Greater Hesse

Greater Hesse
Groß-Hessen
Subdivision of American-administered Germany
1945–1946

Greater Hesse (bright orange) within the US-administered zone of post-World War II Germany (pale orange).
CapitalWiesbaden
Government
 • TypeMilitary occupation
Minister-President 
• September–October 1945
Ludwig Bergsträsser
• October 1945 – December 1946
Karl Geiler
Historical eraWorld War II
• Established
19 September 1945
• Disestablished
1 December 1946
Preceded by
Succeeded by
People's State of Hesse
Province of Kurhessen
Province of Nassau
Hesse

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]

  1. ^ "Allied Control Council Proclamation No.2" (in German). 19 September 1945.
  2. ^ "Constitution of the state of Hesse" (in German). 1 December 1946. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2007.