North Rhine-Westphalia

[Visitor_22]

Are Franks and Hessians the same people?

NO. Franks are Southern Netherlanders and Western Germans near Rhine.

[Wolf]

Westphalia was inhabited by Old Saxon tribe called "Westphalians"...

This name wasn't used before the Carolingian age.

Are Franks and Hessians the same people?

Partly, the "Chatti", the probable ancestors of the Hessians, fell under Frankish influence quite early (5th/6th century).

NO. Franks are Southern Netherlanders and Western Germans near Rhine.

That depends on your defintion.

[sioned]

Here some info:

North Rhine-Westphalia in the Roman Empire:

https://www.roemer.nrw/en/north-rhin...a-roman-empire