the capital of the landgravate of Hesse-Cassel, in the circle of the Upper Rhine, in Germany; situated on the river Fulde: E. long. 2° 20', and N. lat. 51° 20'.

Cassel is also the name of a town in French Flanders, about fifteen miles south of Dunkirk: E. long. 2° 30', and N. lat. 50° 5'.