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 - (orchestra) founded.
• 1593 - built.
• 1594 - Printer Wilhelm Wessel in business.
• 1606 - Ottoneum (theatre) built.
• 1626 - Population: 6,329.⁽⁾
• 1709 - Collegium Carolinum (Kassel) (school) founded.
• 1710 - Karlskirche (Kassel) (church) built.
• 1731 - Casselische Zeitung von Policey (newspaper) begins publication.
• 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.
• 1767 - (square) laid out.
• 1768 - (square) laid out.
• 1769 - Opera house built on .
• 1777 - Art school established.
• 1779 - Fridericianum museum opens.
• 1798 - Schloss Wilhelmshöhe (palace) built.

19th century

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

20th century

• 1905 - Population: 120,446.
• 1906 - , , , and become part of Kassel.
• 1909
• Neue Hoftheater (theatre) built.
• Population: 150,577.⁽⁾
• 1914 - built.
• 1926 - Gutsbezirk Fasanenhof becomes part of Kassel.
• 1928 - Gutsbezirk Oberförsterei Kirchditmold, Kragenhof, Oberförsterei Ehlen, and become part of Kassel.
• 1936
• , Niederzwehren, , , , and become part of Kassel.
• Population: 203,418.⁽⁾
• 1939 - Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).
• 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.
• 1944 - October: Several prisoners escaped from the Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of Buchenwald.
• 1945
• 29 March: Kassel-Druseltal subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Escape of many prisoners during their deportation to the main Buchenwald camp.
• 1–4 April: Battle of Kassel (1945); Allied forces win.
• Hessischen Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
• 1955
• National (garden show) held in Kassel.
• "Documenta" quinquennial art exhibition begins.

• 1959 - Staatstheater Kassel built.
• 1960
• Kassel Hauptbahnhof (train station) rebuilt.
• opens.
• 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 (garden show) held in Kassel.
• 1985 - Population: 184,466.⁽⁾

21st century

• 2005
• (square) remodelled.
• becomes mayor.
• 2007
• Kassel RegioTram begins operating.
• Kassel Marathon begins.
• 2013 - opens.
• 2014 - built.
• 2015 - Population: 200,507.⁽⁾

See also

• (city archives)
• History of Hesse

Other cities in the state of Hesse:⁽⁾

• Timeline of Frankfurt

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in German

• (bibliography)

External links

• Items related to Kassel, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Kassel, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)