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Darmstadt
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Darmstadt is one of the preeminent, historical and potential tourism destinations in Germany that enjoy a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers. It is a city in the Federal State of Hessen and is located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Metropolitan Area.
The name Darmstadt has its origin towards the end of the 11th century and was initially known as Darmundestat. According to the precious archaeological findings, the city was first populated during the Roman era during the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian in 1330. Later, in the beginning of the 20th century, Darmstadt was an important centre for the art movement of Jugendstil, the German variant of Art Nouveau.
In spite of the intense urbanization of the city, Darmstadt possesses many memorials in a wide range of styles that include neoclassical, modernist, noucentrist and simply eclectic. These include the palace of Darmstadt that is located in the city centre. It was the residence of the counts of Hesse-Darmstadt, later as Grand Dukes of Hesse by the grace of Napoleon. The counts also owned a castle on the Langenberg above the city.
Presently, Darmstadt experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of Germany. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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