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Definition of Hesse

1. Noun. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).

Definition of Hesse

1. Proper noun. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Hesse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"At his death, in 1567, hesse was divided into hesse-CASSEL and ... In 1803 hesse-Cassel became an electorate, and in 1806 hesse-Darmstadt a grand duchy ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The name of hesse, now used principally for the grand duchy formerly known as hesse-Darmstadt, refers to a country which has had different boundaries and ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Several detached portions of territory were also included in hesse. The earliest recorded inhabitants of the district were the Chatti, ..."

4. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1875)
"War Indemnity to be paid to Prussia by hesse-Darmstadt. 3. ... Cessions by hesse-Darmstadt to Prussia. Entrance of part of hesse- Darmstadt into the ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"As the Hessian nobility recognized him as their overlord, hesse was thus united with Thuringia. Louis at the same time received the protectorate of the most ..."

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