Hesse

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Hesse is also the name of a German writer, see Hermann Hesse

Hesse (German: Hessen) is a German Bundesland.

The capital is Wiesbaden. The main rivers in the northern part of Hesse are Werra, Fulda and Lahn. It is a hilly countryside, the main mountain chains being the Rhön, the Westerwald, the Taunus and the Spessart. Most inhabitants live in the southernmost part of Hesse between the rivers Main and Rhine.

Hesse is divided into 21 districts. There are in addition five independent cities, which belong to no district.

Contents 1 Independent cities 2 Cities(50.000 - 100.000 Hab.) 3 Districts 4 External links

[edit] Independent cities

• Darmstadt
• Frankfurt (Main)
• Kassel
• Offenbach
• Wiesbaden

[edit] Cities(50.000 - 100.000 Hab.)

• Hanau
• Marburg
• Fulda
• Giessen
• Wetzlar
• Bad Homburg

[edit] Districts

(The short form of the name in brackets )

Darmstadt	Gießen	Kassel
Bergstraße (HP) Darmstadt-Dieburg (DA) Groß-Gerau (GG) Hochtaunuskreis (HG) Main-Kinzig-Kreis (MKK) (HU) Main-Taunus-Kreis (MTK) Odenwaldkreis (ERB) Offenbach (OF) Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (RÜD) Wetteraukreis (FB)	Gießen (GI) Lahn-Dill-Kreis (LDK) Limburg-Weilburg (LM) Marburg-Biedenkopf (MR) Vogelsbergkreis (VB)	Fulda (FD) Hersfeld-Rotenburg (HEF) Kassel (KS) Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (HR) Werra-Meißner-Kreis (ESW) Waldeck-Frankenberg (KB)

[edit] External links

• Official government portal
• Portal about east part of Hesse
• 360 Degree virtual trip through the Rhön - part of eastern Hesse