Greater Hesse

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Greater Hesse was a post–World War II administrative region in western Germany established by the U.S. occupation authorities, which later formed the core of the modern state of Hesse.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hesse 1
Hesse region 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region
post–World War II political entity
administeredBy U.S. military governor
administrativeCenter Wiesbaden NERFINISHED
boundaryChange consolidation of Hessian and Prussian territories east of the Rhine
capital Wiesbaden NERFINISHED
containsTerritoryOf former People's State of Hesse (without Rheinhessen) NERFINISHED
former Prussian Province of Kurhessen
former Prussian Province of Nassau NERFINISHED
country Germany NERFINISHED
createdBy Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) NERFINISHED
U.S. military government in Germany NERFINISHED
dateDissolved 1946-12-01
dateEstablished 1945-09-19
excludedTerritory Rheinhessen NERFINISHED
areas west of the Rhine
followedBy State of Hesse NERFINISHED
formedCoreOf modern state of Hesse
governmentType military-administered region
hadOccupationAuthority United States Army NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance formation of modern Hesse
historicalEra 20th century
historicalRegion Hesse NERFINISHED
isCoreOf federal state of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
legalBasis proclamation of the U.S. military government
locatedIn western Germany
locatedOn continent of Europe
nativeNameLanguage de
occupyingPower United States NERFINISHED
officialLanguage German
partOf American occupation zone in Germany NERFINISHED
partOfFormerEntity Allied-occupied Germany NERFINISHED
partOfHistoricalEvent Allied occupation of Germany NERFINISHED
predecessor People's State of Hesse NERFINISHED
Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau NERFINISHED
Prussian Province of Kurhessen NERFINISHED
Prussian Province of Nassau NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution reorganization of German Länder under Allied occupation
regionType administrative region
shortName Groß-Hessen NERFINISHED
status defunct
successorState Land Hesse NERFINISHED
timePeriod post–World War II
usedAsBasisFor boundaries of the postwar state of Hesse
warContext World War II aftermath

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Zone of Occupied Germany containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Greater Hesse
this entity surface form: Hesse
Province of Hesse-Nassau followedBy Greater Hesse
Chatti locatedInThePast Greater Hesse
this entity surface form: Hesse region