darmstadt – part 3

Darmstadt – part 3

•Traffic

Highway traffic

Two highways connect Darmstadt fast with other citiesHighway 5 (Karlsruhe-Frankfurt)Highway 67 (Mannheim-Rüsselsheim)

Railway traffic

DARMSTADT HAS 4 STATIONS:

1.MAINSTATION 2.EASTSTATION 3.NORTHSTATION 4.SOUTHSTATION

Railway traffic

Darmstadts central station is connected with all bigger German citiesFast Inter-City-ExpressBut also many Regional-Railways

Public transport

Public transport is arranged by a private company: HEAG mobiloThere are tram and bus lines which connect all quarters of DarmstadtTrams run every 15 minutes

Public transport

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

Bicycles

15% of Darmstadt´s roadusers are cyclersThere are 137 km of bicycle paths all over the cityParkhouse for bikes at the central station

CLIMATE IN DARMSTADT

Climate in Darmstadt

Climate very mildAnnual mean temperature: 9.7°CAverage temperature in summer: 19,4°CAverage temperature in winter: 2,7°CMost rainfall in July; lowest rainfall in MarchPrevailing wind direction: West

Architecture

Jugendstil

Jugendstil developed around 1900 The style uses curved lines and hard edges

• IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE JUGENDSTILBAD IN DARMSTADT

Jugendstil

Another famous building different to the Jugendstil is the Russian chapel.It is built near the Five-finger-tower (Jugendstil) on the Mathildenhöhe.

RUSSIAN CHAPEL AND THE FIVE-FINGER-TOWER

St. Ludwig-Church

It‘s the main Catholic church in DarmstadtIt was built for the holy

• Louis IX of France

FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH SINCE THE REFORMATION

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”