Groß-Zimmern

Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Groß-Zimmern within Darmstadt-Dieburg district

(2023–29) Mark Pullmann^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total21.26 km² (8.21 sq mi)Elevation

150 m (490 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total14,687 • Density690/km² (1,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

64846

Dialling codes06071Vehicle registrationDAWebsitewww.gross-zimmern.de

Groß-Zimmern is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg, in Hessen, Germany. It is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Darmstadt and right next to Dieburg.

In 1846, over 700 town residents emigrated in the Great Migration to New York City. The town paid for the passage of 674 passengers and about 100 more paid their own way. The emigrants sailed on at least five ships – the Atlas (46%), the Sardinia (37%), the Manchester (6%), the Montezuma (7%), and the Pontiac (6%). 425 of the emigrants had no funds or food when they landed in New York city and entered the Bellevue Almshouse which overloaded the capacity of the Almshouse. New York City petitioned the US Congress to pass laws that would prevent the arrival of paupers on overcrowded ships to the United States.^[3]

References

^ "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
^ Manfred Göbel’s Auf noch America! Von den Sorgen und Hoffnungen in Groß-Zimmern for 150 Jahren, von den Auswanderung als Lösung sozialer Probleme und den Problemen, die dadurch entstanden, Odenwaldklub Groß-Zimmern, 1996