Population development of Kassel
This article shows the development of the population of Kassel in a table and graph. The urban area has not changed since 1936, so that the numbers have been based on the same area since then.
On December 31, 2010, the official population of Kassel was 195,530 according to the Hessian State Statistical Office (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices ). In December 2015, according to the city, the 200,000 mark was exceeded again.
Population development
Kassel already had 17,311 inhabitants in 1773. With the onset of industrialization in the 19th century, population growth accelerated. While around 23,000 people lived in the city in 1810, by 1875 there were already more than 50,000. In 1899, the city's population exceeded 100,000, making it a major city .
Until 1936 the city grew mainly because of the numerous incorporations (the number of inhabitants in brackets): on April 1, 1899 Wehlheiden (10,114), on April 1, 1906 Bettenhausen, Kirchditmold, Rothenditmold and Wahlershausen (18,727), on January 4, 1926 manor district Fasanenhof (419), on November 15, 1928 Gutsbezirke Kragenhof , Wilhelmshöhe, Oberförsterei Ehlen and Oberförsterei Kirchditmold (331) and on June 1, 1936 Harleshausen, Niederzwehren, Nordshausen, Oberzwehren, Waldau and Wolfsanger (22,160). With the incorporation of 1936, the population exceeded the limit of 200,000 for the first time.
In October 1943 the population reached its historic high of 225,694. In the course of the Second World War , several air raids destroyed large parts of the urban development and claimed many lives. The city experienced the heaviest bombardment on October 22, 1943. That night over 10,000 people died and 80 percent of the houses were destroyed. The population fell by 68.4 percent to 71,209 by May 1945.
After the end of the war, the population of the city rose to over 200,000 by 1959 due to the return of the forced evacuees and the influx of numerous refugees and displaced persons from the former German eastern regions . The increase is offset by the designation of new development areas by neighboring communities, which lead to a shift in favor of the suburbs. From 1977 to 1992 and since 1997 the population has been just below the 200,000 limit. In 2007 the city with 193,803 inhabitants was 40th among the major German cities and third within Hesse.
The following table shows the population figures from Kassel to the respective territorial status. Up to 1832 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates by the city administration (until 1970) and the State Statistical Office (from 1971). From 1834 the information relates to the “customs clearance population”, from 1871 to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1987 to the “population at the place of the main residence”. Before 1834, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey methods.
From 1472 to 1870
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
² “Overview of the population”, in: Polizei-Commissar Preime (Ed.): Casselsches Adreß-Buch for the year 1847, Kassel 1847.
From 1871 to 1944
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: City of Kassel
From 1945 to 1989
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Sources: City of Kassel (until 1970), Hessian State Statistical Office (from 1971)
Since 1990
(respective territorial status)
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| date | Residents |
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| December 31, 2005 | 192.371 |
| December 31, 2006 | 191,652 |
| December 31, 2007 | 192.121 |
| December 31, 2008 | 191,959 |
| December 31, 2009 | 192.241 |
| December 31, 2010 | 193.112 |
| December 31, 2011 | 194.109 |
| December 31, 2012 | 195.422 |
| December 31 2013 | 196,758 |
| December 31, 2014 | 197.092 |
| December 31, 2015 | 200.507 |
| December 31, 2016 | 201.907 |
| December 31, 2017 | 204.021 |
| December 31, 2018 | 205.076 |
| December 31, 2019 | 205,481 |
Source: Hessian State Statistical Office
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2018 |
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| Residents with main residence | 205.076 |
| of which male | 101.175 |
| Female | 103.901 |
| German | 166,399 |
| Foreigners | 38,677 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 18.9 |
foreign population
The table shows the largest groups of foreigners legally registered with their main residence in Kassel.
| rank | Country | Population (December 31, 2018) |
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| 1. | Turkey | 6,919 |
| 2. | Syria | 4.169 |
| 3. | Bulgaria | 3,046 |
| 4th | Poland | 1,852 |
| 5. | Italy | 1,461 |
| 6th | Romania | 1,451 |
| 7th | Croatia | 1,240 |
| 8th. | Afghanistan | 1,135 |
| 9. | Somalia | 1,123 |
| 10. | Russian Federation | 852 |
| 11. | Bosnia Herzegovina | 748 |
| 12. | China | 740 |
| 13. | Eritrea | 724 |
| 14th | Spain | 721 |
| 15th | Serbia | 708 |
| 16. | Iran | 651 |
| 17th | Iraq | 615 |
| 18th | Greece | 330 |
| 19th | Pakistan | 298 |
| 20th | Austria | 285 |
age structure
The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2018 (main residences).
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Districts
The population figures refer to December 31, 2018 (main residences).
| No. | Surname | population | Share of residents with a migration background in% |
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| 01 | center | 8,417 | 41.3 |
| 02 | Südstadt | 7,646 | 31.1 |
| 03 | west | 16.004 | 23.4 |
| 04 | Wehlheiden | 14,430 | 26.0 |
| 05 | Bad Wilhelmshöhe | 12,408 | 22.6 |
| 06 | Brasselsberg | 4.189 | 20.9 |
| 07 | Süsterfeld-Helleböhn | 5,751 | 47.9 |
| 08 | Harleshausen | 12,901 | 22.2 |
| 09 | Kirchditmold | 10,962 | 24.5 |
| 10 | Rothenditmold | 7,456 | 59.3 |
| 11 | North Holland | 16,652 | 65.0 |
| 12 | Philippinenhof-Warteberg | 4,266 | 45.1 |
| 13 | Fasanenhof | 8,691 | 40.6 |
| 14th | Wesertor | 10.166 | 57.6 |
| 15th | Wolfsanger hare hedge | 7,074 | 33.3 |
| 16 | Bettenhausen | 9,162 | 43.3 |
| 17th | Forest field | 7,239 | 45.4 |
| 18th | Waldau | 6,454 | 65.4 |
| 19th | Niederzwehren | 11,762 | 35.4 |
| 20th | Oberzwehren | 13.008 | 62.5 |
| 21st | Nordshausen | 2,068 | 26.1 |
| 22nd | Maiden head | 3,956 | 21.6 |
| 23 | Untereustadt | 4,414 | 47.6 |
| kassel | 205.076 | 39.8 |
See also
literature
- Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the German Empire , 1880–1918
- Statistisches Reichsamt (Ed.): Statistical yearbook for the German Reich , 1919–1941 / 42
- German Association of Cities (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , 1890 ff.
- Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany , 1952 ff.
- Bertelsmann Foundation (ed.): Who, where, how many? - Population in Germany 2025. Practical knowledge for municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung publishing house, Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-86793-042-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: The population of the Hessian municipalities ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d City of Kassel, Personnel and Organization Office, Statistical Office: Statistical Information Annual Report 2018. City of Kassel, November 2019, accessed on June 23, 2020 .
