Hesse or Hessia,officially the State of Hesse,is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden,and the largest urban area is Frankfurt,which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Darmstadt and Kassel. With an area of 21,114.73 square kilometers and a population of over six million,it ranks seventh and fifth,respectively,among the sixteen German states. Frankfurt Rhine-Main,Germany's second-largest metropolitan area,is mainly located in Hesse.
Groß-Gerau is the district seat of the Groß-Gerau district,lying in the southern Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region in Hesse,Germany,and serving as a hub for the surrounding area. In 1994,the town hosted the 34th Hessentag state festival.
Griesheim is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse,Germany. It's situated west of Darmstadt.
Langen is a town of roughly 39,000 in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse,Germany. The town is between Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Langen is headquarters to Deutsche Flugsicherung,and is also home to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut,a Federal institute for the evaluation and supervision of sera and vaccines in Germany.
The People's State of Hesse was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1945,as the successor to the Grand Duchy of Hesse after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I,on the territory of the current German states of Hesse and the Rhineland-Palatinate. The State was established after Grand Duke Ernest Louis was deposed on 9 November 1918. The term "People's State" referred to the fact that the new state was a Republic and was used in the same manner as the term Free State,which was employed by most of the other German States in this period.
Tarek Mohammed Al-Wazir is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who served as deputy to the Hessian Minister-President,and Hessian Minister of Economics,Energy,Transport and Regional Development from 2014 to 2024. He is a member of the Landtag of Hesse and was co-chair of the Hessian Green Party.
The Landtag of Hesse is the unicameral parliament of the State of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in the Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden. As a legislature it is responsible for passing laws at the state level and enacting the budget. Its most important function is to elect and control the state government. The constitution of the State of Hesse describes the role of the Landtag in sections 75 to 99.
Dagmar Metzger is a German lawyer and politician,and a former member of the Parliament of Hesse for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Janine Natalie Wißler,known professionally as Janine Wissler,is a German politician who has been co-chairwoman of The Left and member of the Bundestag for Hesse since 2021. Prior to that,she served as member of the Landtag of Hesse since 2008 and leader of the state parliamentary group since 2009,including as sole leader since 2014,as well as deputy leader of the federal party since 2014. She was one of The Left's lead candidates for the 2021 German federal election,alongside Dietmar Bartsch.
The 2018 Hessian state election was held on 28 October 2018 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and The Greens led by Minister-President Volker Bouffier.
Timon Gremmels is a German politician in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the State Minister for Higher Education,Research,Science and the Arts in the government of Minister-President Boris Rhein of Hesse since 2024. From 2017 to 2023,he was a Member of the Bundestag for Kassel.
The 2023 Hessian state election was held on 8 October 2023 to elect the 21st Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and The Greens,led by Minister-President Boris Rhein of the CDU. The 2023 Bavarian state election was held the same day.
Miriam Dahlke is a German politician. In the 2018 Hessian state election Dahlke won the electoral district mandate in Frankfurt am Main II.
Mirjam Luise Schmidt is a German politician and since 2019 member of the Landtag of Hesse.
Kaya Kinkel is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Hesse State Parliament since 2017.
Kathrin Anders is a German politician and since 2019 member of the Landtag of Hesse.
Karin Mueller is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Hesse State Parliament since 2009. She has been Vice President there since 2019.
Elisabeth Kula is a German politician from Die Linke. She was a member of the Landtag of Hesse from 2019 to 2023. Since October 2021,she has been co-chair of the Left faction together with Jan Schalauske.
Jan Schalauske is a German politician from Left Party. From 2014 to 2022 he was one of the two state chairmen of Die Linke in Hesse. He was a member of the Landtag of Hesse from 16 April 2017 until 2023.
Lena Arnoldt is a German politician (CDU) and has been a member of the Hessian State Parliament since the 20th legislative period.
