Erich-Kästner-See

Erich-Kästner-See is a lake in Darmstadt, Wissenschaftsstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse. Erich-Kästner-See is situated nearby to the suburb Kranichstein, as well as near the locality Das Zeugmeistersfeld.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vortex Garden and Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum.

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.

Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum

Museum

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The Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum is a railway museum in the German city of Darmstadt. It is also the largest railway museum in the state of Hesse.

Jagdschloss Kranichstein

Castle

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Jagdschloss Kranichstein is a palace in Kranichstein, now part of Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It was built north of Darmstadt from 1578 as a Jagdschloss, a hunting lodge for George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.