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a small Renaissance Schloß VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
(1568), surrounded by a garden.
In 1702–10 Pierre-Etienne Practical Information
Monnot built the large Road map C4. * 195,000.
Orangery, which now houses n Wilhelmsstraße 23 and
a fascinating museum of astro- Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe (0561-70
nomy and technology. Monnot 77 07). _ documenta (every 5
was also the creator of years, next to be held in 2022),
Marmorbad, a bath pavilion Zissel (Aug), Museumsnacht
dating from 1722, while the (Sep), Kasseler Musiktage (Nov).
∑ kassel.de
kitchen pavilion was desi gned
The Ottoneum, home of the first by Simon Louis du Ry in 1765. Transport
permanent theatre in Germany £ k Kassel, 13 km (8 miles)
P Wilhelmshöhe northwest.
Learned, was Germany’s first Gemäldegalerie Alter Meister. Schloß
permanent theatre. Designed Wilhelmshöhe. Tel (0561) 31 68 00. Wilhelm. Now it houses the
by Wilhelm Vernukken and Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun (until 8pm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
remodelled in the late 17th Wed). Closed 1 May, 24, 25, 31 Dec. with its outstanding collection
century by Paul du Ry, it was & (admission to park is free). of European masters including
converted into a natural history At the top of Wilhelmshöher paintings by Rubens, Titian,
museum in 1885. Allee, designed in 1781, stands Rem brandt, Dürer and Poussin.
Wilhelmshöhe, a magnificent
Y Orangerie palace and large, attractive park.
An der Karlsaue 20c. Tel (0561) 316 80 The palace is situated along the
500. Astronomisch-Physikalisches axis of the avenue that runs up
Kabinett and Planetarium: Open the hill, through a long forest
10am–5pm Tue, Wed, Fri–Sun; glade. An incredible series of
10am–8pm Thu. Closed 24, 25, 31 cascades runs down the hillside
Dec. Zeiss-Planetarium: 8 2pm Tue, above the palace. At the top of
Sat, 3pm Wed, Fri, Sun, 2 & 7pm Thu. the hill is the Octogon, crowned
& (free Fri.) ∑ museum-kassel.de
with the statue of Hercules,
The southern part of Kassel is the symbol of the town. The
home to Karlsaue, a vast palace palace was design ed by Simon
and garden complex named Louis du Ry and Heinrich
after its founder, Landgrave Karl. Christoph Jussow and built in Cascades, with Octogon and Hercules
The site was earlier occupied by 1793–1801 for the Elector statue, in Wilhelmshöhe

Kassel City Centre
1 Hessisches Landesmuseum
and Deutsches WERNER-HILPERT-STRASSE
Tapetenmuseum RUDOLF-SCHWANDER-STRASSE K U R T- S C H U M A C H E R - S T R A S S E
PLATZ
2 Neue Galerie Hauptbahnhof SPOHRSTRASSE LUTHER- MAUERSTRASSE Stadtbad
UNTERE
3 Brüder-Grimm-Museum KURFÜRSTEN- K ÖNIGSTRASSE
DIE FREIHEIT
4 Fridericianum STRASSE MITTEL GASSE
5 Ottoneum KÖLNISCHE STR. K ÖLNISCHE STRASSE KÖNIGS WILDEMANNSGASSE Markthalle
6 Orangerie STRASSE PLATZ ENTENANGER brücke
S T Å N D E P L A T Z FLORENTINER FRIEDRICHSPLATZ UN T ERE KARLSST RA SSE OBERS TE GASSE ENTENANGER MARSTÄLLER
Fulda-
TREPPEN-
S T E I N W E G
PLATZ
PLATZ
Fridericianum
NEUE FAHRT OBERE KÖNIGSSTRASSE FRIEDRICHS- Ottoneum Staatstheater Fulda
PLATZ
WILHELMSTRASSE
KÖNIG S T OR Karls- DU-RY-STRASSE brücke
F R A N K F U R T E R S T R A S S E
FRIEDRICHSPLATZ
Draht-
FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STRASSE
Rathaus kirche A N D E R K ARLSAUE
WILHEL M S -
HÖHER AL L E FÜNFFENSTER- SCHÖNE STRASSE AUEDAMM
WILHELMSHÖHE Marmorbad
-STRASSE
F RIEDRICH STRASSE
Hessisches Orangerie
Landesmuseum Brüder-Grimm- AN DER KAR L S A UE
Museum
SE Neue Galerie
0 metres 300 WEINBERG STR A S
0 yards 300
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