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Administrative region (German Land) of West
Germany. area 21,100 sq km/8,145 sq mi
capital Wiesbaden towns Frankfurt-am-Main,
Kassel, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main features
valleys of the rivers Rhine and Main; Taunus
mountains, rich in mineral springs, as at
Homburg and Wiesbaden; see also Swabia
products wine, timber, chemicals, cars,
electrical engineering, optical instruments
population (1988) 5,550,000 religion
Protestant 61%, Roman Catholic 33% history
until 1945, Hessen was divided in two by a
strip of Prussian territory, the southern
portion consisting of the valleys of the
rivers Rhine and the Main, the northern being
dominated by the Vogelsberg mountains (744
m/2,442 ft). Its capital was Darmstadt.