Basic information

| Attribute | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Official Name** | State of Hesse (Land Hessen) | | **Common Name** | Hesse | | **Native Name(s)** | Hessen | | **Nicknames** | The Heart of Germany, The Green State | | **Motto** | _Data not readily available for this location._ | | **Geographic Level** | State (Bundesland) | | **Country** | Germany | | **State/Province** | Hesse | | **Capital** | Wiesbaden | | **Government Type** | Parliamentary republic (Federal State of Germany) | | **Date Founded** | September 19, 1945 (Modern state of Greater Hesse) | | **Time Zone** | Central European Time (CET/UTC+1); CEST (UTC+2) in summer | | **Latitude** | 50.6521° N | | **Longitude** | 9.1624° E | | **Elevation** | Varies (Lowest: 72 m, Highest: 950 m) | | **Total Area** | 21,114 km² (8,152 sq mi) | | **Population** | ~6,391,360 (as of 2022/2023) | | **Population Density** | ~300/km² (780/sq mi) | | **ZIP/Postal Codes** | 34000–36999, 60000–65999 (Ranges) | | **Area Codes** | 069 (Frankfurt), 0611 (Wiesbaden), 0561 (Kassel), and others | | **Official Languages** | German | | **Currency** | Euro (EUR) | | **Demonym** | Hessian (Hesse / Hessin) |