Darmstadt is proud of its brilliant minds, proud of Justus von Liebig, Georg Büchner, Peter Behrens, and Bert Rürup. In other words, without Merck, there would be no liquid-crystal displays (LCD), without Röhm, no Plexiglas®. Darmstadt unites esprit, science, research, industry, culture, and quality of life in a very special way and occupies a prominent position in the Greater Rhein-Main-Neckar Metropolitan Area. Although Darmstadt has a population of just 140,000, it plays in the major leagues of the world’s superior-achievement centres, and has been playing there for centuries, since the roots of this “Science City,” a title it has richly earned, go way back and fertilize the budding advances of the present.