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)

Timeline of Kassel

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