Travel Guide to Darmstadt, Germany

Darmstadt is a city in Germany that is located on the south of Hessen. The year of the city’s foundation is not clearly known, but many written documents mention this city already in XII century. Darmstadt is a city that was a very popular destination for technical education yet 150 years ago. Thanks to persistence and resourcefulness of the local scientists it has become possible to open numerous new universities and add new specialties without any money from the local budget. Wide choice of departments and specialties attracted students who arrived to Darmstadt to learn new professions here. XIX century became the peak period for the city because here was opened the first faculty of electro technics in Germany that quickly got popularity. Numerous students also tried their best to get the right to study on faculties of aeronautic machinery. In 1997 Darmstadt was awarded with a status of the “City of Sciences”. Such a high concentration of scientific facilities has led to the development of numerous firms in Darmstadt operating in communication and information technologies areas.

Today Darmstadt is not only a city of science, but also a city of art. Here you will find multiple places that are definitely worth visiting. Main sights of Darmstadt are mostly located on the Matildenhoehe hill. These are Ducal Palace and the Town Hall created in Renaissance style, Hochzeitsturm (Marriage Tower), “Forest Spiral”, the Exhibition Hall, orthodox Christian chapel with crown-shaped cupola, and houses of Olbrich and Deiters made in Baroque style. The center of Darmstadt is represented with the city’s main square Luisenplatz in the center of which is installed a 33 meter tall column of Ludwig. Of course, you will find numerous museums in Darmstadt.