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Welcome to Digitalstadt Darmstadt
Centrally located in the popular Rhine-Main region, Darmstadt and its surrounding area offer ideal conditions for the powerful further development of digital projects. The digital city of Darmstadt is a visionary future project with a showcase character. Since winning the “Digital City” competition in 2017, we have driven forward the digital expansion in Darmstadt together with numerous cooperation partners and the support of the state of Hesse. Now a new chapter is beginning with the digitalization of administration. Let’s enter into an exchange!
Guided tour on 11 November: Water trails, climate change and digitalization
“Water is a friendly element for those who are familiar with it and know how to treat it”, as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said. Almost two hundred years later, climatic challenges are forcing us to rethink the way we use water. What can we do about the increasing scarcity of drinking water? How can […]
VHS event on everyday helper apps
Two inclusive smartphone courses on digital everyday helper apps took place at the VHS Darmstadt at the end of September. Course leader Steffen Albus from the VHS and Nancy Teichmann and Anne Weisel from Digitalstadt Darmstadt GmbH introduced the five participants with disabilities to some useful Android apps. In the first part was mainly about […]
Digital city Darmstadt in 16th place in the Bitkom Smart City Index 2023
The digital association Bitkom presented the Smart City Index 2023 on Thursday, October 12, 2023. The index looks at 81 major German cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants in five categories: administration, IT and communication, energy and environment, mobility and, for the first time, society and education. The digital city of Darmstadt achieved 16th place […]
KfW Roadshow visits Darmstadt
The digital city of Darmstadt welcomed a delegation from South America (including Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador), which toured Germany as part of a KfW roadshow to find out more about smart city projects and exchange information about existing solutions. The representatives (decision-making level and working level) from Latin American development banks spent a week […]
Many interested people at the (digital) water tours
The summer weather drew many people outside last weekend. Numerous walkers were also out and about between Mathildenhöhe and Rosenhöhe and noticed an information stand at Löwentor. Albrecht Haag (Kultur einer Digitalstadt e.V.) and Anne Weisel (Digitalstadt Darmstadt GmbH) had (digital) tours to water locations around Mathildenhöhe and Rosenhöhe in their luggage and helped with […]
Städtische Datenplattform
The data platform is the prerequisite for effectively and comprehensively putting the Internet of Things (IoT) into operation in Darmstadt. It is used to collect, process, network, analyse and visualize various data from everyday urban life. The aim is to support and accelerate urban decision-making and planning processes through the availability of networked data. During the development process, the citizens of Darmstadt were also asked what information they would like to see on the data platform - some of which has since been incorporated, such as the display of waste levels on large containers.
Smart City Laboratory
The processing of sensor data creates an image of the city, which is made available to users in a graduated manner and with the highest level of data security. The data is non-personal data. Sensors are currently being used to record traffic data and air quality, among other things.
To the data platformCurrent projects of the Digital City Darmstadt
In addition to the areas of action, we are pursuing and supporting numerous other projects to advance digitalization in Darmstadt in all areas. In doing so, we always keep an eye on our 14 fields of action, to which the projects contribute. Click on a field of action and see the associated projects or take a look at the projects in the overview:
Free Wi-Fi
In order to increase the quality of online visibility and design of digitally networked products and services, free Wi-Fi is also required, especially in the areas of a city important to tourists. Darmstadt has had its own network since 2016, which is being continuously expanded.
Digital Shop Window
Normal shop windows usually offer only limited space. In addition, not all shops have the opportunity to offer their products in the most visited shopping locations. The Digital Shop Window project enables Darmstadt-based retailers to present themselves online on a central platform.
Strong cybersecurity in the Smart City
New technologies also bring along new risks. The digitalisation and networking of critical infrastructure and municipal institutions make them vulnerable to hacker attacks and malfunctions with potential consequences for citizens. The growing importance of data as a raw material has led to new threats, such as data theft from companies and households. Digital communication with and between authorities also poses a challenge to the encryption standard.
Facts, figures and data
In the City of Darmstadt, data is collected at various points and gathered by the Digital City Darmstadt. We would like to share this data and make it visible.
Contact Us
Be part of the digitalisation of your city – Darmstadt.
Bring Darmstadt to life digitally. Find out more at our local citizens’ events, express your opinion or get involved online.
Strategy and vision:
A flagship project for the future
Our strategy creates a framework for action that integrates all projects into an overall concept in a structured and targeted manner.
A portrait of the city:
The versatile Smart City
Darmstadt is ensuring its residents enjoy a new quality of life. Darmstadt is a city of science and culture, ranking among the ten most sustainable cities in Germany since 2010.
