German Impressions – 2nd stop – Kassel – part 2

In my earlier blog about Kassel I said that 90% of the town was destroyed and had to be rebuilt.  You now find buildings from the 1950s side-by-side with building from the 19th century like the Elisabeth Hospital below.

The buildings below stand along Wilhelmshöher Allee which leads to the Wilhelmshöhe Castle.

     

The Orangerie, a palace built in 1710 as a summer residence for the landgraves

 

The ‘Kanzleigebäude’ below was built in the 16th century by Landgrave Wilhelm IV.

 

The above contrasts with the new buildings across the city

     

The Martinskirche – destroyed in 1943 and rebuilt 1954-60

      

The Brüder Grimm Museum next to the New Gallery with two installations of the open air exhibition – ALLES UNTER DEM HIMMEL GEHÖRT ALLEN

  

 

Lastly some more impressions of Kassel