Kassel

Country

German Empire

Coordinates

51.3158, 9.4979

History

• Kassel (–1803), Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
• Kassel (1803–1807)
• Kassel (1807–1813), Kingdom of Westphalia
• Kassel (1813–1871)
• Kassel (1871–1918), German Empire
• Kassel (1918–1933), Weimar Republic
• Kassel (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Kassel (1945–1949), allied-occupied Germany
• Kassel (1949–1990), West Germany
• Kassel (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Georg Otto (1550–1618), died in Kassel
• Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632), was born in Kassel
• Fortunato Chelleri (1687–1757), died in Kassel
• Ignazio Fiorillo (1715–1787), died in Kassel
• Johann Christoph Kellner (1736–1803), died in Kassel
• Louis Spohr (1784–1859), died in Kassel
• Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849), was born in Kassel
• Ludwig Schuncke (1810–1834), was born in Kassel
• Heinz Friedrich Hartig (1907–1969), was born in Kassel
• Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002), was born in Kassel