Kassel

Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River, one of the two sources of the Weser river, in northern Hesse in west-central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) and of the district (Kreis) of the same name. The city has 194,146 inhabitants (2003) and covers an area of 106.77 square kilometers. Geographic location {{coor dm|51|18|N|9|30|E|}}.

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In 1558 the first German observatory was built in Kassel, followed in 1604 by the Ottoneum, the first permanent theatre building, and in 1779 by Europe's first public museum, named the Museum Fridericianum after its founder. By the end of the 19th century the museum held one of the largest collections in the world of watches and clocks.

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1558 - Observatory - 1604 - Theatre - 1779 - Europe's - Museum - Museum Fridericianum - 19th century - Watch - Clock

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Famous inhabitants of Kassel include Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, while he was king of Westphalia; the Brothers Grimm; Paul Reuter; and Philipp Scheidemann. Astrid and Thorwald Proll, members of the German terrorist group the Red Army Faction (also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang) acive during the 1970s and 1980s, were born here in 1947 and 1941, respectively.

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Jerome Bonaparte - Napoleon Bonaparte - Brothers Grimm - Paul Reuter - Philipp Scheidemann - Red Army Faction

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