Hofgeismar () is a town in the
district of Kassel, in northern
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is located 25 km north of
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
on the
German Timber-Frame Road
The German Timber-Frame Road (German: ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'') is a German tourist route leading from the river Elbe in the north to the Black Forest and Lake Constance in the south. Numerous cities and towns each with examples of the vernacu ...
. In 1978 and in 2015, the town hosted the 18th ''
Hessentag
The Hessentag (; en, Hesse Day) is an annual event, both fair and festival, organized by the German state of Hesse to represent the different regions of Hesse. The events are shown for a week to the visitors, with an emphasis on cultural displ ...
'' state festival.
History
The first written document mentioning Hofgeismar dates back to the year 1082.
People
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Martin Zielke
Martin Zielke (born 17 January 1963 in Hofgeismar, Hesse, Germany) is a German bank manager who served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of managing directors of Commerzbank from 2016 until 2020.
Early life and education
Af ...
(born 1963), German banker
See also
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Schöneberg (Hofgeismar)
Schöneberg is a village and a municipal division (''Stadtteil'') of the town of Hofgeismar in the district of Kassel in northern Hesse, Germany. West of the village, there are the ruins of a castle dating from the 12th century that bears the sa ...
References
External links
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Image:Hofgeismar-Schönburg.JPG, Schönburg in Hofgeismar
Image:Altstädter-Kirche.JPG, Church in Altstadt
Kassel (district)
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