Information

Location
Venue
Travel
Accomodation

Location

The 22nd Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (GCH 2024) takes place in Darmstadt (Germany).

Aerial view over Luisenplatz square of the city Darmstadt
Luisenplatz (City center)
View of the "Mathildenhöhe" with Wedding Tower, Exhibition Building and the Russian Chapel.
Mathildenhöhe (World Heritage Site)
The windows of the Congress Center in Darmstadt reflecting the building of the State Museum of Hessen.
Congress Center (Darmstadtium)
Keyfacts about Darmstadt
  • Darmstadt – “City of Science”
    • Population: ~160.000
  • Arts
    • Jugendstil / Art Nouveau
    • Major center of Jugendstil movement in 19th/20th century
  • Universities (41.000 students)
    • Technical University of Darmstadt
    • Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
    • Protestant University of Applied Sciences
  • Research Institutions
    • 3 Fraunhofer Institutes (IGD, LBF, SIT)
    • ATHENE (natl. Center For Applied IT Security)
    • European Space Operations Centre (ESOC)
    • GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI)
  • Industry
    • HQ Merck KGaA Pharmaceutics
    • Software AG
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site: Mathildenhöhe

The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony:

  • Jugendstil / Art Nouveau artists
  • Buildings at Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt

The Artists lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were largely financed by patrons and worked together with other members of the group who ideally had concordant artistic tastes.

UNESCO Mathildenhöhe artists’ colony – World Heritage Site (since 2021)

  • is a testimony to early modern architecture and landscape design
  • had an important influence in the reform movements of the early 20th century.
The Wedding Tower at a distance behind some trees.
View to Mathildenhöhe
View of the "Mathildenhöhe" with Wedding Tower, Exhibition Building and the Russian Chapel.
World Heritage Site (Mathildenhöhe)
A low angle shot of the Russian Chapel.
Russian Chapel (Mathildenhöhe)
View along the street with the Darmstadt artists' houses on the right and the Olbrich house at a distance.
The artist colony’s houses
The door of Peter Behrens' house decorated with golden ornaments and pillars with dark green tiles beside it.
Entrance to Peter Behrens’ house
Close up of the front of Joseph Maria Olbrich's house decorated with blue and white tiles.
Close up of Joseph Maria Olbrich’s house
Close up of the golden mosaic ornaments around the entrance of the Wedding Tower.
Golden mosaic ornaments
Low angle shot along the front of the Wedding Tower.
The Wedding Tower
The mosaic with the title "The Kiss" inside the Wedding Tower.
The mosaic “The Kiss” inside the Wedding Tower
UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site: Grube Messel

The Messel pit (“Grube Messel”) is a disused quarry near the village of Messel about 9 km from Darmstadt.

  • Its abundance of well-preserved fossils dating from the middle of the Eocene has a significant geological and scientific importance
  • Over 1000 species of plants and animals have been found at the site
  • After almost becoming a landfill, strong local resistance eventually stopped these plans and the Messel pit was declared a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site on December 9th, 1995
  • Significant scientific discoveries about the early evolution of mammals and birds are still being made at the Messel pit, and the site has increasingly become a tourist site as well.

Venue

View over Friedensplatz square to the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt

Venue address:

Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Friedensplatz 1
64283 Darmstadt

https://www.hlmd.de/en

Open Google Maps
Go to Travel
Facts about the State Museum of Hessen
  • The State Museum of Hessen is a large multidisciplinary museum in Darmstadt, Germany.
  • It exhibits Rembrandt, Beuys, a primeval horse and a mastodon under the slogan “The whole world under one roof”.
  • one of the oldest public museums in Germany (~80,000 visitors/year; 1.35 million objects).
  • Similar institutions in Europe are the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Travel

Aerial view over Luisenplatz square of the city Darmstadt

How to get to Darmstadt and the venue?

By Plane

The nearest airport and also best option to arrive by plane is Frankfurt Airport (FRA).
https://www.frankfurt-airport.com

From the airport you can easily get to Darmstadt with the Airliner (Shuttle-Bus).
Exit at the bus stop “Darmstadt Kongresszentrum / Convention Center“. (–> 1 min. walk to venue and Fraunhofer IGD)

  • The Airliner departs from Terminal 1, Bus Platform 14.
  • Every 30 minutes (Travel time: ~40 min.)
  • Price: 10,10 € (one way)

Details + Schedule can be found here: https://www.heagmobibus.de/de/airliner

By Train / Public transportation
  • Deutsche Bahn –> bahn.de
  • RMV (RheinMain Transport Network) = Public Transport –> rmv.de
  • HEAG mobilo = Local transport (e.g. Tram / Bus in Darmstadt city / region) –> heagmobilo.de

Accomodation

Hotels

Best Western (Hotel Darmstadt Mitte)

Grafenstraße 31, 64283 Darmstadt
www.bestwestern.de

9 min. walk (600 m)

H+ Hotel

Eschollbrücker Str. 16, 64283 Darmstadt

https://www.h-hotels.com

GCH Special Rate

Code: Fraunhofer IGD (valid until: 4 weeks before)

Single Room: 79 € (first night) – 104 €

27 min. walk (1.9 km) | ~20 min. Transit

THE Darmstadt

Kasinostraße 6, 64283 Darmstadt

https://www.thehotelexperience.de

11 min. walk (700 m) | 10 min. Transit

Maritim Konferenzhotel

Rheinstr. 105, 64295 Darmstadt
https://www.maritim.de

GCH Special Rate

Code: Fraunhofer (valid until: 21.07.2024)

Single Room: 109 €

25 min. walk (1.7 km) | 14 min. Transit

IntercityHotel

Poststraße 12, 64283 Darmstadt

https://hrewards.com

GCH Special Rate

Code: Fraunhofer IGD (valid until: 19.08.2024)

Single Room: 101 €

27 min. walk (1.9 km) | ~16 min. Transit

Holiday Inn Express

Dornheimer Weg 7, 64283 Darmstadt

www.hiexpress.com

GCH Special Rate

Code: Fraunhofer IGD (valid until: 19.08.2024)

Single Room: 97 € – 107 €

30 min. walk (2.1 km) | ~19 min. Transit