region of west central Germany north of Baden-Württemberg, divided into Hesse-Darmstadt (in the south) and Hesse-Cassel (in the north)
cassel
geographical name(Hesse)
state of the Weimar Republic, equivalent to Hesse-Darmstadt
cassel
geographical name(Hesse)
state of Germany and formerly of West Germany including the larger part of Hesse-Darmstadt and part of Hesse-Nassau; capital Wiesbaden area 8151 square miles (21,111 square kilometers), population 5,971,816