Talk:Hesse

message: "It managed to defend its autonomy because in the War of 1866 it had sided with the winning Prussia." That's false. In fact both the "Grand Duchy of Hesse" (Hesse-Darmstadt) and the "Electorate of Hesse" (Hesse-Kassel) joined the Austrian side. 
A reason for the retention of the autonomy/independence of Hesse-Darmstadt could have been the family relations of the ruling family with the British and the Russian ruling dynasties. 
As consequence of the war Hesse-Darmstadt had to pay 3 million guldens at Prussia and accept the annexation of the landgraviate (Landgrafschaft) Homburg, parts of the districts of Gießen, Rödelheim, Niederursel with a total area of 830 qkm and a number of inhabitants of about 47.000. In exchange it received parts of Katzenberg, Nanheim, Reichelsheim, Trais, Dortelweil and Haarheim (about 83 qkm with 12.000 inhabitants). saftwuerstel 12:30, 19 Jun 2005
:The family relations between the ruling family of Hesse-Darmstadt and the British ruling dynasty were definitely not the reason for preserving the independence of Hesse-Darmstadt after it lost the war against Prussia in 1866. The family relations between the British royal family and the king of Hanover had been far closer than the relations between Hesse-Darmstadt and the British ruling dynasty. Nevertheless Hanover was annexed by Prussia following the war of 1866. As far as I know, the main reason for not annexing Hesse-Darmstadt was that Prussia had no interest in provoking France at that time. Prussia needed some additional years to prepare war against France in 1866. As well, Prussia wanted to win Austria as a future ally after 1866. Prussia definitely had no interest in provoking Austria more than necessary. Blinder Seher 16:41, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hesse-Darmstadt had sided with the winning Prussia. 

message: Was wondering if anyone knows how 'Hesse' is actually pronounced.  Is it pronounced 'Hess' with a silent e or 'Hessy' or what?  It would be useful to include an IPA rendition of it at the article's head, as I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't know.  [Addition] It is pronounced "Hesseh"
It is not pronounced at all. That word does not exist, except in some confused dusty books and heads. The country {Addition} (It is not a country, it is a state.) is pronounced "Hessen", in line with the official EU name of it.
Oh, and I've only ever heard it referred to as Hessen in the UK, even though we do use English translations for other states.  See this page here http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/798fc53e-6532-11dc-bf89-0000779fd2ac.html   and look at the 5th paragraph down.  Any google news search for 'Hessen' will show you that this article is not alone.  Perhaps partly because of the problems with pronunciation, Hessen is always used colloquially, in my experience.  Surely Wikipedia should follow colloquial trends?  After all, the page for Gdansk is not called Dansic, and the page for Krakow isn't Cracow.  Why should Hessen be any different?
:You actually mentioned two of the most disputed names on Wikipedia. Charles 23:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, looking at their talk pages, I see I have, but still, the fact is, on these pages it was finally decided to use their current Polish names as opposed the older and increasingly redundant English versions.  Oh, and do you know how to pronounce Hesse correctly?  Please someone add a pronunciation!  I have nothing against the English word at all (although I'd prefer Hessia) but if no one knows how to pronounce this word, then surely it's only a matter of time before it becomes completely redundant.  Perhaps if you're eager to preserve the English version, a pronunciation guide might encourage its use.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.212.13 (talk) 23:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation? 

message: Hi. I haven't been part of the previous disputes, but I must admit, I am a bit disturbed by the insistence of those users who insisted that English "Hesse" is incorrect. I am a Hessian, learnt to use the correct English form Hesse in school, and have always used it. In English literature, it goes back at least to the 18th century (for example, it is used in the 1777 satire "The Sale of the Hessians", sometimes ascribed to Benjamin Franklin). 
The State Government of Hesse (Hessische Landesregierung) uses "Hesse", as visible here and here. They should know.
Other examples are the German Museum of Architecture (here) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD - here). 
The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica exclusively uses the term Hesse (see here), which turns up in its index more than 300 times.
athinaios 22:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ramstein Air Base (spelled with one "m") is in Rhineland-Palatinate. Lars T. (talk) 03:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name dispute, hopefully the last time 

message: http://www.hessischpedia.de/wiki/Hauptseite is not an official site of the state of Hesse nor part of the Wikipedia-Project. Therfeore removed "Official"-description of link. I even doubt if this project should be linked at all. --92.224.105.175 (talk) 17:40, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Does the status of the death penalty in Hesse--or anywhere--really call for a top level section of its own?  I could see it, if Wikipedia were a sort of clearing house of information on the status of supposedly progressive issues; in some ways, I find it is that, here and there, but I don't think it's meant to be.  If each and every article concerning a civil jurisdiction is to have a special section devoted to the status of protection of convicted criminals, I think it should also have a section on the status of protection of innocent human beings in the womb from slaughter.   140.147.236.194 (talk) 14:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Should be moved to a subsection of Politics, imho. Regards, --20% (talk) 19:10, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The sentence that "Some people think that Article 21 of the Hessian constitution should be deleted, for if there is no death penalty it cannot be used" is meaningless. There is a death penalty in one constitution and not in another. To say that "if there is no death penalty it cannot be used" is ridiculous tautology. I suggest that this should be changed to "There is some support for amending Article 21 of the Hessian constitution to remove the death sentence, as it cannot be enforced given the prohibition in the Federal Constitution on the death penalty".Royalcourtier (talk) 07:06, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on Death Penalty? 

message: The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state. The oldest city of the cultural region of Hesse, Mainz, is in Rhineland-Palatinate. 
Well this is fiction. Hessen is the moderen form of the name of the Chatten a Germanic tribe located in the region south of Kassel. Later the rulers of Hessen succeed land arround Darmstadt. 
Cultural Mainz was and is never a Hessian city. The use of the name Rheinhessen is a PR trick of the rulers of Darmstadt a younger branch of the House of Hesse to legitimate their rulership about the Mainz area for a short time (1806-1918). 
Chatten and Frisians are the only two germanic tribes that were never pushed out of their homeland. Well Frisians coulden move in Migration Period because of the North Sea in their back an also roman empire never reaches their land. But Hessen resist against the roman empire and the Migration Period. So dont mess with us and tell souch a shit about cultural region and Mainz. Hessians will come back to America. This time we will do it without the Brits in supreme command and we will find you! ;-) 95.222.221.150 (talk) 20:11, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening Nonsense 

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message: Hello,
I think there is an issue with the Sports subject line. From my view it should be shifted to the city description of Frankfurt and removed from this article about the State of Hesse.
Thanks and Happy Boxing Day. --Pablo789aq (talk) 17:01, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Sports subject line, only with Frankfurt based clubs?

message: Hi,
I noticed something odd when I Google searched 'Hesse', on the link to the Wikipedia article it is prefaced with "Every single person reading this is gay except for of course me and my girl friend.:) For the writer, see Hermann Hesse. For other persons, see Hesse (surname)."
Not quite sure how this happened nor what to do about it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.24.219 (talk) 16:30, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi 79.75.24.219. The page was vandalised a few days ago with this text, and from my understanding, Google doesn't update changes to articles very often. The text is not in the article, so I believe it should disappear from the description in a day or so. I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about it until then. aboideautalk 16:51, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  When you Google 'Hesse' 

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