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The Province of Kurhessen (German: Provinz Kurhessen) was a province of Prussia within Nazi Germany from 1944-45.
Although all German states, including Prussia, had been de facto dissolved since 1933, the Nazi government formally dissolved the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau into two provinces on 1 April 1944: Kurhessen and the Province of Nassau.
The name Kurhessen comes from the former Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1803-1866), which Prussia annexed following the Austro-Prussian War to form part of the Province of Hesse-Nassau.
Following the end of World War II, Kurhessen fell under American administration. The province was dissolved by the occupying US forces on 19 September 1945, forming part of the administrative zone of Greater Hesse. Just over a year later, Greater Hesse became the modern German state of Hesse.
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