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Darmstadt hotels are very hospitable and located in some interesting history of Germany. The city is located in the Hesse area of Germany in the southern section of the Rhine Main Area. It was founded by the counts of Katzenelnbogen some time in 1330. However, there was some settlers here already dating back to the eleventh century. The area grew slowly because the land was  not really good for agriculture because of the sandy soils.

The city really gained its prosperity in the twentieth century when the industrial age kicked in. The business of modern day chemicals was what this town could contribute to. There was a chemical element named after the city called Darmstadtium. It is atomic number 110. Germany and Europe as a whole love to name there products by the towns they are created in. Science, electronics and now the information technologies have made this important and prosperous. This town is also the home of three major universities.

As far as its location, Darmstadt is not built along a river, lake or ocean which is unusual for a German town. But what it does have is more sunshine than any other city in the Hesse state. During Nazi Germany, Darmstadt took a few firsts. It was the first city to force Jewish businesses to close early. They were some of the first Jewish people to be sent to concentration camps. However, some of the main members of the German resistance who went against the Nazis were from Darmstadt. Wilhelm Leuschner and Theodor Haubach were in the resistance and were killed for it. The British bombed this city and it lost much of its old downtown but it has now been rebuilt and is contributing greatly to the modern technologies of today. So get on a local tram and stop at some of the sites left to rediscover.