Messel: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
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The Museum of Communication is located in the surrounding area of Messel; Schloßberg is nearby. Renting a holiday apartment in Messel is part of planning your stay. For those interested in communication, the museum is therefore a specific cultural point of reference.
Culture and Nature
The landscape in the nearby area includes Messeler Höhe.
In the wider regional area around Messel are Museum Giersch, the Liebieghaus, and the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt. Weißer Berg and Schafberg are also located in the wider regional area.
Messel is associated with the UNESCO World Heritage Site Grube Messel, which is known for its unique fossils. Traditional half-timbered houses can be found in the town center of Messel.
Grube Messel is the dry site of a former lake that lay in a tropical rainforest around 47 million years ago.
Messel is mentioned in the Lorsch Codex in connection with a donation dated to the year 800.
A considerable portion of the fossils from Grube Messel is housed in the Fossil Museum of the municipality. For those interested in fossils, the museum is therefore a specific local point of reference.
Messel lies northeast of Darmstadt at approximately 172 meters above sea level.
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