Darmstadt, Wissenschaftsstadt
Darmstadt is a city south of Frankfurt in Hesse, with a population of 160,000. Darmstadt is famous for its Jugendstil buildings. Many of the buildings survived the massive destruction of Darmstadt in September 1944.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor and Darmstadt Central Station.
Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Stadium
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Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor is a football stadium in Darmstadt, Germany sponsored by Merck. It is the home of SV Darmstadt 98 in the 2. Bundesliga. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 17,810 after the renovation work in 2023.
Darmstadt Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Mauritsvink, Public domain.
Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German city Darmstadt. After Frankfurt Hbf and Wiesbaden Hbf, it is the third largest station in the state of Hesse with 35,000 passengers and 220 trains per day.
Vortex Garden
Garden
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The Vortex Garden is a privately owned public garden in the Hessian city of Darmstadt. It is a pantheistic permaculture garden at the art nouveau area of Mathildenhöhe and alludes to Viktor Schauberger’s discovery of “levitational force” through artistic depictions by internationally renowned sculptors including John Wilkes, Jacopo Foggini, Jerome Abel Seguin and Hyesung Hyun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bessungen and Riedbahn.
Bessungen
Quarter
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Bessungen is a district in the South of the city of Darmstadt in Hesse.
Darmstadt, Wissenschaftsstadt
- Type: Locality with 167,000 residents
- Also known as: “06411000”
- Location: Darmstadt, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.8719° or 49° 52′ 19″ northLongitude
8.6484° or 8° 38′ 54″ eastPopulation
167,000Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)Open location code
8FXCVJCX+P9GeoNames ID
6559109
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“Darmstadt, Wissenschaftsstadt” goes by many names.
- German: “Darmstadt”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Darmstadt Hessisches Landesmuseum (HLM) and Palace Museum.
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