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Hesse

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Administrative region (German Land ) in central Germany, bordered to the west by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, to the south by Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, to the east by Thuringia, and to the north by North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony; area 21,115 sq km/8,153 sq mi; population (2003 est) 6,045,200. The capital is Wiesbaden , and other major cities include Frankfurt-am-Main, Kassel, Darmstadt, Fulda, Giessen, and Offenbach-am-Main. Most of Hesse is a hilly, agricultural land, heavily forested in parts. The region includes the valleys of the rivers Rhine, Main, and Fulda; the Taunus Mountains and Vogelsberg Mountains; and the Odenwald Forest. Economy The chief industries are timber, chemicals, textiles, automobiles, electrical engineering, optical instruments, computers, telecommunications, printing, and publishing. Agriculture is based on the cultivation of oats, wheat, potatoes, barley, flax, fruit, and sugar beet, and on cattle-raising; some of Germany's finest wines are…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(hĕs, hēs'ē, hĕs'Ә), Ger. Hessen , state (1994 pop. 5,800,000), 8,150 sq mi (24,604 sq km), central Germany. Wiesbaden is the capital. It is bounded by Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in the south, Rhineland-Palatinate in the west, North Rhine–Westphalia and Lower Saxony in the north, and Thuringia in…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Region in SW Germany, comprising the state of Hesse and the former Prussian prov. of Hesse-Nassau. Former state of Germany; 2969 sq. mi. (7690 sq. km.); ✽ Darmstadt; now part of German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. A state of Germany; ✽ Wiesbaden; electrical equipment, motor vehicles, …
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Full text Article Hesse

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Administrative region (German Land ) in central Germany, bordered to the west by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, to the south by Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, to the east by Thuringia, and to the north by North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony; area 21,115 sq km/8,153 sq mi; population (2003…
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Full text Article Hesse, Eva

From A to Z of Women: American Women in the Visual Arts
(b. 1936–d. 1970) sculptor, painter, graphic artist In spite of a highly promising career cut short by her untimely death at the age of 34, Eva Hesse is nonetheless considered a major postmodern artist. In the works on paper and sculptures, she experimented with both material and form and was, …
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Full text Article Hesse, Hermann

From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Buddhism
(b. 1877–d. 1962) German novelist and poet The works of Hermann Hesse, the Nobel Prize-winning author, enjoyed a new birth of life in the 1960s as a new generation of alienated youth discovered his writings. One novel in particular stood out, Siddhartha --originally published in 1922 and originally…
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From A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
(11 January 1936–29 May 1970) Born in Hamburg, Hesse fled in 1939 to New York with her educated and cultured family. In her brief career as a sculptor, cut terribly short by terminal brain cancer, Hesse discovered the feasibility of using several materials previously unknown to three-dimensional…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Hermann Hesse, 1957. Credit:Wide World Photos
(born July 2, 1877, Calw, Ger.—died Aug. 9, 1962, Montagnola, Switz.) German novelist and poet. He left the seminary because of his inability to adapt to the life there. His first novel was Peter Camenzind (1904); it was followed by Beneath the Wheel (1906), Gertrud (1910), and Rosshalde (1914). An…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Jan. 11, 1936, Hamburg, Ger.—died May 29, 1970, New York, N.Y., U.S.) German-born U.S. sculptor. She arrived in New York City with her family in 1939, fleeing the Nazi regime. She attended the Pratt Institute, Cooper Union, and Yale University. In 1964 she married and moved briefly to Germany…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(hĕr'män hĕs'Ә), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet. A pacifist, he went to Switzerland at the outbreak of World War I and became (1923) a Swiss citizen. The spiritual loneliness of the artist and his estrangement from the modern world are recurring themes in Hesse's works. His novels, increasingly…
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From Encyclopedia of Nobel Laureates 1901-2017 Full text Article LITERATURE
HESSE, HERMANN
Nationality: Swiss b. 2 July 1877, Calw, Germany; d. 9 August 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland For his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style Hesse was born in Calw in the Black Forest. He joined a…
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