Darmstadt

Country

Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

Coordinates

49.8667, 8.6500

History

• Darmstadt (–1806), Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
• Darmstadt (1806–1871), Grand Duchy of Hesse
• Darmstadt (1871–1918), German Empire
• Darmstadt (1918–1933), Weimar Republic
• Darmstadt (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Darmstadt (1945–1949), allied-occupied Germany
• Darmstadt (1949–1990), West Germany
• Darmstadt (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712), died in Darmstadt
• Gottfried Grünewald (1673–1739), died in Darmstadt
• Ernst Christian Hesse (1676–1762), died in Darmstadt
• Christoph Graupner (1683–1760), died in Darmstadt
• Ludwig Christian Hesse (1716–1772), was born and died in Darmstadt
• Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814), died in Darmstadt
• Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830), died in Darmstadt
• Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770–1846), died in Darmstadt
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883), died in Darmstadt
• Arnold Mendelssohn (1855–1933), died in Darmstadt
• Hermann Heiss (1897–1966), was born and died in Darmstadt
• Bruno Maderna (1920–1973), died in Darmstadt
• Hans Ulrich Engelmann (1921–2011), was born and died in Darmstadt
• Karola Obermueller (1977–), was born in Darmstadt