Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany. As of 2003, its population was 137,900. The city is located to the south of the metropolitan areas of Frankfurt and Wiesbaden.

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The name Darmstadt first appears towards the end of the 11th century, then Darmundestat; Darmstadt was chartered as a city by the Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian in 1330. The seat of the ruling landgraves (1567-1806) and thereafter (to 1918) grand dukes of the state of Hessen-Darmstadt, the city grew in population during the 19th century from little over 10,000 to 72,000 inhabitants. A Technical University was established in 1877.

Bundesland: Bundesland (plural Bundesl?nder), also known as Land (plural L?nder) is the German language name for the federal states of Austria and Germany....

Hesse: Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. See also Hesse (disambiguation)...

Frankfurt: :For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation)...

Darmstadt related Images and Photos (experimental)

Study for Olbrich's House Darmstadt from "Architektur Von Olbrich " Published circa 1904-14