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.^{( de)}
* 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.^{( de)}
* 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.^{( de)}
* 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.^{( de)}
* 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.^{( de)}

21st century

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

See also

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* (city archives)
* History of Hesse
Other cities in the state of Hesse:^{( de)}
* Timeline of Frankfurt

References

''This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.''

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