Sights in Darmstadt
Darmstadt's sights, Art and Culture
On a hill, the landmark of Darmstadt rises into the sky: the Wedding Tower. The Artists' Colony Mathildenhoehe, the Exhibition Hall, the Wedding Tower, the Artists' Colony Museum and the magnificent artists' houses from the time of Art Nouveau give this hill its unique flair.
In addition, Darmstadt also has a variety of other attractions: the modern science and congress center darmstadtium or the Staatstheater Darmstadt, the colourful "Waldspirale" from Friedensreich Hundertwasser or numerous parks and gardens.
Beside the well-known museums such as the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, the Museum Artists' Colony Darmstadt or the Museum in the residential palace, there are also the Museum Jagdschloss Kranichstein, the Grand Ducal Hessian Porcelain collection or the Kunsthalle Darmstadt as well as other museums and cultural institutions to discover.
Sights in Darmstadt
Mathildenhöhe
In 1899, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig invited seven young Art Nouveau artists to the Mathildenhöhe – the birth of the Darmstadt Kuenstlerkolonie or Colony of Artists, which existed until 1914. In four large exhibitions, the…
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Darmstadt Artists' Colony Museum
The Ernst Ludwig-House was designed as a studio building by Joseph Maria Olbrich. Since 1990, the Museum Kuenstlerkolonie exhibits here the work of all 23 artists who worked on the Mathildenhoehe between 1899 and 1914.…
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New Synagogue
The New Synagogue of the Jewish community was inaugurated in 1988 on the fiftieth anniversary of the " Reichspogromnacht“. The city of Darmstadt donated the stained-glass window. Until 1938, there had been two synagogues…
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Upper Hessian House
The "Hessian State Exhibition of Fine and Applied Arts“ took place on the Mathildenhoehe in 1908. Olbrich designed the “Oberhessisches Haus“ for the occasion and it is still in good condition today. The little pavilion…
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Olbrichweg 15
64287 Darmstadt
Orangerie
In 1716 Count Ernst Ludwig established a baroque orangery garden in Bessungen. His architect Louis Remy de la Fosse planned a small castle to be used as winter quarters for the valuable citrus trees. Lack of money meant…
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Bessunger Str.44
64285 Darmstadt
Paedagog
Darmstadt’s first high school, the Paedagog, specialised in teaching boys latin and greek in preparation for attending the Hessen state university in Giessen. Built between 1627 and 1929, the building contained an…
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Pädagogstr.
64283 Darmstadt
Pauluskirche
The church of St Paul (the Pauluskirche) and the neighbouring vicarage were built to the plans of the architect Friedrich Puetzer between 1905 and1907. The Pauluskirche, Paulusplatz and the building of the…
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Plane Tree Grove
On the occasion of the exhibition of the Artists’s Colony in 1914, the Platanenhain, a grove of plane trees planted in the 1830’s, was decorated by the sculptor Bernhard Hoetger with a row of sculptures and reliefs,…
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Olbrichweg
64287 Darmstadt
Residential Palace
The palace of the counts of Hessen-Darmstadt and the Grand Dukes of Hessen and Rhine was originally a moated castle. The building consists of wings in renaissance style and the new baroque castle, designed by Louis Remy…
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Marktplatz 15
64283 Darmstadt
Rosenhoehe
The rose garden (Rosarium) with its enormous variety of roses is the centre of attention on the Rosenhoehe, which came into being under Landgrave Ernst Ludwig. The hill became a park as early as 1810, when Grand Duchess…
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Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
With the Mathildenhöhe App you go on a journey through time on Mathildenhöhe. Historical views are superimposed with current images and illustrate how the Mathildenhöhe developed during and after the Artists' Colony.