The Institute of History is located in Darmstadt's Residenzschloss (residential palace) in building section S3|12. From the market square, you can reach our building section by going through the large entrance gate and entering the stairwell in the covered passageway.

A larger section of the city map of Darmstadt and the entire city centre campus can be found here.

…by public transport:

From Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station), you can take bus lines F (Oberwaldhaus), H (Kranichstein Kesselhutweg), K (Alfred-Messel-Weg) or tram lines 2 (TU Lichtwiese/Campus) and 3 (Lichtenbergschule). Get off at Schloss.

Follow this link to the site of the public city transport.

…by car:

You can reach Darmstadt from motorways A5 (from Frankfurt/M. – Heidelberg/Basel) and A67 (from Cologne/Wiesbaden – Mannheim). At the motorway junction ‘Autobahnkreuz Darmstadt’ take the exit towards Darmstadt/Stadtmitte.

From motorway junction ‘Autobahnkreuz Darmstadt’, follow the signs towards the city centre (Darmstadt/Stadtmitte) on Rheinstraße/B26 into the City-Ring-Tunnel.

In the City-Ring-Tunnel, take the exit left, then turn left at the next traffic light onto Kirchstraße. Continue to the second light and turn into Alexanderstraße until you reach the entrance to the Schlossgarage/Karolinenplatz multi-storey car park on the left.

For information on other parking options in the city centre, please refer to our mobility management site .