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    The Hessentag (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛsn̩taːk]; English: Hesse Day) is an annual event, both fair and festival, organized by the German state of Hesse...
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    seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. In 744 Saint Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface, founded...
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    fine fachwerk buildings and houses. In 2002, the town hosted the 42nd Hessentag state festival. Idstein lies in the Taunus mountain range, about 16 kilometres...
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    as a hub for the surrounding area. In 1994, the town hosted the 34th Hessentag state festival. Groß-Gerau lies in the north of the Hessisches Ried, the...
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    castles like Schloss Philippsruhe [de]. In 1963, the city hosted the third Hessentag state festival. Until 2005, Hanau was the administrative centre of the...
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    home to the University of Giessen. In 1969, the town hosted the ninth Hessentag state festival. Giessen came into being as a moated castle in 1152 built...
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    German Timber-Frame Road. In 1978 and in 2015, the town hosted the 18th Hessentag state festival. The first written document mentioning Hofgeismar dates...
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    September 2020. Siemon, Thomas (31 May 2013). "Hessentag 1964 in Kassel: 200.000 sahen den Festzug" [Hessentag 1964 in Kassel: 200,000 saw the parade] (in...
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    is the 13th largest town in Hesse. In 2011, the town hosted the 51st Hessentag state festival. The maximum distance from the northern town border to...
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    river Kinzig, 10 km east of Hanau. In 2009, the town hosted the 49th Hessentag state festival. "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise...
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    German Timber-Frame Road. Herborn hosted the 26th Hessentag state festival in 1986, and the 56th Hessentag in 2016. The town's coordinates are 50°41′4″N 8°18′15″E...
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    miles) north of Frankfurt am Main. In 1966, the town hosted the sixth Hessentag state festival, in 1979 the 19th. The town consists of 7 districts: Bruchenbrücken...
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    Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. In 1982, the town hosted the 22nd Hessentag state festival. Wächtersbach lies between the Spessart and the Vogelsberg...
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    seat of the Schwalm-Eder district. In 2008, the town hosted the 48th Hessentag state festival. Homberg lies in the transitional zone between the West...
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    district of Gießen, in Hessen, Germany. In 1980, the town hosted the 20th Hessentag state festival. Grünberg is situated 20 km (12 mi) east of Gießen. To...
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    Wetzlar as the Rittal Arena Wetzlar. Rittal was also a major sponsor of Hessentag 2016 in Herborn. "Rittal - Facts and Figures - Facts and figures from...
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    around the station were modernised and redecorated in preparation for the Hessentag (Hesse Day) celebrations of 2010. The station was opened along with the...
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    on the German Timber-Frame Road. In 2018, the town has hosted the 58th Hessentag state festival. Korbach lies at the north-east edge of the Rhenish Slate...
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    district in northern Hesse, Germany. In 1987, the town hosted the 27th Hessentag state festival. The 8 billionaires of the Braun family make Melsungen...
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    in northeastern Hesse, Germany. In 1971, the town hosted the eleventh Hessentag state festival. The town lies on a broad plain tract of the river Werra...
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    Kassel on the German Timber-Frame Road. In 1992, the town hosted the 32nd Hessentag state festival. The mayor Reinhard Schaake (independent) was elected in...
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    state of Hesse in central Germany. In 1983, the town hosted the 23rd Hessentag state festival. Lauterbach was founded between 400 and 800 AD. In 812...
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    situated 16 km northeast of Fulda. In 2000, the town hosted the 40th Hessentag state festival. Hünfeld has a population close to 16,000. The federal...
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    about 18 km (11 miles) east of Marburg. In 2010, the town hosted the 50th Hessentag state festival. Under the German system of Naturräume, Stadtallendorf...
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    Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. In 1984, the town hosted the 24th Hessentag state festival. Lampertheim lies in the southwest corner of Hesse in the...
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    Peter from the 12th-14th centuries. In 1974, the town hosted the 14th Hessentag state festival. Fritzlar lies in northern Hesse, mainly on the north bank...
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    Federal Republic of Germany (Bonn won). In 1964, the town hosted the fourth Hessentag state festival (again in 2013). In 1972 the Chancellor of West Germany...
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    Swearing-in ceremony of Hessian police officers at the Hessentag in Homberg (Efze), 2008...
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    and 35 km north of Frankfurt am Main. In 2007, the town hosted the 47th Hessentag state festival from 1 to 10 June. The "Landgrafenschloss" ("landgraves'...
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    2500 people and also proved its worth at the Hessentag 2004. In 2004, the town hosted the 44th Hessentag state festival. The sharp rise between 1971 and...
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