Kassel
Kassel is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the north of the state. It was created in 1866 when Prussia annexed the Electorate of Hesse, forming part of the new Province of Hesse-Nassau.
- Type: Regierungsbezirk with 1,200,000 residents
- Description: administrative subdivision and region of Hesse, Germany
- Also known as: “district de Cassel”, “Kassel (inzibati dairə)”, “Kassel (region)”, “Kassel Government Region”, “Region de Kassel”, “Vladni okraj Kassel”, and “Административный округ Кассель”
- Neighbors: Lower Franconia, South Hesse, and Thuringia
Places of Interest
Highlights: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis and Wabern station.
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Public building
Wabern station
Railway station
Wabern is a railway station in the municipality of Wabern, in the German state of Hesse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borken and Kalbsburg.
Borken
Town
Kalbsburg
Neighborhood
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.Kassel
- Location: Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.0833° or 51° 5′ north
Longitude
9.4° or 9° 24′ east
Population
1,200,000
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
Open location code
9F3F3CM2+82
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Kassel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حكومة منطقة كاسل”
- Armenian: “Կասելի ադմինիստրատիվ օկրուգ”
- Asturian: “Rexón de Kassel”
- Azerbaijani: “Kassel inzibati dairəsi”
- Basque: “Kassel gobernu-eskualde”
- Basque: “Kassel”
- Belarusian: “адміністрацыйная акруга Касель”
- Belarusian: “Адміністрацыйная акруга Касель”
- Belarusian: “Касэль”
- Catalan: “Regió de Kassel”
- Cebuano: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Chinese: “卡塞尔行政区”
- Czech: “Vládní obvod Kassel”
- Danish: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Dutch: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Esperanto: “Distriktaro Kassel”
- Estonian: “Kasseli ringkond”
- Finnish: “Kasselin hallintopiiri”
- French: “Cassel”
- French: “District de Cassel”
- French: “District de Kassel”
- Galician: “Rexión de Kassel”
- German: “Kassel”
- German: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Greek: “Κάσσελ”
- Hungarian: “Kassel kormányzati körzet”
- Italian: “Distretto governativo di Kassel”
- Japanese: “カッセル県”
- Japanese: “カッセル行政管区”
- Korean: “카셀현”
- Latin: “Provincia Cassala”
- Latin: “Provincia Cassellensis”
- Lombard: “Kassel”
- Low German: “Regerungsbezirk Kassel”
- Luxembourgish: “Regierungsbezierk Kassel”
- Macedonian: “Касел”
- Northern Frisian: “Kassel (Regiiringsdistrikt)”
- Northern Frisian: “Kassel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Kassel”
- Norwegian: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Persian: “کاسل”
- Polish: “Rejencja Kassel”
- Portuguese: “Kassel”
- Romanian: “Kassel”
- Russian: “Кассель”
- Slovak: “Kassel”
- Slovenian: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Spanish: “Región de Kassel”
- Swedish: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Tatar: “Кассел”
- Turkish: “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
- Ukrainian: “Кассель”
- Urdu: “کیسل (ریجن)”
- Urdu: “کیسل”
- Venetian: “Kassel”
- “Regierungsbezirk Kassel”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rockshausen and Falkenberg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Harler Berg and Weinberg.
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