page_title: Rhenish Hesse
hierarchical_section_title: Rhenish Hesse
caption_attribution_description: Location of Rheinessen in Germany
context_page_description: Rhenish Hesse or Rhine-Hesse is a region and a former government district in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, made up of those territories west of the Upper Rhine river that from 1816 were part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and of the People's State of Hesse until 1945. The hilly countryside is largely devoted to vineyards, comprising the Rheinhessen wine region.
context_section_description: Rhenish Hesse or Rhine-Hesse (German: Rheinhessen) is a region and a former government district (Regierungsbezirk) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, made up of those territories west of the Upper Rhine river that from 1816 were part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and of the People's State of Hesse until 1945. The hilly countryside is largely devoted to vineyards, comprising the Rheinhessen wine region.
caption: Rhenish Hesse (dark red), shown within Rhineland-Palatinate (pale red)
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