Timeline of Kassel

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

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Prior to 19th century

Map of Kassel and the surrounding area (1789)

• 1462 - Martinskirche, Kassel (church) built.
• 1502 - Hofkapelle  [ de ] (orchestra) founded.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1593 - Marstall (Kassel)  [ de ] 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]
• 1761 - Siege of Cassel (1761): Cassel successfully defended by the French.
• 1762 - Siege of Cassel (1762): Cassel was captured by the Germans from the French. ^[4]
• 1767 - Königsplatz (Kassel)  [ de ] (square) laid out.
• 1768 - Friedrichsplatz (Kassel)  [ de ] (square) laid out.
• 1769 - Opera house built on Königsstraße (Kassel)  [ de ]. ^[5]
• 1777 - Art school established.
• 1779 - Fridericianum museum opens.
• 1798 - Schloss Wilhelmshöhe (palace) built.

19th century

• 1807 - Became the capital of the Kingdom of Westphalia. ^[4]
• 1810 - Population: 23,068.^(de)
• 1813 - Bombarded and captured by the Russian general Chernichev;
• 1836 - Verein für Naturkunde (society) founded. ^[6]
• 1848 - Kassel–Warburg railway begins operating.
• 1850/51 - Occupied by the Prussians. ^[4]
• 1866
  • Prussian XI Army Corps headquartered in Kassel. ^[7]
  • Kassel becomes seat of province Hesse-Nassau in Prussia. ^{[7] [4]}
• 1877 - Steam tram begins operating. ^[1]
• 1880 - Population: 58,290. ^[8]
• 1885 - Population: 64,083. ^[4]
• 1895 - Population: 81,752. ^[9]
• 1899 - Wehlheiden  [ de ] becomes part of Kassel.
• 1900 - Population: 106,034. ^[10]

Kassel at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

20th century

• 1905 - Population: 120,446. ^[4]
• 1906 - Bettenhausen  [ de ], Kirchditmold  [ de ], Rothenditmold  [ de ], and Wahlershausen  [ de ] become part of Kassel. ^[1]
• 1909
  • Neue Hoftheater (theatre) built.
  • Population: 150,577.^(de)
• 1914 - Stadthalle Kassel  [ de ] built. ^[1]
• 1926 - Gutsbezirk Fasanenhof becomes part of Kassel.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1928 - Gutsbezirk Oberförsterei Kirchditmold, Kragenhof, Oberförsterei Ehlen, and Wilhelmshöhe  [ de ] become part of Kassel.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1936
  • Harleshausen  [ de ], Niederzwehren, Nordshausen  [ de ], Oberzwehren  [ de ], Waldau  [ de ], and Wolfsanger  [ de ] become part of Kassel. ^[1]
  • Population: 203,418.^(de)
• 1939 - Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos ). ^[11]
• 1942 - Bombing of Kassel in World War II begins.
• 1943 - July: Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly Poles and Russians. ^[12]
• 1944 - October: Several prisoners escaped from the Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of Buchenwald. ^[12]
• 1945
  • 29 March: Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Escape of many prisoners during their deportation to the main Buchenwald camp. ^[12]
  • 1–4 April: Battle of Kassel (1945); Allied forces win.
  • Hessischen Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
• 1955
  • National Bundesgartenschau 1955  [ de ] (garden show) held in Kassel. ^[1]
  • "Documenta" quinquennial art exhibition begins.

Kassel in 1958

• 1959 - Staatstheater Kassel built.
• 1960
  • Kassel Hauptbahnhof (train station) rebuilt.
  • Brüder Grimm-Museum Kassel  [ de ] 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  [ de ] (garden show) held in Kassel. ^[1]
• 1985 - Population: 184,466.^(de)

21st century

• 2005
  • Scheidemannplatz  [ de ] (square) remodelled. ^[1]
  • Bertram Hilgen  [ de ] becomes mayor. ^[1]
• 2007
  • Kassel RegioTram begins operating.
  • Kassel Marathon begins.
• 2013 - Theater im Centrum  [ de ] opens.
• 2014 - Mevlana Mosque (Kassel-Oberzwehren)  [ de ] built. ^[13]
• 2015 - Population: 200,507.^(de)

See also

• History of Kassel  [ de ]
• Stadtarchiv Kassel  [ de ] (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. Britannica 1910.
5. Apell 1831.
6. "Über uns: Geschichte (timeline)" (in German). Naturkundemuseum im Ottoneum. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
7. Baedeker 1910.
8. "Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469 – via Hathi Trust.
9. "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
10. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368424.
11. "Lager für Sinti und Roma Kassel". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
12. "Kassel-Druseltal". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
13. "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

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• "Cassel". Handbook for North Germany (20th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1886. hdl:2027/hvd.hn1imr.
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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). Vol. 3 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064452.
• NN (1910). Kreis Cassel (in German). Marburg. doi:10.11588/DIGLIT.12580 – via Heidelberg University Library, Heidelberger historische Bestände - digital.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
• 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

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