This article refers to a state in Germany. For other uses of the term, see Hesse (disambiguation).

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Capital:	Wiesbaden
Area:	21,100 km²
Inhabitants:	6.097.800 (2004)
pop. density:	288 people/km²
Website:	http://www.hessen.de/
ISO 3166-2:	DE-HE
Politics
Prime Minister:	Roland Koch (CDU)
Ruling party:	CDU
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Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germany's sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) . It has an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. The capital city of Hesse is Wiesbaden (Kassel until 1945 ) while its economic center and largest city is nearby Frankfurt and the surrounding Rhine Main Area.

Geography

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Situated in western-central Germany, Hessen borders on (from the north-west and clockwise) the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Its principal cities include Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt,Offenbach, Gießen and Wetzlar in the greater Rhine Main Area, Fulda in the east, as well as Kassel and Marburg in the north.

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@jimiyo in regards to the first part of your newsletter, have you ever read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse?
VRizo (Vito Rizo) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:27:12 -0000
@jimiyo in regards to the first part of your newsletter, have you ever read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse?
El hombre, un leve intento d travesura infantil para estropear tanto a la perversa madre Naturaleza, como al irritante padre Espíritu. Hesse
luisescalante (luisescalante) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:14:22 -0000
El hombre, un leve intento d travesura infantil para estropear tanto a la perversa madre Naturaleza, como al irritante padre Espíritu. Hesse
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Só há felicidade se ñ exigirmos nada do amanhã e aceitarmos do hj, com gratidão, oq nos trouxer. A hora mágica chega sempre. -Hermann Hesse-
tatilacruz (Tátila Cruz) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:35:38 -0000
Só há felicidade se ñ exigirmos nada do amanhã e aceitarmos do hj, com gratidão, oq nos trouxer. A hora mágica chega sempre. -Hermann Hesse-
"Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.",Hermann Hesse
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"Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.",Hermann Hesse

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