Groß-Umstadt

Groß-Umstadt
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Groß-Umstadt
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Darmstadt-Dieburg
Government
• Mayor	Joachim Ruppert (SPD)
Area
• Total	86.84 km2 (33.53 sq mi)
Highest elevation	224 m (735 ft)
Lowest elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	21,028
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	64823
Dialling codes	06078
Vehicle registration	DA
Website	www.gross-umstadt.de

Groß-Umstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) Hesse in Germany. It is near Darmstadt and Frankfurt and at the northern border of the Odenwald and is on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region.

About half of the approximately 22,000 residents live in the central city, the remaining half live in its eight districts.

The districts are:

• Dorndiel
• Heubach
• Kleestadt
• Klein-Umstadt
• Raibach
• Richen
• Semd
• Wiebelsbach

History

It was first mentioned in 766 named "autmundisstat"; but uninterrupted settlement in the area dates back to 5000 BC.

Population Growth

Wooden framed homes on Schwanengasse

Marketplace

Groß-Umstadt (Without its 8 districts)

• 800 - 100
• 985 - 200
• 1604 - 1.000
• 1636 - 424
• 1816 - 2.780
• 1905 - 3.580
• 1945 - 4.500
• 1990 - 9.087

After the incorporation

(December, 31 of each year)

• 1998 - 21.175
• 1999 - 21.338
• 2000 - 21.403
• 2001 - 21.571
• 2002 - 21.620
• 2003 - 21.685
• 2004 - 21.724
• 2005 - 22.600

Culture

Each year at the weekend after September, 15th there is the "Winzerfest" (a wine festival) which attracts tens of thousands of people.

Partner cities

• Saint-Péray (France; since 1966)
• Santo Tirso (Portugal; since 1988)

City Hall

The historic winebar Brücke-Ohl.