natural wonder
Messel Pit
A UNESCO fossil quarry near Darmstadt that yields exquisitely preserved 47-million-year-old Eocene plants and animals.
14 km · about 25 min drive
Germany · Europe
Groß-Umstadt is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Dieburg, 14km from Messel Pit.
Groß-Umstadt is a town located in Germany. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Groß-Umstadt sits in Germany, where you drive on the right. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Groß-Umstadt to your route.
Groß-Umstadt (German pronunciation: [ɡʁoːs ˈʔʊmʃtat], lit. 'Big Umstadt', in contrast to "Little Umstadt") is a town in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany. It is near Darmstadt and Frankfurt, in the southeastern part of the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, just northRead more
of the Odenwald mountain range.
The population is about 21,000. Half of them live in Groß-Umstadt itself, the remainder in eight other districts which were incorporated by the Hesse State Municipal Reform Act in the 1970s:
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Groß-Umstadt is located in Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 49.8690 latitude, 8.9321 longitude.
Groß-Umstadt has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Germany.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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natural wonder
A UNESCO fossil quarry near Darmstadt that yields exquisitely preserved 47-million-year-old Eocene plants and animals.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO Jugendstil artists' colony crowned by the golden 'Wedding Tower' and Art Nouveau villas above Darmstadt.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Frankfurt's medieval town hall and its gabled Römerberg square form a postcard-perfect old-town heart amid the skyscrapers.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Intimate museum in Carl Benz's last factory in Ladenburg, displaying pioneering Benz vehicles in the very halls where the inventor of the automobile worked until 1929.
50 km · about 60 min drive
ancient ruins
A fully reconstructed Roman fort on the Limes frontier in the Taunus hills brings legionary life vividly back to view.
52 km · about 60 min drive
castle
A partly ruined Renaissance castle overlooking the city of Heidelberg, one of Germany's most important Renaissance structures.
53 km · about 60 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A wooded hill above Wiesbaden reached by a water-powered funicular, crowned by a gold-domed Russian Orthodox church.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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