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Groß-Umstadt

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Groß-Umstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) Hesse in Germany. It is near Darmstadt and Frankfurt and at the northern border of the Odenwald.

It has around 22,000 residents in sum of its 8 districts and Groß-Umstadt itself. The districts are:

  • Dorndiel
  • Heubach
  • Kleestadt
  • Klein-Umstadt
  • Raibach
  • Richen
  • Semd
  • Wiebelsbach

It was first mentioned in 766 named "autmundisstat"; but uninterrupted settlement in the area dates back to 5000 b.C.

Each year at the weekend after September, 15-th there is the "Winzerfest" (a wine festival) which attracts some ten-thousands of people.

Fraternised cities

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