The Calvinist landgraviate of northern Hesse, infamous in the Anglophone world for hiring out its army — the 'Hessians' of the American Revolution.
Raised to the Electorate of Hesse in 1803; annexed by Prussia after backing Austria in 1866.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel — the shape you scrub through changes in 1567 · 1749.
Covers the Hessian states and the soldier-trade era.