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Kassel, situated on the Fulda River, was founded by the Romans. Today it has about 200,000 inhabitants and is the largest city in north Hesse. Today, the university city is known for its Documenta - exhibitions of contemporary art, staged every four years since 1955. Kassel was almost completely destroyed during World War II because of the locomotive and panzer factories. |
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europetraveller61 Mon Aug 25, 2008 20:50 UTC
Sorry this isn't the Koenigsplatz but the Opernplatz and the statue is that of Ludwig Spohr | King_Golo Sat Jul 30, 2005 16:19 UTC
actually, kassel's Koenigsstrasse was the first pedestrian zone in germany! great, isn't it?! ;-) | shrimp56 Tue Jun 7, 2005 14:53 UTC
I'm planning to visit here to see the Aschrott-Brunnen memorial at the city hall -- I posted in the Kassel forum asking for info -- can you check my uqestion out??? | bugulma Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:57 UTC
interesting. it's new old town, i mean almost every building was re-built after World War II. very interesting |
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