Kessel may refer to:

Places

Kessel, Belgium Kessel () is a town in the municipality of Nijlen in the province of Antwerp in Belgium. In 2006, the population was 7,207 inhabitants. Kessel is known for its tourist attractions, such as "de Kesselse Heide" (a nature reserve) and " Fort Kesse ...

Kessel-Lo Kessel-Lo () is a sub-municipality of the City status in Belgium, city of Leuven located in the Flemish Brabant, province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate Municipalities of Belgium, municipality until 1977. On 1 Jan ...

, Belgium *

Kessel, Germany Kessel is a village in the municipality of Goch, Kreis Kleve in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany ...

, part of Goch *

Kessel, Limburg Kessel () is a former municipality and a city in the southeastern province of Limburg, in the Netherlands. It is a small historic municipality with 4,246 residents. It merged with neighbouring municipalities in the new municipality of Peel en Ma ...

, Netherlands *

Kessel, North Brabant Kessel is a village in the southern Netherlands. It is located in Oss, North Brabant about 12 km northeast of 's-Hertogenbosch on the river Maas. The village was first mentioned in 997 as Casella. It is derived from castle, but means littl ...

, Netherlands *

Kessel, West Virginia Kessel is an unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The U ...

, United States *

Kessel (river) Kessel is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Danube near Donauwörth. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach * Affinger Bach * Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiterach * ...

, a river in Bavaria, Germany

People

Kessel (surname) Kessel (German, from Middle High German ''Keʒʒel'' "kettle, cauldron") is a metonymic occupational name for a maker of copper cooking vessels. Notable people with the surname include: * Al Kessel (c. 1938–2012), founder of Kessel Food Markets * ...

Other uses

* Kessel, a pocket of encircled military units *

KFC Kessel K. Kessel FC is a Belgian association football club team, which is based in Kessel Kessel may refer to: Places *Kessel, Belgium *Kessel-Lo, Belgium * Kessel, Germany, part of Goch *Kessel, Limburg, Netherlands *Kessel, North Brabant, Netherlan ...

, a Belgian football team *

Kessel Food Markets Kessel Food Markets was an American supermarket chain based in Michigan. It began in 1981 when Owosso, Michigan, native Al Kessel, a former executive vice president of Hamady Brothers supermarkets, purchased Kroger locations in Corunna, Michigan, ...

, a defunct grocery store chain * Kessel (''Star Wars''), a planet in the ''Star Wars'' franchise