page_title: Hesse
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Hesse / Demographics / Religion
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius ist die Mutterpfarrei aller katholischen Pfarreien der Stadt Fulda sowie das letzte bedeutende Gebäude, welches im Zeitalter des Barocks errichtet wurde.
context_page_description: Hesse or Hessia, officially the State of Hesse, is a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest metropolitan area is Frankfurt am Main.
  With an area of 21,000 square kilometers and a population of just over six million it ranks seventh and fifth respectively among the sixteen German states.
  As a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
context_section_description: In 2016 Christianity was the most widespread religion in the state (63%). 40% of Hessians belonged to the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau or Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck (members of the Evangelical Church in Germany), 25% adhered to the Roman Catholic Church, while other Christians constituted some 3%, the third most common religion of the Hessian population is Islam with 7% of the population.
caption: View of the Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius in Fulda
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