Hesse or Hessen, officially the State of Hesse, is a landlocked state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt am Main, which is also the country's principal
River Lahn in Runkel
Taunus landscape with Großer Feldberg in the center of the background
View from Staufen mountain over several towns of the district Main-Taunus-Kreis with Kelkheim in the foreground as well as Liederbach, Bad Soden, Sulzbach and Eschborn in the middleground (Frankfurt in the back)
The state chancellery building in the capital city of Wiesbaden
Thuringia is a landlocked state in central Germany. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. It is the country's center
Thuringian landgravian lion, depicted in the Fürstenzug
Thuringian palatine eagle, depicted in the Fürstenzug
Marriage of the Thuringian landgrave Henry Raspe and Beatrice of Brabant
Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle at the Thuringian Highland