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The Province of Kurhessen () or Electoral Hesse was a province of
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within
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between 1944 and 1945. Although all German states, including Prussia, had ''de facto'' been dissolved since 1933, the Nazi government formally partitioned the Prussian
Province of Hesse-Nassau The Province of Hesse-Nassau () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1868 to 1918, then a province of the Free State of Prussia until 1944. Hesse-Nassau was created as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 by combining the ...
into two provinces effective with a decree issued on 1 April 1944 and effective on 1 July 1944. The two new provinces were the province of Kurhessen and the Province of Nassau. Following the end of
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, Kurhessen fell under American administration. The province was dissolved by the occupying US forces on 19 September 1945 and formed part of the administrative zone of Greater Hesse. Just over a year later, Greater Hesse became the modern German state of
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.


Etymology

The name ''Kurhessen'' comes from the former Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel; 1803–1866) which, following the
Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War (German: ''Preußisch-Österreichischer Krieg''), also known by many other names,Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Second War of Unification, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), ''Deutsc ...
, Prussia annexed to form part of the Province of Hesse-Nassau. This is also where its anglicized name ''Electoral Hesse'' comes from.


References

20th century in Hesse Former states and territories of Hesse 1944 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany Provinces of Prussia {{Hesse-geo-stub