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About Darmstadt

Darmstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈdaɐ̯mʃtat] (About this soundlisten)) is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt had a population of around 157,437 at the end of 2016.The Darmstadt Larger Urban Zone has 430,993 inhabitants.

Darmstadt holds the official title "City of Science" (German: Wissenschaftsstadt) as it is a major centre of scientific institutions, universities, and high-technology companies. The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) are located in Darmstadt, as well as GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research, where several chemical elements such as bohrium (1981), meitnerium (1982), hassium (1984), darmstadtium (1994), roentgenium (1994), and copernicium (1996) were discovered. The existence of the following elements were also confirmed at GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research: nihonium (2012), flerovium (2009), moscovium (2012), livermorium (2010), and tennessine (2012).The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is an international accelerator facility under construction. Darmstadt is also the seat of the world's oldest pharmaceutical company, Merck, which is the city's largest employer.
View across Darmstadt towards Frankfurt skyline

Darmstadt was formerly the capital of a sovereign country, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and its successor, the People's State of Hesse, a federal state of Germany. As the capital of an increasingly prosperous duchy, the city gained some international prominence and remains one of the wealthiest cities in Europe. In the 20th century, industry (especially chemicals), as well as large science and electronics (later information technology) sectors became increasingly important, and are still a major part of the city's economy. It is also home to the football club SV Darmstadt 98.

 

Important centers

Although Darmstadt is a relatively small city, there are important industrial and industrial centers. Including:

     Darmstadt Technical University: one of the most prestigious technical universities in Germany and a member of the TU9 group.
     Merck Pharmaceutical Company: The world's oldest pharmaceutical company.
     ESOC Control Center ESOC: European Space Agency's satellite and spacecraft control center, including the Rosetta spacecraft.
     GSI Helmholtz Heavy Research Center: The founder of the Darmstadtum element discovered with a periodic number of 110.
     Fraunhofer Society: Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhofer LBF, Fraunhofer SIT