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	Hesse-Kassel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hesse-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel) was a German principality that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1568 upon the death of Landgrave Philip of Hesse, when his eldest son Wilhelm IV inherited the northern portion and established his capital in Kassel.
		In 1918, Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Kassel, younger brother of the head of the house and a brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, was elected by the Finnish pro-German government to be King of Finland, but he never reigned.
		In 1968, the head of the House of Hesse-Kassel became the Head of the entire House of Hesse due to the extinction of the Hesse-Darmstadt line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Hesse (469 words)

	Rulers of Hesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally the western part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid 13th Century it was inherited by the younger son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and became a distinct political entity.
		Electoral Hesse was annexed by Prussia in 1866 after the Six Weeks War, but Grand Ducal Hesse lasted until the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
		In 1968 the House of Hesse and the Rhine became extinct.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rulers_of_Hesse (214 words)

	Hermann Hesse Memorials in Calw
		This house was built in 1694 in the style of South Tyrol by the theologist and preceptor of the Calw High School, Johann Martin Schill (1675 - 1751).
		The patrician house opposite, at Bahnhofstraße 2, was built by the ducal court building director R. Fischer and in 1723 housed the exquisitely furnished guest house "Waldhorn".
		Hesse referred to his father as an "ascetic gentleman who was nevertheless a gourmet of the simple things".
	www.hermann-hesse.com /html/english/e.calw.html (2061 words)

	HERMANN HESSE
		Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in the town of Calw at the Northern edge of the Black Forest.
		Hesse was working on a "small prose composition" at the time, which was to become Peter Camenzind, a book which was to bring Hesse immediate fame and marked the true beginning of his reputation as a great writer.
		Hesse's contribution to journals, his editorial and his work as a literary critic were not only influential on contemporary literature, but they were also very important to Hesse, who felt it a serious and important duty, done primarily for reasons of "conscience".
	www.gss.ucsb.edu /projects/hesse/life/jennifer.html (5017 words)

	Hesse-Kassel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (Principal Decree of the Imperial Deputation) of 1803 granted Landgrave Wilhelm IX the position of an Imperial Elector (Kurfürst) and took the title Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse.
		Wilhelm's grandson, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm, sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War, and as a result, his lands were annexed by Prussia after the war, forming, along with Nassau and Frankfurt-am-Main, the new Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau.
		In 1918, Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Kassel, younger brother of the head of the house and a brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, was selected by the Finnish pro-German government to be King of Finland, but he never reigned.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/h/he/hesse_kassel.html (399 words)

	Hermann Hesse - A short Biography
		, a son is born in Calw/Württemberg to the Baltic missionary and later head of the "Calwer Verlagshaus" (Calw Publishing-House) Johannes Hesse (1847 - 1916) and his wife Marie widow of Isenberg, nee Gundert (1842 - 1902) elder daughter of the well-known India expert Herman Gundert.
		Hesse lives with his parents in Basle, where his father teaches at the "Basler Mission" and in 1883 obtains Swiss nationality (previously Russian nationality.
		At the beginning of the war Hesse volunteers but is considered unfit for service and is assigned to the German Embassy in Bern.
	www.hermann-hesse.com /html/english/e.biographie.html (1103 words)

	DARMSTADT - LoveToKnow Article on DARMSTADT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Among the latter is the stately Luisenplatz, on which are the house of parliament, the old palace and the post office, and in the centre of which is a column surmounted by the statue of the grandduke Louis I., the founder of the new town.
		In the vicinity is the Rosenhohe, with the mausoleum of the ducal house, with the tomb of the grand-duchess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria of England.
		It came by marriage into the possession of the house of Hesse in 1479, the male line of the house of Katzenelnbogen having in that year become extinct.
	22.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DA/DARMSTADT.htm (577 words)

	Kingdoms of Germany - Hesse
		Hesse is unified with remaining Hessen territories not already under its control (including Hessen-Marburg) to form a single, elevated Duchy of Hesse.
		Created from the division of the Duchy of Hesse, Kassel was the largest of the four new Hessen states, being the most senior and dominant, and owner of approximately half the former duchy's lands.
		Hesse is proclaimed a Republic after the fall of the German Empire.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GermanyHesse.htm (2971 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hesse
		Hesse was separated from Thuringia, and, after a long struggle with other claimants of the title, Henry established his authority as Landgrave of Hesse.
		Philip's imprisonment by Charles V scarcely exercised a perceptible influence on the progress of the Reformation, and in 1551 Sebastian von Heusenstamm, Archbishop of Mainz, was compelled to resign finally all claims to jurisdiction in Hesse.
		Hesse therefore took part in the negotiations of several German states, which resulted in the erection of the ecclesiastical province of the Upper Rhine by the papal Bulls "Provida solersque" (1821) and "Ad Dominici gregis custodiam" (1827).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07298c.htm (2436 words)

	Hesse-Kassel - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Frequently coming into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided among sons of a Landgrave, the final division occurred in 1568 upon the death of Landgrave Philip of Hesse[?], when his eldest son Wilhelm IV inherited Kassel.
		The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 granted Landgrave Wilhelm IX the position of an Imperial Elector (Kurfürst) and took the title Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse, although the state was still usually referred to as Hesse-Kassel.
		In 1806, Wilhelm I was dispossessed by Napoleon for his support of Prussia, and Kassel became the capital of a new Kingdom of Westphalia[?] under Napoleon's brother Jerome.
	openproxy.ath.cx /he/Hesse-Kassel.html (352 words)

	Succession laws of Hesse
		Hesse as an identifiable entity begins with the extinction of the male line in 1247, at the death of Heinrich Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia and count palatine of Saxony.
		Sophia was heir to the landgrave Ludwig, elder brother of Heinrich Raspe; Jutta was closest heir of Heinrich Raspe.
		Heinrich (1244-1308) is the founder of the house of Hesse.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/HGHessen.htm (7300 words)

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		Under the motto "A Tribute to Hermann Hesse", stars of the German and international rock scene will perform just a stone's throw away from the house where Hesse was born.
		Their 40-minute setting to music of the Hermann Hesse tale "Pictor's Metamorphoses", at that time a fixture of their live performances, is still well remembered today.
		Before the big BAP gig in Hesse's town, the band will be in the news for other reasons: on 7 March, the BAP film by Wim Wenders "Viel passiert" which had its premiere at the Berlinale film festival, will go on general release.
	www.hesse2002.de /englisch/presse/pressetexte/020426Rockkonzerte.txt (896 words)

	Hesse -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vessels and vacancies: in a career that lasted barely 10 years, Eva Hesse moved with remarkable speed from the brooding self-portraits of 1960, through biomorphic drawings and collages, into the tragic, absurd and...
		James Hesse, Chief Intelligence Officer at the Forensic Document Laboratory speaks at the INS lab in McLean, Virginia April 30, 2002.
		James Hesse's unit at the Forensic Document Laboratory in McLean, Virginia, helps spot faulty paperwork that signals tht someone should be denied entry to the United States.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/hesse_history.asp (930 words)

	Hesse: History
		Enfeoffed first to the dukes of Franconia, later to the counts of Thuringia, Hesse emerged in 1247 as a landgraviate immediately subject to the emperor under a branch of the house of Brabant.
		Electoral Hesse, the free city of Frankfurt, and Nassau, having all three sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War (1866), were annexed by Prussia and were merged (1868) in the province of Hesse-Nassau, of which Kassel became the capital.
		(Mountbatten) family is a morganatic branch of the house of Hesse.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858623.html (241 words)

	Casa Hesse in Montagnola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The conversation turned to houses and building and there was mention of the comments I had occasionally made in this connection.
		He built a house according to Hesse's own basic design and presented it to him for his lifetime.
		The "Casa Hesse" was built above and slightly removed from the village of Montagnola, hidden behind trees and shrubbery.
	www.gss.ucsb.edu /projects/hesse/homes/casahess.html (278 words)

	Hesse-Cassel Royal Family
		See 34 - Adolphe was previously Duke Adolf of Nassau and became Grand Duke of Luxemburg on 23 November 1890 having previously lost his throne of Nassau on 20 September 1866 when it was annexed to Prussia.
		The title of Elector ceased to be used following the death of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I. Grand Duchess Alexandra died shortly after the death of her new born son Wilhelm.
		Landgrave Moritz was adopted by Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine and succeeded to the Ducal title of Hess and by Rhine following the death of Prince Ludwig.
	www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Hesse_Cassel_Royal_Family.htm (780 words)

	TABLE OF CONTENTS
		Many of the princely Houses of this period were wanting neither in Imperial sentiment nor in the consciousness that, as their feudal head, the Emperor might in certain contingencies intervene very potently in their destinies.
		Of the four principal lines into which the House of Brunswick-Luneburg were divided, two were Protestant and two Catholic ; but one of the latter was on the eve of extinction, and in the other, the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel line, violently hostile to the Reformation, a change accompanied the accession of Duke Julius, in 1568.
		Between the Houses of Brunswick-Liineburg, Saxe-Lauenburg, and Holstein, of which last the elder branch was represented on the Danish throne by King Frederick II, the great northern archbishopric of Bremen, and the neighbouring bishoprics of Verden and Lübeck, could not but forfeit their ecclesiastical independence.
	www.uni-mannheim.de /mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh305.html (15559 words)

	Grand Duchy of Hesse 1806-1918 (Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1918 the republic was proclaimed, and the new constitution approved on 12 December 1919.
		The several branches of the house of Hesse descend from the first landgrave, Henry I, son of Henry duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia and Hesse, made prince of the empire [Reichsfürst] in 1292.
		In 1902 the design of the arms was changed and this brought the modification of all the flags and ensigns (see the state flag and merchant ensign 1903-1918 flag).
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/de-he866.html (1050 words)

	List_of_Finnish_rulers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1362 Finnish representatives got first time the entitlement to participate in the election of the Swedish king, whereby from that time Finland can be regarded as one of the Lands of Sweden.
		1130-1156 : Sverker I of Sweden (Sverker I, Sverker vanhempi) - The House of Sverker
		1160-1167 : Charles VII of Sweden (Kaarle VII) - The House of Sverker
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=List_of_Finnish_rulers (1026 words)

	Hesse-Cassel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By and large, these developments in Kassel showed an uncanny parallel to those in Berlin, with the obvious difference that in Hesse-Kassel popular demands aimed at broadening the existing constitution whereas Prussia's constitution had yet to be written.
		As in 1830, the call for change was perhaps loudest in the city of Hanau: dissatisfaction with the electoral government fanned local agitation on behalf of either outright secession or the unification of all three Hessian states under the rule not of Kassel, but of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt.
		The elections of 1855 returned a lower house again sharply critical of the Elector; Hassenpflug's ministry fell the same year due to an unrelated conflict.
	www.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/dh/hessek.htm (1617 words)

	The Imperial Council of Princes and Counts of Germany , The Nobility of The Holy Roman Empire .
		From the 16th century onward, Archduke or its female form, Archduchess, came to be used by all the members of the House of Habsburg, similar to the title Prince in many other royal houses.
		In the I 7th century it became the general title borne by the heads of the reigning princely states of the empire (reiclzstandische Frsten), as Erlaucht by those of the countly houses (reichstandische Grafen).
		In 1825 the German Diet agreed to grant the title Durc/ilaucht to the heads of the mediatized princely houses whether domiciled in Germany or Austria, and it is now customary to use it of the members of those houses.
	imperialcollegeofprincesandcounts.com /_wsn/page4.html (5176 words)

	myPortland Online : arts & culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is a rare opportunity to view such beautiful antiquities of historical significance and artistic excellence which was brought about by continual collaborative efforts and devotion between the Museum and the Hesse family.
		The Portland Art Museum is the exclusive venue for the first public presentation of the artistic wealth of the house of Hesse which will take place October 2005 through March 2006.
		One of the leading princely houses of Europe, the Hesse dynasty has welcomed into its ranks daughters of George II and of Queen Victoria; Tsar Nicolas I; Kaiser Friedrich III; and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy.
	myportlandonline.com /sub.php?sec=arts (350 words)

	AllRefer.com - Hesse : History, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous (see Philip of Hesse), a leading figure in the German Reformation, was responsible for reuniting a territory that had been torn by border disputes with neighboring areas.
		The Battenberg (Mountbatten) family is a morganatic branch of the house of Hesse.
		In World War II nearly all the major cities of Hesse suffered severe damage.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hesse-history.html (360 words)

	The Muse of the Monarchy
		That’s quite a few people and not all of them, were like himself, from the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, some were from the House of Hesse, The House of Saxony and The House of Battenberg – Prince Philip’s family dynasty.
		It was the House of Lancaster 1399-1461, followed briefly by he House of York 1461-1470 with the House of Lancaster enjoying a very short return to power 1470-1471 before the York’s final stint 1471-1485.
		This is also reported in the book, Royal House of Windsor, by Sarah Bradford, where she shows a copy of the certificate of marriage between Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips and Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Mountbatten-Windsor dated 14 November 1973.
	www.etoile.co.uk /Muse/001221.html (1315 words)

	Hesse-Kassel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the later (Click link for more info and facts about 17th) 17th and (Click link for more info and facts about 18th) 18th centuries, the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel became famous for hiring out their army as mercenaries.
		The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (Principal Decree of the Imperial Deputation) of 1803 granted Landgrave Wilhelm IX the position of an Imperial (Any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) Elector (Kurfürst) and took the title Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse.
		The village of Hessen Cassel, Indiana near (A city in northeastern Indiana) Fort Wayne, founded by German immigrants, is named for the Landgravcy of Hesse-Kassel.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/hesse-kassel1.htm (317 words)

	Hesse. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Nearly all of Hesse is a hilly, agricultural land, heavily forested in parts.
		It has the Odenwald hills and the Taunus range and is drained by the Rhine, Main, Lahn, Eder, and Fulda rivers.
		Wiesbaden, Bad Homburg, and Bad Nauheim are among numerous health resorts of Hesse.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Hesse.html (486 words)

	hesse germany information resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For example, in 1946 in Hesse, Germany, 71% approved of the socialisation of industry in a referendum.
		He was born in Wabern, Hesse, Germany on July 10, 1814 and was a practicing engineer in his home country before his 1850 move to the Indianola, Texas.
		Nicholas Yager was born in 1678, in Weicherach, Hesse, Germany and was naturalized July 13, 1722.
	www.topofgermany.com /b/hessegermany (1464 words)

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