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===[[Hessen Genealogy|Hessen]] === | ===[[Hessen Genealogy|Hessen]] === | ||
==Hessen Refers to Several Different Localities== | |||
When your ancestors reported their homeland as Hessen, it could have meant Hessen and Hessen-Nassau is the maps above. It also could refer to one of these territories. Basically, these are areas that went by other names prior to the unification of Germany in 1871. Then they were merged into Hessen and Hessen Nassau. | |||
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'''Hessen-Kassel''' | |||
(a.k.a. Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, 1567-1803; Electorate of Hessen or Electoral Hessen, 1803-1866; | |||
Hessen-Nassau, 1866-1945; | |||
Province of Kurhessen, 1945-46) | |||
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'''Hessen-Homburg, 1668-1806''' | |||
(a.k.a. part of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1806-1815) | |||
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'''Free City of Wetzlar''' | |||
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'''Hessen-Kassel 1871 Kreis''' | |||
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Biedenkopf<br> | |||
City of Hanau<br> | |||
City of Kassel<br> | |||
City of Marburg<br> | |||
Eschwege<br> | |||
Fritzlar<br> | |||
Gelnhausen<br> | |||
Hanau<br> | |||
Hersfeld<br> | |||
Höchst<br> | |||
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Homberg<br> | |||
Kassel Kreis<br> | |||
Marburg<br> | |||
Melsungen<br> | |||
Rotenburg<br> | |||
Schlüchtern<br> | |||
Wiesbaden<br> | |||
Witzenhausen<br> | |||
Ziegenhain<br> | |||
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'''Homburg 1871 Kreis'''<br> | |||
Oberlahnkreis, now Limburg-Weilburg <br> | |||
Meisenheim (kreis), Rheinland, now Rheinland-Palatinate<br> | |||
'''Wetzlar 1871 Kreis'''<br> | |||
Wetzlar, exclave of Rhein Province<br> | |||
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'''This area became Hessen in 1971.'''<br> | |||
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'''Hessen-Darmstadt''' | |||
(a.k.a. Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt; Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (1816-1867); Hessen, 1867-1919; People's State of Hesse, 1919-1945; Greater Hesse (Groß-Hessen), 1945-1946)<br> | |||
'''It consisted of three areas: Rhenish-Hessen or Rhein-Hessen, Oberhessen, and Starkenberg.''' | |||
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'''Rhein-Hessen'''<br> | |||
'''1871 Kreis'''<br> | |||
Worms<br> | |||
Bingen<br> | |||
Alzey<br> | |||
Mainz<br> | |||
City of Worms<br> | |||
City of Mainz<br> | |||
'''Oberhessen'''<br> | |||
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Giessen<br> | |||
Volgelsbergkreis<br> | |||
Wetteraukreis<br> | |||
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'''Starkenburg'''<br> | |||
'''1871 Kreis'''<br> | |||
Bensheim <br> | |||
Darmstadt<br> | |||
Dieburg<br> | |||
Erbach <br> | |||
Hepperheim<br> | |||
Gross-Gerau<br> | |||
Offenbach<br> | |||
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