Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein (German)
Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
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| State of the German Empire (1871-1991)
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| Flag
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Coat of arms
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| Hesse in the German Empire, in 1952
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| Capital
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Darmstadt
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| Official language
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German,
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| Religion
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Catholicism, Protestant
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| Government
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Constitutional Monarchy
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| Grand Dukes
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| - 1806-1830
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Louis I (First)
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| - 1892-1918
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Ernest Louis
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Georg
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Louis V
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Philipp
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| - 1980-1991
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Mortiz (Last)
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| History
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| - Established
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1806
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| - Disestablished
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1991
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| Currency
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Papiermark (1914-1938)
Reichsmark (until 1991)
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