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Geodata Kassel
Kreisfreie Stadt Kassel · Hesse
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand · with a free account |
| Parcels only | on demand · with a free account |
| Building footprints only | on demand · with a free account |
| Land use only | on demand · with a free account |
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⛰️ DTM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
148 tiles of 1 km² each (363 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (148 tiles, JSON) | 363 MB |
🏙️ DSM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
153 tiles of 1 km² each (447 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (153 tiles, JSON) | 447 MB |
🌳 nDSM1 — Normalised surface model: object height above ground on a 1-metre grid
153 tiles of 1 km² (120 MB), 1 m resolution, metres above ground, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (153 tiles, JSON) | 120 MB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
151 tiles, period 2024-08-12–2025-03-06.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (151 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (5)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2013 (3 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2016 (3 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2019 (3 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (3 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (3 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
🛰️ Sentinel-2 — Cloud-free satellite mosaics per district and state, multiband extracts from the map
latest acquisition 2026-10-05.
| Access | Source |
|---|---|
| Time series since 2015 (JSON) | directly from LGLN geoLabs |
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📷 iDSM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
8 tiles, period 2025-03-06–2025-03-06.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (8 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (2)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2022 (8 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (8 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Kreisfreie Stadt Kassel
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the district area of 107 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 23 km² | 21.5 % |
| Residential land | 22 km² | 20.2 % |
| Agriculture | 14 km² | 13.2 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 13 km² | 11.8 % |
| Industry & commerce | 10 km² | 9.0 % |
| Road transport | 9 km² | 8.8 % |
| Special-purpose area | 382 ha | 3.6 % |
| Rail transport | 259 ha | 2.4 % |
| Water bodies | 236 ha | 2.2 % |
| Mixed-use area | 234 ha | 2.2 % |
| Paths and tracks | 146 ha | 1.4 % |
| Cemetery | 98 ha | 0.9 % |
| Squares | 69 ha | 0.6 % |
| Woodland | 62 ha | 0.6 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 38 ha | 0.4 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 22 ha | 0.2 % |
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Terrain elevation in Kreisfreie Stadt Kassel
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DTM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 122.6 m |
| Mean | 243.7 m |
| Maximum | 615.5 m |
Municipalities in Kreisfreie Stadt Kassel
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Data as of: 2026-11-02.