Hesse-Nassau

[ hes-nas-aw ]

noun

1. a former state in W Germany, now part of Hesse.

Hesse-Nassau

noun

1. a former province of Prussia, now part of the state of Hesse, Germany

Example Sentences

Hesse-Nassau is a province of Prussia formed in 1866 from part of Hesse-Cassel and part of the duchy of Nassau.

From Project Gutenberg

HERSFELD, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, is pleasantly situated at the confluence of the Geis and Haun with the Fulda, on the railway from Frankfort-on-Main to Bebra, 24 m.

From Project Gutenberg

Hesse-Nassau was formed in 1867-1868 out of the territories which accrued to Prussia after the war of 1866, namely, the landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel and the duchy of Nassau, in addition to the greater part of the territory of Frankfort-on-Main, parts of the grand-duchy of Hesse, the territory of Homburg and the countship of Hesse-Homburg, together with certain small districts which belonged to Bavaria.

From Project Gutenberg

Homburg now forms part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, and Meisenheim of the province of the Rhine.

From Project Gutenberg

HOCHHEIM, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, situated on an elevation not far from the right bank of the Main, 3 m. above its influx into the Rhine and 3 m.

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