UNESCO World Heritage CentreDescending a long hill dominated by a giant statue of Hercules, the monumental water displays of Wilhelmshöhe were begun by Landgrave Carl of Hesse-Kassel in 1689 around an ...

Because many of the men came from the provinces of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Hanau, they were called Hessians. Though propaganda depicted them as fearsome monsters or drunk and asleep, the real story ...