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Railway museum operated by volunteers. Various special events through the year. During special events you might get a chance to ride to and from central station on a historic train.
The Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum is a railway museum in the German city of Darmstadt. It is also the largest railway museum in the state of Hesse.
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Forest Spiral
The huge Hundertwasser house was finished in 2000. It is a wonderful example for the colourful architectural designs of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the famous Austrian architect and painter. The residential building has an interesting spiral shape, "green roof", and of its 1048 windows, no two are the same.
This is the most beautiful part of Darmstadt. There is also a small park, an art museum and a Russian-style chapel there. In 1899 Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig invited seven artists to come to Darmstadt and, thus, the Artists’ Colony Mathildenhöhe was founded. The first of four large art exhibitions took place in 1901. The artists presented their ideas of a new living and working world. They designed a colony, the focal point of which is the Studio House, the Ernst Ludwig House. Since 1990 it houses the Artists’ Colony Museum. In 2021 Mathildenhöhe was listed as a world heritage site.
Rose heights
A park in the east of Darmstadt, just around the corner from the Ostbahnhof (east railway station). Don't miss out on the rose garden!
exhibit of the Grand Ducal Hessian Porcelain Collection was set up by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine
Darmstadt's landmark, a statue on a huge sandstone column in the city centre. When you visit Darmstadt, you can't miss it. On the first Saturday of every month (and during special events) it is open for the public, meaning that you can climb the column (through a stair located on the inside) and get a beautiful view over Darmstadt. It is located at Luisenplatz.