Land Hessen (Hessen), Hesse

Land Hessen: Federal state in the center of Germany

About

Quick Facts about Hessen

Population : 6,265,809
Country : Germany
State : Hesse (Germany)
Head of government : Minister-President of Hesse
Area : 21100 km2
Official name : Hessen
Legislative body : Landtag of Hesse
Named for : Chatti
Altitude : 866 feet / 264 meters
Capital : Wiesbaden
Establishment : September 09, 1945 (78 years ago)
Time Zone : UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Local time : 07:03:23 (29th March 2024)

Geography

Hessen is located at 50°33'0"N 9°0'0"E (50.5500000, 9.0000000). It has 5 neighbors: Freistaat Thuringen, Rheinland Pfalz, Freistaat Bayern, Land Baden Wuerttemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Land Hessen map

The largest city of Hessen is Frankfurt am Main with a population of 753,056. Other cities include, Kassel population 201,585, Darmstadt population 159,207, Offenbach population 128,744 and Hanau am Main population 96,023. See all Hessen cities & populated places.

  • Walter Wallmann , 1991 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Georg-August Zinn , 1969 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Christian Stock , 1950 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Hans Eichel , 1999 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Volker Bouffier , 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Albert Osswald , 1976 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Karl Geiler , 1946 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Holger Börner , 1987 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Roland Koch , 2010 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Hessen has 5 neighbours.

  • Giessen Government Region
  • Darmstadt Government Region
  • Kassel Government Region

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1987 5,507,777 - 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z
2004 6,097,765 9.68% 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z
2008 6,064,953 -0.54% 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z
2010 6,037,046 -0.46% 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z
2011 5,971,816 -1.09% 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z
2013 6,045,425 1.22% 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z
2018 6,265,809 3.52% 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z

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