Timeline of Kassel

Timeline of the history of Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

Prior to 19th century

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  • 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

21st century

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

See also

Other cities in the state of Hesse:(de)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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. ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
  5. ^ Apell 1831.
  6. ^ "Über uns: Geschichte (timeline)" (in German). Naturkundemuseum im Ottoneum. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "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

  • "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. hdl:2027/hvd.hn1imr.
  • "Cassel". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312876.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Cassel", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 3, New York, 1902, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282292{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Cassel", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
  • "Cassel (Germany)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 457–458.

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)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • 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.

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