Kassel administrative district

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State coat of arms of Hesse Location of the administrative district of Kassel in Germany
Basic data
Administrative headquarters : kassel
Surface: 8,288.87  km²
Residents: 1,219,473 (December 31, 2019)
Population density : 147 inhabitants per km²
Regional Council
District President : Hermann-Josef Klüber ( CDU )
Address of the regional council: Am Alten Stadtschloss 1
34117 Kassel
Website: www.rp-kassel.hessen.de
Location of the administrative district of Kassel in Hesse
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Building of the regional council in Kassel, designed by Walter Freiwald

The administrative district of Kassel is one of three administrative districts in the German state of Hesse . The seat of the regional council is in the north Hessian city ​​of Kassel .

It is located in the north and east of the country and with an area of ​​8289 km² is the largest of the three Hessian administrative districts ( Darmstadt 7445 km², Giessen 5381 km²). In terms of the number of inhabitants, the administrative district of Kassel with 1.22 million inhabitants ranks second behind Darmstadt (3.81 million inhabitants), just ahead of Gießen (1.04 million inhabitants).

In comparison with the GDP per capita in the EU expressed in purchasing power parity , the region achieved an index of 115 (EU-28 = 100) (2015).

history

The history of the administrative district of Kassel goes back to 1866. At that time, the Electorate of Hesse was annexed by Prussia as a result of the German War and then on December 7, 1868 , it was united with the Duchy of Nassau, which was also annexed in 1866, to form the province of Hesse-Nassau . Within this province, the former Electorate of Hesse formed the administrative district of Cassel , written as of December 4, 1926, Kassel . In 1929 he was assigned the dissolved Free State of Waldeck (former Principality of Waldeck ).

When the province of Hessen-Nassau was transformed into the provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau in 1944 , the districts of Gelnhausen , Hanau and Schlüchtern as well as the independent city of Hanau were transferred to the administrative district of Wiesbaden . The Landkreis Herrschaft Schmalkalden was given to the Province of Saxony .

The administrative district of Kassel was established in 1945 when the State of Hesse was formed as one of three administrative districts (alongside Darmstadt and Wiesbaden ). It included the independent cities of Fulda , Kassel and Marburg an der Lahn as well as the districts of Eschwege , Frankenberg , Fritzlar-Homberg , Fulda , Hersfeld , Hofgeismar , Hünfeld , Kassel , Marburg , Melsungen , Rotenburg an der Fulda , Wolfhagen , Waldeck , Witzenhausen and Ziegenhain .

During the regional reform in Hesse , which was essentially carried out between 1972 and 1979, the districts were merged into larger administrative units and the independent cities of Marburg and Fulda were integrated into the surrounding districts.

With the formation of the new Gießen administrative district in 1981, the now newly formed Marburg-Biedenkopf district was transferred to the new Gießen administrative district. Since then, the administrative district of Kassel has included the independent city of Kassel and the six districts of Kassel , Werra-Meißner , Waldeck-Frankenberg , Schwalm-Eder , Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Fulda with the special status city of Fulda.

Responsibilities and duties

Central fines office of the State of Hesse

The central administrative fines office of the state of Hesse is housed in the regional council of Kassel. This takes over the punishment of committed traffic offenses nationwide, which are reported by the state police and / or the regulatory authorities.

District President in Kassel

Hesse-Nassau Province

Province of Kurhessen

State of Hesse

Historical sources

The written sources on the history of the regional presidents of Kassel, their administration and their district are mainly kept by the Hessian State Archives in Marburg .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. Eurostat. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
  3. Presentation on territorial.de
  4. Central fines office. August 27, 2015, accessed July 9, 2019 .
  5. ^ Jk: RP: " Change of Government" in Kassel . In: Waldeckische Landeszeitung, published on May 20, 2009, accessed on May 22, 2009
  6. ^ "Experienced administrative expert for the region" press release of the Kassel regional council from September 27, 2019
  7. ^ HStAM holdings 165–169 series (Prussian government Kassel until 1945)  in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg . In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen).

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '  N , 9 ° 18'  E