- Groß-Umstadt
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Groß-Umstadt.png
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 52
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 56
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Darmstadt-Dieburg
Höhe = 170-224
Fläche = 86.84
Einwohner = 21542
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 64823
Vorwahl = 06078
Kfz = DA
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 32 010
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.gross-umstadt.de/ www.gross-umstadt.de]
Bürgermeister = Joachim Ruppert
Partei = SPDGroß-Umstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state)
Hesse inGermany . It is nearDarmstadt andFrankfurt and at the northern border of theOdenwald and is on the edge of theFrankfurt Rhein-Main Region .About half of the approximately 22,000 residents live in the central city, the remaining half live in its eight districts.
The districts are:
* Dorndiel
* Heubach
* Kleestadt
* Klein-Umstadt
* Raibach
* Richen
* Semd
* WiebelsbachHistory
It was first mentioned in 766 named "autmundisstat"; but uninterrupted settlement in the area dates back to 5000 BC.
Population Growth
Groß-Umstadt (Without its 8 districts)
* 800 - 100
* 985 - 200
* 1604 - 1.000
* 1636 - 424
* 1816 - 2.780
* 1905 - 3.580
* 1945 - 4.500
* 1990 - 9.087After the incorporation
(December, 31 of each year)
*1998 - 21.175
*1999 - 21.338
*2000 - 21.403
*2001 - 21.571
*2002 - 21.620
*2003 - 21.685
*2004 - 21.724
*2005 - 22.600Culture
Each year at the weekend after September, 15th there is the "Winzerfest" (a wine festival) which attracts tens of thousands of people.
Partner cities
*
Saint-Péray (France ; since 1966)
*Santo Tirso (Portugal ; since 1988)
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