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 - Staatsorchester Kassel (orchestra) founded.
 * 1593 - Marstall (Kassel) 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 - Wehlheiden becomes part of Kassel.
 * 1900 - Population: 106,034.



20th century

 * 1905 - Population: 120,446.
 * 1906 - Bettenhausen (Kassel), Kirchditmold, Rothenditmold, and Wahlershausen become part of Kassel.
 * 1909
 * Neue Hoftheater (theatre) built.
 * Population: 150,577.(de)
 * 1914 - Stadthalle Kassel built.
 * 1926 - Gutsbezirk Fasanenhof becomes part of Kassel.
 * 1928 - Gutsbezirk Oberförsterei Kirchditmold, Kragenhof, Oberförsterei Ehlen, and become part of Kassel.
 * 1936
 * Harleshausen, Niederzwehren, Nordshausen, Oberzwehren, Waldau (Kassel), and Wolfsanger 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.
 * Brüder Grimm-Museum Kassel 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)

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