Timeline of Kassel

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kassel, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

• 1462 - Martinskirche, Kassel (church) built.
• 1502 - Hofkapelle (orchestra) founded.
• 1593 - Marstall (Kassel) built.
• 1594 - Printer Wilhelm Wessel in business.[1]
• 1606 - Ottoneum (theatre) built.[2]
• 1626 - Population: 6,329.^(de)
• 1709 - Collegium Carolinum (Kassel) (school) founded.
• 1710 - Karlskirche (Kassel) (church) built.
• 1731 - Casselische Zeitung von Policey (newspaper) begins publication.[3]
• 1767 - Königsplatz (Kassel) (square) laid out.
• 1768 - Friedrichsplatz (Kassel) (square) laid out.
• 1769 - Opera house built on Königsstraße (Kassel).[4]
• 1777 - Art school established.
• 1779 - Fridericianum museum opens.
• 1798 - Schloss Wilhelmshöhe (palace) built.

19th century

• 1810 - Population: 23,068.^(de)
• 1836 - Verein für Naturkunde (society) founded.[5]
• 1848 - Kassel–Warburg railway begins operating.
• 1866
  • Prussian XI Army Corps headquartered in Kassel.[6]
  • Kassel becomes seat of province Hesse-Nassau in Prussia.[6]
• 1877 - Steam tram begins operating.[1]
• 1880 - Population: 58,290.[7]
• 1895 - Population: 81,752.[8]
• 1899 - Wehlheiden becomes part of Kassel.
• 1900 - Population: 106,034.[9]

20th century

• 1906 - Bettenhausen, Kirchditmold, Rothenditmold, and Wahlershausen becomes part of Kassel.[1]
• 1909
  • Neue Hoftheater (theatre) built.
  • Population: 150,577.^(de)
• 1914 - Stadthalle Kassel built.[1]
• 1926 - Gutsbezirk Fasanenhof becomes part of Kassel.
• 1928 - Gutsbezirk Oberförsterei Kirchditmold, Kragenhof, Oberförsterei Ehlen, and Wilhelmshöhe become part of Kassel.
• 1936
  • Harleshausen, Niederzwehren, Nordshausen, Oberzwehren, Waldau, and Wolfsanger become part of Kassel.[1]
  • Population: 203,418.^(de)
• 1942 - Bombing of Kassel in World War II begins.
• 1945
  • 1–4 April: Battle of Kassel (1945); Allied forces win.
  • Hessischen Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
• 1960 - Kassel Hauptbahnhof (train station) rebuilt.
• 1955
  • National Bundesgartenschau 1955 (garden show) held in Kassel.[1]
  • "Documenta" quinquennial art exhibition begins.
• 1959 - Staatstheater Kassel built.
• 1960 - Brüder Grimm-Museum Kassel opens.[1]
• 1971 - University of Kassel established.
• 1972 - Kassel (district) formed in the state of Hesse.
• 1976 - New Gallery (Kassel) opens.
• 1977 - Eissporthalle Kassel (ice rink) opens.
• 1981 - National Bundesgartenschau 1981 (garden show) held in Kassel.[1]
• 1985 - Population: 184,466.^(de)

21st century

• 2005
  • Scheidemannplatz (square) remodelled.[1]
  • Bertram Hilgen becomes mayor.[1]
• 2007
  • Kassel RegioTram begins operating.
  • Kassel Marathon begins.
• 2013 - Theater im Centrum opens.
• 2014 - Mevlana Mosque (Kassel-Oberzwehren) built.[10]
• 2015 - Population: 200,507.^(de)

See also

• History of Kassel
• Stadtarchiv Kassel (city archives)
• History of Hesse

Other cities in the state of Hesse:^(de)

• Timeline of Frankfurt

References

1. "Stadtgeschichte: Kassel chronologisch" [City History: Chronology of Kassel]. Stadtportal (in German). Stadt Kassel. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
2. William Grange (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of German Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6489-4.
3. "Zeitungsinformationssystem ZEFYS" [Newspaper Information System] (in German). Berlin State Library. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
4. Apell 1831.
5. "Über uns: Geschichte (timeline)" (in German). Naturkundemuseum im Ottoneum. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
6. Baedeker 1910.
7. "Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885 – via Hathi Trust.
8. "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
9. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904.
10. "Nach sechs Jahren: Moschee für 3,5 Millionen Euro fast fertig", Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (in German), 15 May 2014

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Cassel". Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany. London: W.J. Adams & Sons. 1876.
• "Cassel". Handbook for North Germany (20th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1886.
• "Cassel". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Cassel", Jewish Encyclopedia, 3, New York, 1902
• "Cassel", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
• "Cassel", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424

in German

• David August von Apell (1831). Cassel und dessen Umgebungen (in German). OCLC 174331391.
• G. A. Lobe (1837). Wanderungen durch Cassel und die Umgegend (in German). Krieger.
• Franz Carl Theodor Piderit (1844). Geschichte der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Kassel (in German). W. Appel.
• "Cassel". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der Seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858. (bibliography)
• "Cassel". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). 3 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
• Kreis Cassel. Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler im Regierungsbezirk Cassel (in German). Marburg. 1910 – via Heidelberg University Library, Heidelberger historische Bestände - digital.
• Cassel und Wilhelmshöhe. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). 1919.
• Gerhard Köbler (2007). "Kassel". Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder (in German) (7th ed.). Munich: C.H. Beck. p. 327. ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.
• Hessen I: Regierungsbezirke Gießen und Kassel. Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler (in German). Deutscher Kunstverlag. 2008. ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3.
• Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Kassel". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 1037–1092. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.

External links

• Items related to Kassel, various dates (via Europeana)
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