Gross-Umstadt: Wine Town on the Hessische Bergstrasse
Gross-Umstadt lies in the Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg of Hessen, with about 21,760 inhabitants. The town is one of only two wine-producing communities on the Hessische Bergstrasse wine region, and vineyards cover the south-facing slopes around the town. The Marktplatz, surrounded by half-timbered houses, hosts a traditional wine market each September. The Stadtkirche, a Gothic church with a Romanesque tower, overlooks the square.
Darmstadt is about 20 kilometres west. Dieburg is roughly 10 kilometres north. Aschaffenburg in Bayern lies to the east across the Odenwald foothills. The landscape here marks the transition between the Upper Rhine Plain and the wooded Odenwald hills.
Gross-Umstadt holds the unusual distinction of being a wine town in a region otherwise dominated by orchards and agriculture, making its Weinmarkt a local institution.
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Gross-Umstadt lies in the Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg of Hessen, with about 21,760 inhabitants. The town is one of only two wine-producing communities on the Hessische Bergstrasse wine region, and vineyards cover the south-facing slopes around the town. The Marktplatz, surrounded by half-timbered houses, hosts a traditional wine market each September. The Stadtkirche, a Gothic church with a Romanesque tower, overlooks the square.
Darmstadt is about 20 kilometres west. Dieburg is roughly 10 kilometres north. Aschaffenburg in Bayern lies to the east across the Odenwald foothills. The landscape here marks the transition between the Upper Rhine Plain and the wooded Odenwald hills.
Gross-Umstadt holds the unusual distinction of being a wine town in a region otherwise dominated by orchards and agriculture, making its Weinmarkt a local institution.
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