Sexual harassment against women

Patriarchal violence again in Kassel On Friday morning, a 49-year-old man sexually harassed several women at the Bebelplatz stop. After he undressed and masturbated, the affected women called the police. They took the man into custody and are now investigating him for exhibitionism. In Kassel …

Six bathing deaths in Hesse in the hot month of June

In the hot month of June, there was an increase in fatal swimming accidents in Germany. The German Life Saving Society (DLRG) registered nationwide 99 misfortunes, far more than in previous years. In Hesse alone, six men died from swimming accidents in rivers and lakes such as Lake Bühl in Ahnatal and also …

80. Silvia Gingold's birthday

Silvia Gingold was born on 15. July 1946 born in Frankfurt am Main. Her father fled 1933 went to Paris with his Jewish-communist family and fought there with Gingold's mother in the resistance against National Socialism. 1956 The family's German citizenship was revoked as a result of the KPD ban. …

High penalties for criticism of Israel

The Federal Council has passed a draft law, which will impose special penalties on “denial of Israel’s right to exist” in the future. Corresponding statements could be viewed as sedition and punished with up to five years in prison. The draft was approved by the Hessian state government (CDU/SPD) presented. The Scientific Service …

A third of the rents are too high

According to the “Rent Usury Check” by the Die Linke party, many people in Kassel pay too much for their apartment. From 1.237 checked rents since November, war in 466 cases, So a good third, the rent is overpriced. In 10 % There was even rent usury. Nevertheless, there were only just a few reports across Hesse 200 Renter:within …

Initial reception center closes

No more independent advice on asylum procedures? The initial reception center for asylum seekers is scheduled to open at the end of the year:inside in Bad Arolsen in northern Hesse. Reason for this is, that fewer and fewer refugees are arriving in Hesse. Upheavals are also imminent in the initial reception center in Fuldatal-Rothwesten near Kassel. After this year for the second time …

Studienplätze für KNDS und Rheinmetall

Die Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) plant bis Herbst 2027 einen neuen Standort in Kassel aufzubauen. In dualen Studiengängen soll dort auch mit Rüstungsproduzenten wie KNDS und Rheinmetall kooperiert werden. Diese äußerten zuletzt mit anderen Unternehmen einen Bedarf von rund 60 “praxisintegriertenStudienplätzen. Hessens Wissenschaftsminister Timon

New ice rink under criticism

Millions of tax money for investor project Am 22.06. the Kassel city council decided, that 20 Mio. € will be spent on expanding the South Sports Campus. The money comes from the federal government's special fund for the expansion of municipal infrastructure. The construction of the new ice rink alone should 6 Mio. …