Elevation 224 m (735 ft) Area 28 km² Local time Sunday 3:24 PM | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 15,948 (30 Jun 2009) Administrative region Darmstadt | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind NE at 13 km/h, 38% Humidity Points of interest Schloss Heiligenberg, Burgruine Tannenberg, Felsberg, Museum Stangenberg Merck, Amtshaus | ||
Seeheim-Jugenheim is a municipality in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of approximately 17,000.
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Map of Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany
Seeheim-Jugenheim consists of seven villages:
The municipality was formed on January 1, 1977 through the unification of the previously separate municipalities of Seeheim and Jugenheim. Until January 1, 1978 the municipality was known as Seeheim; after that it became known as Seeheim-Jugenheim.
It is famous for its mountain bike trails to the nearby mountain Melibokus.
Seeheim-Jugenheim has been home to several notable residents throughout history, including Tsar Nicholas II of Russia as well as writers Georg Kaiser and Helene Christaller.
Further it has been an ancient Jewish Community.
Industrial and commercial activity in Seeheim-Jugenheim is close to nonexistent; thus, most of its residents work in the nearby cities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt or Heidelberg.