South Hesse
Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the state. The other two Regierungsbezirke are Giessen and Kassel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Darmstadt and Bensheim.
Darmstadt
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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.
Bensheim
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Bensheim is a town in the Bergstraße district in southern Hessen, Germany. Bensheim lies on the Bergstraße and at the edge of the Odenwald mountains while at the same time having an open view over the Rhine plain.
Lorsch
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Lorsch is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hessen, Germany, 60 km south of Frankfurt. Lorsch is well known for the Lorsch Abbey, which has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Heppenheim and Dreieich.
Heppenheim
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Heppenheim is a town in South Hesse, Germany along the Bergstraße, a mountain road running on the western edge of the Odenwald mountain range.
Dreieich
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Dreieich is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany. The town is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area and is located roughly 10 km south of downtown Frankfurt am Main.
Michelstadt
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Michelstadt is in South Hesse within the Odenwald region. The highlight of Michelstadt is its picturesque medieval town centre. Its Old Town features many timber-frame houses.
Roßdorf
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Roßdorf is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg, in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of 12,619. It is situated 8 km east of Darmstadt.
Erzhausen
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Erzhausen is a village and a municipality in southern Hesse, Germany. It is part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. It has about 7,900 inhabitants. Wixhausen, a borough of the City of Darmstadt, is just South of Erzhausen.
South Hesse
- Type: Regierungsbezirk with 4,040,000 residents
- Description: administrative subdivision and region of Hesse, Germany
- Also known as: “Darmstadt”, “Darmstadt (region)”, and “Darmstadt Government Region”
- Neighbors: Lower Franconia
- Location: Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“South Hesse” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դարմշտադտի վարչական շրջան”
- Asturian: “Darmstadt”
- Azerbaijani: “Darmştadt”
- Bashkir: “Дармштадт административ округы”
- Basque: “Darmstadt”
- Belarusian: “адміністрацыйная акруга Дармштат”
- Belarusian: “Адміністрацыйная акруга Дармштат”
- Belarusian: “Дармштат, адміністрацыйная акруга”
- Belarusian: “Дармштат”
- Catalan: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Catalan: “Regió de Darmstadt”
- Cebuano: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Chinese: “达姆施塔特行政区”
- Czech: “Darmstadt”
- Czech: “Vládní obvod Darmstadt”
- Danish: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Dutch: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Esperanto: “Distriktaro Darmstadt”
- Estonian: “Darmstadti ringkond”
- Finnish: “Darmstadtin hallintopiiri”
- French: “district de Darmstadt”
- French: “District de Darmstadt”
- Galician: “Rexión de Darmstadt”
- German: “Darmstadt”
- German: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- German: “Südhessen”
- Greek: “Ντάρμστατ”
- Hungarian: “Darmstadt kormányzati kerület”
- Italian: “Assia meridionale”
- Italian: “Distretto governativo di Darmstadt”
- Japanese: “ダルムシュタット県”
- Japanese: “ダルムシュタット行政管区”
- Korean: “다름슈타트현”
- Lombard: “Darmstadt”
- Low German: “Regerungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Luxembourgish: “Regierungsbezierk Darmstadt”
- Macedonian: “Дармштат”
- Northern Frisian: “Darmstadt (Regiiringsdistrikt)”
- Northern Frisian: “Darmstadt”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Darmstadt”
- Norwegian: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Darmstadt”
- Persian: “دارمشتات”
- Pfaelzisch: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Polish: “Rejencja Darmstadt”
- Portuguese: “Darmstadt”
- Romanian: “Darmstadt”
- Russian: “Дармштадт”
- Scots: “Darmstadt”
- Slovak: “Darmstadt”
- Slovenian: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Slovenian: “Vladni okraj Darmstadt”
- Spanish: “Región de Darmstadt”
- Swedish: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Turkish: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Ukrainian: “Дармштадт (округ)”
- Ukrainian: “Дармштадт”
- Venetian: “Darmstadt”
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