Vorderer Westen
District of Kassel
in Regierungsbezirk Kassel of Hesse, Germany
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Kassel-Calden Airport (8 mi) - Fritzlar Airport (17 mi)
- Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (43 mi)
- Bielefeld Airport (61 mi)
- Gütersloh Airport (66 mi)
- Hannover Airport (79 mi)
- Dortmund Airport (83 mi)
- Hanau Army Air Field (83 mi)
- Celle Airport (91 mi)
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (96 mi)
- Frankfurt am Main International Airport (98 mi)
- Bremen Airport (123 mi)
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (Unesco heritage, 5 mi)
- Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Wartburg Castle (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Fagus Factory in Alfeld (Unesco heritage, 48 mi)
- Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg (Unesco heritage, 78 mi)
- Messel Pit Fossil Site (Unesco heritage, 102 mi)
- Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch (Unesco heritage, 122 mi)
- Hafen Kassel (marina, (1 mi)
- Marina Sandershausen (marina, (2 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.317 and 9.500 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 19' 0" and E 9° 30' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- German
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 09:29 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Berlin
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:09 am and 4:15 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Germany.
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Explore Vorderer Westen
The district Vorderer Westen of Kassel in Regierungsbezirk Kassel (Hesse) is located in Germany about 188 mi south-west of Berlin, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 3°C / 38 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Night Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 82% |
| Air Pressure | 1026 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light snow |
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
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Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
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Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 7th of December 2024
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Rain and snow, strong breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Kurparkhotel
Hotel La Strada Kassel's vielseitige Hotelwelt
H4 Hotel Kassel
Best Western Plus City
pentahotel Kassel
Golden Tulip Reiss
Deutscher Hof
Stadthotel
Excelsior
TRYP by Wyndham Kassel City Center
Videos from this area
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Straßenbahn Kassel
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Kassel Huskies gegen Füchse Duisburg: 1:2 nach Penaltyschießen
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Jahresfilm Stadt Kassel 2015 - Stadt in der Mitte
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Heilhaus Kassel
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Neues Empfangsgebäude am Klinikum Kassel
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Kassel: Patrimonio UNESCO, parque Wilhelmshöhe | Destino Alemania
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Kongress Palais Kassel - Das innovative Kongresszentrum mit Flair in Hessen
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Kagida Demo & Gegendemo am Scheidemannplatz Kassel 19.012015
Kagida Demo & Gegendemo am Scheidemannplatz Kassel 19.012015.
PEGIDA Kassel Demo 16.02.2015
Komplette Demo vom 16.02.2015 in Kassel Erste Verlesung der Dresdner Thesen in Kassel (Leider fehlen die ersten 2 Minuten da es Probleme mit dem Ton gab, wird aber später noch mal wiederholt).
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kingdom of Westphalia
The Kingdom of Westphalia was a new country of 2.6 million Germans that existed from 1807–1813. It included 1,100 square miles of territory in Hesse and other parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of the First French Empire and was ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte. It was named after Westphalia, but it is a misnomer since the kingdom had little territory in common with that area.
Federal Social Court of Germany
The Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht) is the German federal court of appeals for social security cases, mainly cases concerning the public health insurance, long-term care insurance, pension insurance and occupational accident insurance schemes. Trial courts for these cases are the Sozialgerichte (Social Courts). Appeals against decisions of these courts are heard by the Landessozialgerichte (Superior State Social Courts), before the cases may wind up at the Bundessozialgericht.
Schloss Wilhelmshöhe
Schloss Wilhelmshöhe is a palace located in the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel, Germany.
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe is a railway station in the city of Kassel, in the German state of Hesse. It is the city's most important railway station, as it is connected to the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line, with InterCityExpress services calling at the station.
Auestadion
Auestadion is a multi-use stadium in Kassel, Germany close to the Karlsaue park. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of KSV Hessen Kassel. The stadium is able to hold 18000 people. It was opened on August 23, 1953, and renovated between 1983-1993 and between 2006-2008.
Rohloff
Rohloff AG is a German company from Fuldatal near Kassel that manufactures hub gears, bicycle chains and tools that are known for their durability and high performance. The company’s logo is a black silhouette of a raven on a yellow background.
University of Kassel
The University of Kassel, founded in 1970, is one of the newer universities in the state of Hesse. The university is in Kassel, and as of September 2010 has about 18,113 students. There are more than 2,120 staff, including 327 professors, about 900 other academic staff, and about 1,100 technical and administrative staff.
Eissporthalle Kassel
Eissporthalle Kassel is an arena in Kassel, Germany in the southeast end of the Karlsaue park. It opened in 1977 and holds 6,100 spectators. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Friedrichsgymnasium Kassel
The Friedrichsgymnasium is a Gymnasium in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. The course work is all inclusive with an emphasis on music and foreign languages.
Battle of Kassel (1945)
The Battle of Kassel was a four-day struggle between the U.S. Army and the German Army in April 1945 for Kassel, a medium-sized city northeast of Frankfurt am Main. The battle resulted as the U.S. Third Army pushed northeast from the region of Frankfurt and Mainz. The battle opened on April 1, 1945 and ended with an American victory three days later. Opposing the Third Army's 80th Infantry Division were an infantry replacement battalion, some heavy tanks, and anti-aircraft guns.
Air-raid shelter am Weinberg
Air-raid shelter am Weinberg (Bunker am Weinberg) in Kassel is a World War II air raid shelter built end of the 1930s.
7000 Oaks
7000 Oaks – City Forestation Instead of City Administration (German: 7000 Eichen – Stadtverwaldung statt Stadtverwaltung) is a work of land art by the German artist Joseph Beuys. It was first publicly presented in 1982 at the documenta 7. With the help of volunteers, Beuys planted 7,000 oak trees over several years in Kassel, Germany, each with an accompanying basalt stone.
Kassel Central Station
Kassel Central Station (Kassel Hauptbahnhof) is a Deutsche Bahn railway station in the city of Kassel, in the German state of Hesse. Situated in the central borough of Mitte, it is the city's second important railway station after the opening of Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe in 1991; and so it is the only Hauptbahnhof that is not the main station of its city.
Botanischer Garten Kassel
The Botanischer Garten Kassel, also known as the Botanischer Garten der Stadt Kassel, is a municipal botanical garden located in the Park Schönfeld at Bosestraße 15, Kassel, Hesse, Germany. It is open daily without charge. The garden was first created in 1912 as a school garden, but in 1982 converted into a general green area. Restoration began in 2002, with the aim of gradually re-establishing the garden's 1950s-era features and creating new theme gardens.
Firnskuppe
Firnskuppe is a mountain of Hesse, Germany.
Ottoneum
The Ottoneum in Kassel, Germany was the first theater building built in Germany and is now a museum of natural history.
Fridericianum
The Fridericianum is a museum in Kassel, Germany. Built in 1779, it is one of the oldest public museums in Europe. The quintennial art festival documenta is centred on the site. The Fridericianum was designed by Simon Louis du Ry and originally housed the state library of Hesse, the art collections of the Hessian landgraves, collections of antiques, weaponry, natural history, astronomy and physics, cork models of antique buildings, and wax figures of historic Hessian landgraves.
Trams in Kassel
The Kassel tramway network forms part of the public transport system serving Kassel, in the north of the state of Hesse, Germany. Opened in 1877 as a steam tramway from Wilhelmshöhe the Königsplatz (Royal Square), the network has been operated since 1897 by Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG). The track width is 1435 mm (standard gauge). There existed also a narrow gauge network to the hercules-monument.
Ahne (Fulda)
Ahne is a river of Hesse, Germany.
Geilebach
Geilebach is a river of Hesse, Germany.
New Gallery (Kassel)
The Neue Galerie (New Gallery) is an art museum in Kassel in the state of Hesse, in Germany. The building was constructed between 1871 and 1877 as a museum for works of the Old Masters. In World War II the building was damaged and burned out in 1943. The 60 most important works were brought to Vienna, and were returned in 1956. The building and large parts of the collection were lost. The museum was reopened with its present name in 1976, and a large renovation was completed in 2011.
Orangerie (Kassel)
The Orangerie is an Orangery in Kassel. It was built under Landgrave Charles between 1703 and 1711. Since then, it forms the northern corner of the Karlsaue park. Today it is used as an astronomy and physical cabinet.
Karlsaue
The Karlsaue Park is a public and inner-city park of 1.50 km² in Kassel. It was redesigned as a landscape garden in 1785 and consists a mixture of visible Baroque garden elements and arranged “natural areas”.
2nd Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr)
The 2nd Panzergrenadier Division (2. Panzergrenadierdivision) was a West German mechanized infantry formation. It was part of the III Corps of the Bundeswehr, which also incorporated in 1985 the 5th Panzer Division and 12th Panzer Division. III Corps was part of NATO's Central Army Group (CENTAG), along with the Bundeswehr's II Corps and the American V and VII Corps.
Waldau Army Airfield
Waldau Army Airfield is a former military airfield, located 4.0 km south of Kassel in Hesse, Germany.
These districts also belong to Kassel.
- Bettenhausen
- Brasselsberg
- Harleshausen
- Helleboehn
- Kirchditmold
- Niederzwehren
- Nordshausen
- Oberzwehren
- Rothenditmold
- Wahlershausen
- Waldau
- Wehlheiden
- Wilhelmshoehe
- Wolfsanger
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