Darmstadt is situated in the southern part of Hesse, at the foothills of the Forest of Odes. While staying in Darmstadt hotel, the affectionately restored art nouveau fronts in the city centre will catch your eye. Numerous Darmstadt hotels are located in close proximity to the Luisenplatz, the main square of Darmstadt. A 33-meter/36-yards column called Ludwigsäule towers above the square. During your visit to Darmstadt we recommend you to go and see the Castle Museum. Its most beautiful exhibit is the “Darmstadt Madonna“ by Hans Holbein. We also recommend you to visit the church St.Ludwig , which is an imitation of Rome’s pantheon.
While staying in Darmstadt, you ought to visit the Mathildenhöhe with its “artist colony”. Not only art lovers will be interested in a visit to the art nouveau galleries and the Russian Chapel. The hotels in Darmstadt are mostly fully booked at the time of the festival Schlossgrabenfest with its open air events in the city centre attracting 400,000 visitors. Within the city the autobahns A5 and A67 meet at the Darmstadt cross. Therefore the Darmstadt hotels are easily accessible. For visiting the sights in the city, we recommend you to take the trams and busses of the HEAD mobilio GmbH.
Darmstadt is designated the “business town“. As early as 1877 the Technical University was founded. At the yearly event of the Georg Büchner award the Darmstadt hotels welcome top-class authors. Darmstadt’s most important employer is the pharmacy corporation Merck, which employs 8,000 people.
Total population: 141,471 (June 2007)
Postal codes: 64 283 - 297