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Darmstadt – part 3

Darmstadt – part 3. Traffic. Highway traffic. Two highways connect Darmstadt fast with other cities Highway 5 (Karlsruhe-Frankfurt) Highway 67 (Mannheim-Rüsselsheim). Railway traffic. DARMSTADT HAS 4 STATIONS:. 1.MAINSTATION 2.EASTSTATION 3.NORTHSTATION 4.SOUTHSTATION. Railway traffic.

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Darmstadt – part 3

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  1. Darmstadt – part 3

  2. Traffic

  3. Highway traffic • Two highways connect Darmstadt fast with other cities • Highway 5 (Karlsruhe-Frankfurt) • Highway 67 (Mannheim-Rüsselsheim)

  4. Railway traffic DARMSTADT HAS 4 STATIONS: 1.MAINSTATION 2.EASTSTATION 3.NORTHSTATION 4.SOUTHSTATION

  5. Railway traffic • Darmstadts central station is connected with all bigger German cities • Fast Inter-City-Express • But also many Regional-Railways

  6. Public transport • Public transport is arranged by a private company: HEAG mobilo • There are tram and bus lines which connect all quarters of Darmstadt • Trams run every 15 minutes

  7. Public transport • Ticket prices are arround 1-2€, depending on price zone • In accord with the local schools and the local Government, HEAG finances a year-ticket for all pupils who need to come by tram.

  8. Bicycles • 15% of Darmstadt´s roadusers are cyclers • There are 137 km of bicycle paths all over the city • Parkhouse for bikes at the central station

  9. CLIMATE IN DARMSTADT

  10. Climate in Darmstadt • Climate very mild • Annual mean temperature: 9.7°C • Average temperature in summer: 19,4°C • Average temperature in winter: 2,7°C • Most rainfall in July; lowest rainfall in March • Prevailing wind direction: West

  11. Architecture

  12. Jugendstil • Jugendstil developed around 1900 • The style uses curved lines and hard edges IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE JUGENDSTILBAD IN DARMSTADT

  13. Jugendstil RUSSIAN CHAPEL AND THE FIVE-FINGER-TOWER • Another famous building different to the Jugendstil is the Russian chapel. • It is built near the Five-finger-tower (Jugendstil) on the Mathildenhöhe.

  14. St. Ludwig-Church • It‘s the main Catholic church in Darmstadt • It was built for the holy • Louis IX of France FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH SINCE THE REFORMATION

  15. The Ludwig‘s monument • It is a building for the first grand duke in Hessen, he’s called Ludwig I. • It is 39,15 m high THE CITIZENS CALL IT “LANGER LUI”

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