| Greater Hesse Groß-Hessen | |||||||||||||
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| Subdivision of American-administered Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1945–1946 | |||||||||||||
 Greater Hesse (bright orange) within the US-administered zone of post-World War II Germany (pale orange). | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Wiesbaden | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Type | Military occupation | ||||||||||||
| Minister-President | |||||||||||||
• September–October 1945 | Ludwig Bergsträsser | ||||||||||||
• October 1945 – December 1946 | Karl Geiler | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | ||||||||||||
• Established | 19 September 1945 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 December 1946 | ||||||||||||
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Greater Hesse (German: Groß-Hessen) was the provisional name given for a section of German territory created by the United States military administration in at the end of World War II. It was formed by the Allied Control Council on 19 September 1945[1] and became the modern German state of Hesse on 1 December 1946.[2]
- ^ "Allied Control Council Proclamation No.2" (in German). 19 September 1945.
- ^ "Constitution of the state of Hesse" (in German). 1 December 1946. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2007.