Tourist Highlights
Museums
Museum for Astronomy & Physics Complete with Planetarium
Orangery
The historical emphasis concentrates on the astronomical instruments invented by Eberhard Baldewein and Jost Bürgi which provided the equipment for Europe’s first observatory. Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel had them installed on the terrace of Kassel’s castle in 1560. Also included are valuable objects relating to physics, microscopes, optics and scales such as telescopes and watches to measure time and space. Other early examples show the development of energy technology (Magdeburg hemispheres, Denis Papin’s steam pump) as well as data processing from ancient times to the first computer invented by Konrad Zuse.
Address
Orangerie (The Orangery)
Karlsaue 20 c
Postfach/PO 41 04 20
D - 34066 Kassel
Telephone: +49-561-316 80 500
E-mail Address: info@museum-kassel.de
Internet: http://www.museum-kassel.de
Opening Times:
Tuesday to Sunday 10am – 5pm
Planetarium
Regular showings on different subjects:
At 2pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays & 8pm on Thursdays
At 3pm on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Information
Tourist Information Centre in the Town Hall
Obere Königsstraße 8
Phone:+49(0)561/707707
Fax:+49(0)561/7077169
info@kassel-marketing.de
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday
9am to 6pm
Saturdays
9am to 2pm
Tourist & Health Spa Information
im Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe (Intercity Railway Station)
Phone:+49(0)561/34054 Fax:+49(0)561/315216 info@kassel-marketing.de
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday
9am to 6pm
Saturdays
9am to 1pm