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Hesse: Polity Style: 1945-2024

19 Sep 1945 Greater Hesse (Groß-Hessen) is constituted as a state within the United States Zone of Occupation in accordance with the Proclamation No. 2 of the Military Government [1]
19 Sep 1945 - 11 Dec 1946 Staat Groß-Hessen
11 Dec 1946 Constitution of Land Hessen is promulgated by the Government (retroactively effective from 1 Dec 1946 when it was approved at referendum) [2]
11 Dec 1946 - Land Hessen
7 Sep 1949 forms a part of the Federal Republic of Germany

[1] Military Government Gazette, Issue A, 1 Jun 1946, pp. 2-3.
[2] HGVBl, No. 34/35, 18 Dec 1946.