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Assia-Nassau (Prussia, Germania : Province) CercaDefinizione
Hesse-Nassau was one of the four Hesse landgraviates established in 1567, when Hesse was partitioned among four sons of Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous. Historically, it was known as Hesse-Kassel. During the eighteenth century Hessian troops fought in nearly every European and Turkish campaign, and from 1776 to 1786 as many as 17,000 Hessian mercenaries fought for the British in the American Revolution. In the Seven Weeks' War between Prussia and Austria (1866), Hesse-Kassel sided with Austria. After Austria's defeat, the country was annexed by Prussia and its elector exiled. In 1867 Hesse-Kassel, along with Nassau, some former Hesse-Darmstadt districts, and Frankfurt, was made part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Hesse-Nassau remained a province of Prussia under the Weimar Republic. In 1944 Hesse-Nassau was split into Nassau and Electoral Hesse (Kurhessen), but on September 19, 1945, these provinces were united with the part of Hesse-Darmstadt east of the Rhine to form Greater Hesse, later called simply Hesse. The province of Hesse-Nassau was comprised of two administrative subunits (counties), Kassel and Wiesbaden. The capital city was Kassel. (en-US)
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The Times Atlas of World History. Edited by Geofrey Barraclough. Third Edition. Maplewood, New Jersey: Hammond, 1989.