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Geodata Darmstadt
Kreisfreie Stadt Darmstadt · Hesse
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
45,597 parcels, 80,709 buildings, 14,040 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
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⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
161 tiles of 1 km² each (403 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (161 tiles, JSON) | 403 MB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
161 tiles of 1 km² each (512 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (161 tiles, JSON) | 512 MB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
161 tiles, period 2025-06-11–2025-06-20.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (161 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Kreisfreie Stadt Darmstadt
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the district area of 122 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 55 km² | 44.7 % |
| Agriculture | 22 km² | 18.3 % |
| Residential land | 12 km² | 10.2 % |
| Road transport | 7 km² | 6.1 % |
| Industry & commerce | 6 km² | 5.1 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 5 km² | 4.3 % |
| Special-purpose area | 385 ha | 3.2 % |
| Rail transport | 230 ha | 1.9 % |
| Paths and tracks | 228 ha | 1.9 % |
| Mixed-use area | 157 ha | 1.3 % |
| Water bodies | 99 ha | 0.8 % |
| Cemetery | 66 ha | 0.5 % |
| Air transport | 66 ha | 0.5 % |
| Squares | 58 ha | 0.5 % |
| Woodland | 56 ha | 0.5 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 21 ha | 0.2 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 13 ha | 0.1 % |
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Terrain elevation in Kreisfreie Stadt Darmstadt
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 89.2 m |
| Mean | 147.1 m |
| Maximum | 350.1 m |
Municipalities in Kreisfreie Stadt Darmstadt
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Data as of: 2026-09-01.