The Christmas trees for the Darmstadt Christmas Market, which decorate the market square and Luisenplatz every year, traditionally come from the region.

Market square: Nordmann fir from Olfen (Odenwald), 17 m high and weighing 3.8 tonnes

The tree was planted in 1976 to mark the 10th anniversary of the twinning of Olfen in the Odenwald with Trévignin in Savoy, the smallest municipal partnership in Europe. However, the tree has now grown too large and can no longer remain there.

Trees up to around 20 metres high are suitable for the market square and are always placed before the huts are erected after the pyramid has been set up.

The selection and installation of the Christmas trees has been a well-coordinated team effort for years. For around 20 years, the trees have been supplied by the family forestry business Marco and Norbert Emig (www.emig-agrar.de) from Wald-Michelbach/Kocherbach and then erected together with the help of the Darmstadt fire brigade.

Since 2023, the tree on the market square has had new lighting consisting of 13,500 LEDs. The lights will be animated in different colours every hour from 6 pm.