What is Kassel (district)?
{{Primary sources|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox German district| name=Kassel| image_coa=DEU Landkreis Kassel COA.svg| image_flag=Hissflagge des Landkreises Kassel.svg| state=Hesse| capital=[[Kassel]]| Regierungsbezirk = [[Kassel Government Region|Kassel]]| Kreisschlüssel = 06633| area=1,292.77| population=245,264| population_as_of=2002| density=190| carsign=KS| url=http://www.landkreiskassel.de| map=hesse_k.png |coordinates = {{Coord|51.42|9.5|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Kassel''' is a ''Landkreis'' ([[Rural Districts of Germany|Rural District]]) in the north of [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. The district-free city [[Kassel]] is nearly completely surrounded by the district. == History == [[1972]] the previous districts of Kassel, Hofgeismar and Wolfhagen were joined to form the newly established district of Kassel. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:DEU Landkreis Kassel COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows the lion of [[Hesse]] in the top part, as Kassel was the capital of the county of Hesse until [[1866]], when it moved to [[Prussia]]. In the lower part it has three [[oak]] leaves taken from the coat of arms of the Hofgeismar district, and a wolf's hook symbolizing the Wolfhagen district. |} == Towns and municipalities == {| ! align=left width=33%|Towns ! align=left width=33%|Municipalities ! align=left width=33%| |- valign=top || # [[Bad Karlshafen]] # [[Baunatal]] # [[Grebenstein]] # [[Hofgeismar]] # [[Immenhausen]] # [[Liebenau]] # [[Naumburg, Hesse]] # [[Trendelburg]] # [[Vellmar]] # [[Wolfhagen]] # [[Zierenberg]] || # [[Ahnatal]] # [[Bad Emstal]] # [[Breuna]] # [[Calden]] # [[Espenau]] # [[Fuldabrück]] # [[Fuldatal]] # [[Habichtswald]] # [[Helsa]] # [[Kaufungen]] || <ol start=11> <li>[[Lohfelden]] <li>[[Nieste]] <li>[[Niestetal]] <li>[[Oberweser]] <li>[[Reinhardshagen]] <li>[[Schauenburg, Hesse|Schauenburg]] <li>[[Söhrewald]] <li>[[Wahlsburg]] </ol> |} ==References== <references /> == Other websites == * [http://www.landkreiskassel.de Official website] {{in lang|de}} {{hess