Messel Pit World Heritage Site

When it came to food and drink, the princely hunting parties were quite spoilt. Nothing speaks against continuing this tradition.

Discuss the "route", review the day in a relaxed manner. Or spontaneously take a refreshing break in between. The "Diana" bar and the adjoining bistro are perfect for this.

The Café Kranich with beer garden is located in the Zeugheus of the Jagdschloss Kranichstein, right next to the bioversum. The offer includes homemade cakes and other delicacies.

Oberwaldhaus, a family business for two generations, has seats for 180 guests. The side room with 40 seats is very popular for family celebrations. In the warm seasons the large terrace with up to 300 places is available

Since it opened in 1982, the beer garden has been constantly enlarged and embellished. With over 1,000 seats, a variety of animals and plants, the playground and the pond, the garden restaurant offers a wide backdrop for adults and children. The beer garden remains closed in bad weather.

Food Garden Restaurant is located in the middle of the allotment garden association and is therefore surrounded by beautiful gardens. The kitchen is specialised in Italian, German and Indian delicacies. The large covered outdoor terrace is perfect for spending a nice day. 

The Arheilger Mühlchen offers hearty German food such as matjes and roasts in a rustic restaurant with wooden furniture and a beer garden right on the lake.

In February 1985 Marco and his family came to Germany from Sorrento (Italy). With the aim of bringing the Italian flair and lifestyle of his homeland closer to his guests, he has always imported a wide variety of original products and specialties from Sorrento. In January 2014, after many years ...

With about 1,300 seats, the beer garden is unique in the greater area of South Hessen. The restaurant invites to linger in typical Bavarian atmosphere. During beer garden season from May to September the garden is open daily from 11 am. In fine weather, the beer garden is also open all day in ...

The Hofgut Oberfeld is the last farm in the heart of Darmstadt. Many offers such as e.g. the Hofcafé and the farm shop, the Saisongärtel or the "Lernortbauernhof", an agricultural educational initiative at the Hofgut Oberfeld invite you to join in and experience. The Hofcafé is open daily from 9...

Located at one of Darmstadt‘s most popular excursion destinations, directly opposite the Hofgut Oberfeld and in the immediate vicinity of Mathildenhöhe and Rosenhöhe, the well-known fried Darmstadt sausage specialities are available in proven quality, and the wild boar sausage from the Oberfel...

In the Arheilgen district of Darmstadt, the Kilian wine bar offers wines from Germany, Italy and Spain. There are also small dishes such as Spundekäs, Obazda or Flammkuchen. In addition, virtual wine tastings "Wine at home" are offered. More information on the website. The Kilian wine tavern is ...

The cozy restaurant Fohlenhof with large outdoor area with beer garden and great ambience is located in the countryside. It offers daily freshly prepared meals with weekly changing extras.

The hotel in Darmstadt‘s Arheilgen district has 20 tasteful, contemporary rooms with a modern shower room, flat-screen TV and free WiFi. You have the choice between single, double and four-bed rooms (for families). Free guest parking spaces available. In the restaurant you can enjoy classic co...

The restaurant has been closed since 1 April 2024 and will reopen in July 2024reopened!The cultural activities and the letting of the premises will continue/isnot affected by this.Information at https://agora-eg.de/lokal/

The nostalgic ambience in Café Gretchen invites you to enjoy special experiences. Anyone who has ever been there raves about the homemade cakes from the baker Armin Blinkle, who continues the tradition of the former Faust confectionery. Cakes, pies, biscuits: the delicacies are freshly made in...

The beer garden Darmstadt is located on the Dieburger Straße directly at the Mathildenhöhe. Here you can find barbecue and snacks under old chestnut trees and romantic pavilions lit with lights.

The restaurant has been closed since 1 April 2024 and will reopen in July 2024reopened! The cultural activities and the letting of the premises will continue/isnot affected by this.Information at https://agora-eg.de/lokal/

Gottfried Pacher invites you to his table. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday guests can enjoy a 4-course menu in the shop. The start is relaxed at 6:30 p.m. Please reserve online in advance. Until the end of the lockdown, food and drinks will be offered for take away.

The Shiraz is a Persian-Oriental restaurant with an exclusive ambience at the foot of Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt. All dishes can be also picked up or delivered.

Embedded in this idyll since 1580, the hotel now offers relaxing calm and inspiring space to its guests. Surrounded by the simple elegance of Renaissance and the exuberant joie de vivre of Baroque every stay is a pleasure. In the tradition of a baroque hunting lodge, the Hotel Jagdschloss Kran...

Welcome to the Fair‘n Square hotel, where absolute comfort meets environmentally conscious sustainability. You will not only experience luxury and relaxation, but also a commitment to the environment that can be felt in every facet of the hotel.The rooms not only offer first-class comfort ...

The hotel in Darmstadt‘s Arheilgen district has 20 tasteful, contemporary rooms with a modern shower room, flat-screen TV and free WiFi. You have the choice between single, double and four-bed rooms (for families). Free guest parking spaces available. In the restaurant you can enjoy classic co...

The hostel is ideal for groups. Here, training and meetings can be held. The location on the lake "Großer Woog" and in the immediate vicinity of the "Mathildenhöhe" promises relaxation in the middle of the city. Free WiFi is available. Meeting rooms: 4 Size: 33sqm - 68sqm for 20 to 60 persons ...

The hotel is located in the north of Darmstadt, central to the north train station - Hotel garage and outdoor parking spaces, free minibar on arrival - free WiFi - Fitness equipment for hotel guests - Non smoking hotel 56 rooms (twin and king-size beds) Bathroom with showe...

The Welcome Hotel Darmstadt City Center is more than „just“ a venue. Located in the city centre, right next to the convention centre the 4 star hotel offers 5 meeting rooms and 208 hotel rooms. Two restaurants with fresh international cuisine and local food, provide culinary delights. A 130 sq...

The hotel has 16 rooms and is located in Darmstadt‘s pedestrian zone. In 5 minutes you can walk to the TU Darmstadt, the science and congress center darmstadtium, the Hessian State Museum Darmstadt or the Darmstadt State Theater. The rooms are equipped with TV, free WiFi, phone, shower, toilet...

The hotel is renowned not only for its terrific location right at the heart of Darmstadt, the city of science, but also for the friendly and attentive staff. If you are travelling by car, there is a free parking space waiting for you directly outside our door. Whether you are travelling for busin...

Hotel mit 27 Doppelzimmern und sechs Einzelzimmern; einem Restaurant und zwei Tagungsräumen im Gewerbegebiet von Erzhausen. In der Nähe zum Hotel verläuft der Radschnellweg Darmstadt-Frankfurt.

The privatly owned and operated 77-room-hotel is located in the city centre. It features free WiFi and a rich breakfast buffet. All rooms are air conditioned. Meeting rooms: 3 Size: 32sqm - 100sqm Number of persons: 2 - 48 25 single rooms 52 double rooms ...

Comfortable and stylish city hotel, completely renovated in 2020, with chic rooms and an inviting hotel lobby. Perfectly located between the main train station and the city centre. Lots of good restaurants in the immediate vicinity.84 rooms on 5 floors, elevator, only non-smoking rooms, barrier-f...

The 94 air-conditioned rooms (all for non-smokers) have their own bathroom, television and can be booked either for 2 adults or for 2 adults with a child (under 12 years of age). For those on a budget. In the Felix Plus rooms there is a bottle of water for refreshment and VIP treatment. 

The hotel comes with 167, modern equipped rooms in 4 different categories. All of them renovated in 2016 and equipped with free WiFi, air condition and free Sky-TV. Five banquet rooms for guests are offered. You also have the possibility to combine our banquet rooms in a variety of ways for up...

Location › Centrally located hotel of the upper mid category › Excellent transport connections by car, plane and rail Mobility › FreeCityTicket for use on public transport › Nationwide travel to and from hotel with Deutsche Bahn at a fixed price Extra IntercityHotel App: Mobile check-in...

The Maritim Hotel Darmstadt comprises 352 rooms with 6 conference rooms and an underground car park with 150 parking spaces and 18 charging stations for electric vehicles. It also offers an excellent location for all activities in Darmstadt, Frankfurt and the entire Rhine-Main region.Th...

Why do some beetles still shine so splendidly after so many millions of years? What stories can flower pollen tell us and what does a nose hair have to do with it? The anniversary exhibition at the Museum an der Grube Messel focuses on two groups of fossils from Messel that are otherwise easily overlooked due to their size, yet help to reveal the secrets of this unique fossil deposit from the Eocene: Insects and plants, or more precisely their relationship to each other. 

The bathing lake known as the "pit" is not a natural body of water– lignite was mined here between 1908 and 1921. After the plant had to close in 1924, the pit filled with water, was used as a reservoir for it, and always (illegally) also as a bathing place. Since 1974, the banks have been fla...

The Dianaburg was built in 1765 as a hunting lodge and was also actively used for this purpose. Gradually, however, the building fell into disrepair as interest in hunting and pleasure palaces waned. Until it was restored in 2004 by an association founded for this purpose, youth groups had use...

The Kranichstein Hunting Lodge, built around 1580, with its idyllic castle park lies within a picturesque hunting landscape with forests, meadows and ponds. Artfully designed aisles, hunting lodges, drinking booths as well as corridors and natural monuments document 400 years of princely hunti...

Grand dukes and landgraves used this small renaissance castle as their base for hunting expeditions. In 1907, Landgrave Ernst Ludwig set up the hunting museum here. A large collection of weapons, equipment and hunting trophies as well as 13 differently laid-out saloons illustrate the life there a...

The tour through the Kranichstein Forest is particularly suitable as a cycle tour for families, but is also easy to hike. It starts at the parking lot in front of the bioversum or at the parking lot at the Wertholzlagerplatz on Kranichsteiner Straße (near the railroad crossing). The Messeler S...

The Backhausteich dates back to the early days of the hunting lodge and was created as a fishing pond during the reign of George I. Today it is a local recreation area and biotope.  Today it is a local recreation area and biotope.

The exhibition in the former armoury of the hunting lodge (Jagdschloss Kranichstein) is a vivid and highly interactive presentation of the diversity of nature. The many events are directed especially at children with an interest in nature. Since 2015, they can play, observe, experiment and bui...

Playground at the Steinbrück pond / Oberwaldhaus with swings, sink boxes and various play options.

The Princely Garden Festival has a new venue: Hofgut Kranichstein in Darmstadt. The renowned event will take place there for the fourth time from 25 to 27 April 2025 under the special theme ‘COUNTRY LIVING’. 

The nature reserve "Scheftheimer Wiesen" was established in 1993. On 166.7 hectares there are protected wetland biotopes, burial mounds and the menhir complex, a formation of erected granite blocks. Here, history and nature combine in a very special way!

The Golden Leaves Festival is a personal declaration of love for music. Spread Love For Great Music is not only the self-proclaimed motto of the boutique and lover‘s festival in Darmstadt, but also an internalised motto that has brought together hand-picked newcomers and established greats from the indie scene for 12 years.Golden Leaves not only celebrates the carefully curated performances on its stages, but also constantly creates new points of contact and levels of experience between artists and audiences.

There are wheelchair-accessible toilets for women and men on the Steinbrücker Teich / Oberwaldhaus facility. The former forest of Darmstadt‘s nobility surrounding the large "Steinbruecker Teich" lake is a much-loved recreational area just outside the gates of the city. Mini-golf, pony rides, p...

There are public toilets for women and men on the Steinbrücker Teich / Oberwaldhaus facility. The former forest of Darmstadt‘s nobility surrounding the large "Steinbruecker Teich" lake is a much-loved recreational area just outside the gates of the city. Mini-golf, pony rides, pedal boots and a ...

The former forest of Darmstadt‘s nobility surrounding the large "Steinbruecker Teich" lake is a much-loved recreational area just outside the gates of the city. Mini-golf, pony rides, pedal boots and a playground for children with and without handicaps all await the vistor.Since 1901, t...

The scientific foundation for testing and evaluation of safety-relevant components such as car wheels, truck axles and rail vehicle bodies was laid in Darmstadt in the 1930s. Today, 500 staff from different disciplines work together on the campus of the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Dura...

Kalbhenn Marketing-Kommunikation is an advertising agency based in Kranichstein. The service portfolio includes solutions for marketing communication, design and Technical production of communication documents as well as planning, procurement and packaging of haptic promotional items.

In the former rail depot, the "Verein Museumbahn" presents over 200 railway vehicles from all stages of rail history. The programme consists of guided tours through the vehicle fleet, a collection of historical signals and points and a model of the Main-Neckar railway. Steam train rides also t...

In order to preserve their historic electric trams, HEAG mobilo built this depot on the occasion of their 100th anniversary in 2012. The collection of HEAG trams numbers about a dozen vehicles and can be visited on prior registration.

The Bauverein AG was founded in 1864 under the leadership of the chief steward Paul von Westerweller by a committee of Darmstadt citizens, with the aim of making affordable accomodation available to the working class. Today, the Bauverein sees itself as an organisation whose purpose is to ensu...