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 | | Situated in western-central Germany, Hesse borders on (from the north-west and clockwise) the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. |
 | | The state existed until 1567, when Philipp I of Hesse died, as against his earlier intentions, he split it up between his four sons from his first marriage (Philipp was a bigamist) into much smaller states: Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Rheinfels and the also previously existing Hesse-Marburg. |
 | | Essentially (except for the parts of Hesse on the western banks of the Rhine, which became a part of Rhineland-Palatinate), this was a restoration of the pre-1567 Hesse. |
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