Groß-Umstadt
Groß-Umstadt | |
|---|---|
Town hall | |
Location of Groß-Umstadt within Darmstadt-Dieburg district | |
| Coordinates: 49°52′N 08°56′E / 49.867°N 8.933°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Darmstadt-Dieburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–28) | René Kirch |
| Area | |
• Total | 86.84 km2 (33.53 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 21,149 |
| • 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, DI |
| Website | www.gross-umstadt.de |
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 north 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:
- Dorndiel
- Heubach
- Kleestadt
- Klein-Umstadt
- Raibach
- Richen
- Semd
- Wiebelsbach (also includes village Frau-Nauses).