Hofgeismar () is a town in the
district of Kassel, in northern
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
,
Germany
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. It is located 25 km north of
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...
on the
German Timber-Frame Road
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. In 1978 and in 2015, the town hosted the 18th ''
Hessentag
The Hessentag (; ) is an annual event, both fair and festival, organized by the German state of Hesse to represent the different regions of Hesse. The events are shown for a week to the visitors, with an emphasis on cultural displays and exhibi ...
'' state festival.
History
The first written document mentioning Hofgeismar dates back to the year 1082.
People
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Martin Zielke (born 1963), German banker
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Stefan Ortega (born 1992), German footballer for
Manchester City
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See also
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Schöneberg (Hofgeismar)
Schöneberg is a village and a municipal division (''Stadtteil'') of the town of Hofgeismar in the district of Kassel (district), Kassel in northern Hesse, Germany. West of the village, there are the ruins of a castle dating from the 12th century ...
References
External links
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Image:Hofgeismar-Schönburg.JPG, Schönburg in Hofgeismar
Image:Altstädter-Kirche.JPG, Church in Altstadt
Kassel (district)
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