Editing Hesse (section)

==== Post-World War II ====
After [[World War II]], the Hessian territory west of the Rhine [[French occupation zone in Germany|was again occupied by France]], while the rest of the region was part of the [[American occupation zone in Germany|US occupation zone]]. On 17 September 1945 the [[Wanfried agreement]] adjusted the border between American-occupied Kurhessen and [[Soviet occupation zone in Germany|Soviet-occupied]] Thuringia. The United States proclaimed the state of [[Greater Hesse]] ({{lang|de|Groß-Hessen}}) on 19 September 1945, out of the People's State of Hesse and most of what had been the Prussian Provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau. The French incorporated their parts of Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Nassau (as {{lang|de|[[Regierungsbezirk Montabaur]]}}) into the newly founded state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] ({{lang|de|Rheinland-Pfalz}}) on 30 August 1946.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

On 4 December 1946, Greater Hesse was officially renamed {{lang|de|Hessen}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://60stolzejahre.hessen.de/dynasite.cfm?dssid=77&dsmid=1898 |title=Hessen – 60 stolze Jahre – Zeittafel 1945/1946 |access-date=1 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017144544/http://60stolzejahre.hessen.de/dynasite.cfm?dssid=77&dsmid=1898 |archive-date=17 October 2006 }}</ref>
Hesse in the 1940s received more than a million [[Heimatvertriebene|displaced ethnic Germans]].

Due to its proximity to the [[Inner German border]], Hesse became an important location of [[NATO]] installations in the 1950s, especially military bases of the US [[V Corps (United States)|V Corps]] and [[United States Army Europe]].

The first elected minister president of Hesse was [[Christian Stock]], followed by [[Georg-August Zinn]] (both [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]]). The German Social Democrats gained an absolute majority in 1962 and pursued progressive policies with the so-called {{lang|de|Großer Hessenplan}}. The [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] gained a relative majority in the 1974 elections, but the Social Democrats continued to govern in a coalition with the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]. Hesse was first governed by the CDU under [[Walter Wallmann]] during 1987–1991, replaced by a SPD-Greens coalition under [[Hans Eichel]] during 1991–1999. From 1999, Hesse was governed by the CDU under [[Roland Koch]] (retired 2010) and [[Volker Bouffier]] (incumbent as of 2020).
[[Frankfurt]] during the 1960s to 1990s developed into one of the major cities of West Germany. As of 2016, 12% of the total population of Hesse lived in the city of Frankfurt.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}