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Griesheim

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town in Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg in Hesse, Germany

Key facts

Country
Germany
State
Hesse
Admin region
Darmstadt
District
Darmstadt-Dieburg
Mayor 2022 28
Geza Krebs-Wetzl ( CDU )
Total
21.55 km (8.32 sq mi)
Elevation
96 m (315 ft)
Density
1,360/km (3,523/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Dialling codes
06155
Vehicle registration
DA
Website
www.griesheim.de

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Encyclopedic overview

Griesheim ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁiːsˌhaɪm] ) is the largest town of the district Darmstadt-Dieburg in southern Hesse, Germany. It has just over 28,000 inhabitants as of December 2023.

Griesheim is known for being the location of the first German airfield, which was founded in 1908. More recently, in 2013, news of the Dagger Complex–which emerged as the most important of the NSA's headquarters in Europe in the wake of the global surveillance disclosures–brought Griesheim worldwide attention.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Griesheim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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