Darmstadt-Dieburg - DE716

EU regions: Germany > Hesse > Darmstadt Government Region > Darmstadt-Dieburg

indicator	period	value
number of inhabitants	2020	297 844
population density	2019	452.3
old-age dependency ratio	2020	32.4

* more on wikidata Q7916 * Darmstadt-Dieburg slovensky: DE716

From wikipedia:

Darmstadt-Dieburg is a Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Offenbach, Aschaffenburg, Miltenberg, Odenwaldkreis, Bergstraße, Groß-Gerau, and the district-free city of Darmstadt, which it surrounds.

History

The district was created in 1975 by merging the previous districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg. In 1963 the district was twinned with the district of North East Derbyshire, England, in 1990 with the district Zwickauer Land in Saxony, Germany, and in 1995 with the Mladá Boleslav region in the Czech Republic.

Geography

The district is located in the Odenwald mountains. Most famous in the district is the Messel Pit, where many fossils in the oil shale of a Tertiary lake were found. The site is listed in the UNESCO world heritage list since 1995.

other: Darmstadt Government Region, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, Offenbach, Hochtaunuskreis, Odenwaldkreis, Groß-Gerau, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Frankfurt am Main, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Kreis Bergstraße, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Wetteraukreis

neighbours: Offenbach, Kreis Bergstraße, Miltenberg, Aschaffenburg, Groß-Gerau, Darmstadt, Odenwaldkreis

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