Kassel: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Hesse
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 197,230
• Coordinates: 51.3167° N, 9.5000° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 300 km (186 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kassel Airport (KSF): 14 km (8 mi), straight line
• Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD): 69 km (43 mi), straight line
• Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF): 109 km (67 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Vellmar: 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
• Fuldabruck: 5.7 km (3.5 mi)
• Lohfelden: 6.0 km (3.7 mi)
• Fuldatal: 8.7 km (5.4 mi)
• Espenau: 9.1 km (5.7 mi)