owner = HES
controller = HES
add_core = HES
capital = "Kassel"
trade_goods = grain
culture = hessian
religion = catholic
base_tax = 2 
base_production = 2
base_manpower = 2
is_city = yes
hre = yes



discovered_by = eastern
discovered_by = western
discovered_by = muslim
discovered_by = ottoman


1536.1.1 = { religion = protestant }
1685.1.1 = { base_manpower = 2} # Reformed refugees find shelter in Kassel (-> Oberneustadt founded)
1730.3.23 = { owner = SWE controller = SWE } # Friedrich I is nominally King in Sweden, even thogh he has little power there.
1751.4.5 = { owner = HES controller = HES}
1806.7.12 = { hre = no } # The Holy Roman Empire is dissolved
1807.7.9 = {
	owner = WES
	controller = WES
	add_core = WES
} # The Second Treaty of Tilsit, the kingdom of Westfalia
1813.10.13 = {
	owner = HES
	controller = HES
	remove_core = WES
} # Westfalia is dissolved after the Battle of Leipsig
