Province of Kurhessen

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Kurhessen
common_name = Kurhessen
subdivision = Province
nation = Prussia
status_text = Province of Prussia
era = World War II

|year_start = 1944
date_start = 1 April
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year_end = 1945
date_end = 19 September
event_end=
p1 = Province of Hesse-Nassau
s1 = Greater Hesse
flag_p1 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Hessen-Nassau.svg
flag_s1 = Flag of Hesse.svg

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capital = Kassel
latd=|latm=|latNS=N|longd=|longm=|longEW=E
stat_area1 = 9200
stat_year1 = 1944
stat_pop1 = 971887
title_leader = High President
leader1 = Karl Gerland
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footnotes = The Province of Kurhessen ( _de. Provinz Kurhessen) was a province of Prussia within Nazi Germany from 1944-45.

Although all German states, including Prussia, had been "de facto" dissolved since 1933, the Nazi government formally dissolved the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau into two provinces on 1 April 1944: Kurhessen and the Province of Nassau.

The name "Kurhessen" comes from the former Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1803-1866), which Prussia annexed following the Austro-Prussian War to form part of the Province of Hesse-Nassau.

Following the end of World War II, Kurhessen fell under American administration. The province was dissolved by the occupying US forces on 19 September, 1945, forming part of the administrative zone of Greater Hesse. Just over a year later, Greater Hesse became the modern German state of Hesse.