Bergstraße (district)

Bergstraße
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Adm. region	Darmstadt
Capital	Heppenheim
Area
• Total	719.54 km2 (277.82 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	275,205
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	HP
Website	kreis-bergstrasse.de

Bergstraße (German: Landkreis Bergstraße, Hessian: Londgrääs Bergschdrooß) is a rural district in south Hesse, Germany.

The district was created in 1938. Two old districts, Bensheim and Heppenheim, joined and became Bergstraße.

The district is in the Odenwald mountains. Melibokus as the highest elevation at 517 meters. The Bergstraße is a tourist route which from Darmstadt to Wiesloch. The northern part of this route goes through the district and gave it its name.

The coat of arms is split into four quarters. In the top-left it shows the Starkenburg castle, which is one of the main castles in the district. The flower in the top-right stands for the flower-richness in spring. The cross in the bottom-left derives from the coat of arms of the imperial abbey of Lorsch, and the red and white striped lion in the bottom-right is the sign of Hesse.

• Official website (German)

1. ↑ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.