, in particular Rhine Hesse and part of Starkenburg, was until June 30, 1930 occupied by the French Army.
After the end of World War II Oberhessen and Starkenburg belonged into the American occupation zone while Rheinhessen on the left bank of Rhine to the French occupation zone. On September 19, 1945 American administration created new state Groß-Hessen (Great Hesse) from their part of the Volkstaat, from province of Hesse-Nassau and from Frankfurt am Main. On December 1, 1946 Groß-Hessen was renamed to Hessen and became one of federal states of the West Germany.
The part of the state on the left bank of Rhine (Rheinhessen) became part of the Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) federal state.
[edit] External links
- Overview of Volksstaat Hessen (in German)
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