 The governors were at the height of their power from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th century, but their role in provincial unrest during the civil wars led Cardinal Richelieu to create the more tractable positions of intendants of finance, policing and justice, and in the 18th century the role of provincial governors was greatly curtailed.Until 1933, the term "Landeshauptmann" (state governor) was used in Prussia for the head of government of a province, In the modern-day states of Germany, the counterpart to "Landeshauptmann" is the "Ministerpräsident" (minister-president).In the present German states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia there are – and earlier in more German states there were – sub-state administrative regions called in , which is sometimes translated into English as governorate.