Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein (German) Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
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State of the German Empire (1871-1991)
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Hesse in the German Empire, in 1952
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Capital
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Darmstadt
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Official language
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German,
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Religion
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Catholicism, Protestant
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Government
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Constitutional Monarchy
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Grand Dukes
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- 1806-1830
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Louis I (First)
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- 1892-1918
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Ernest Louis
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- 1918-1937
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Georg
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- 1937-1968
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Louis V
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- 1968-1980
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Philipp
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- 1980-1991
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Mortiz (Last)
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History
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- Established
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1806
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- Disestablished
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1991
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Currency
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Papiermark (1914-1938) Reichsmark (until 1991)
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