Welcome to the Karl Wolfskehl Haus
in Darmstadt
We have put together a lot of information for you on this website to make it easier for you to settle in and live in our Felixx student houses. We wish you a wonderful and exciting time at Karl Wolfskehl Haus and a successful course of study or training with lots of new experiences!
When you move in, you will receive an email with a link to the WhatsApp group and the contact details of your tutor team. The names and numbers of your tutor team, who are responsible for community life in the house and are available to answer any questions or suggestions you may have, can also be found on the notice board.
Studying in Darmstadt
You can find helpful information and tips here:
Important names & addresses
Property management
Manuela Markazin
Tel.: 09131 6180 747
E-Mail: manuela.markazin@felixx-student.de
Janitorial service
Sven Peitz-Donath
Tel.: 0162 104 13 88
E-Mail: darmstadt-kwh@felixx-student.de
Working hours: Monday – Friday: 6:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Accounting
Jeannine Blind
Tel.: 09131 6180 53
E-Mail: jeannine.blind@felixx-student.de
Internetprovider DS-Networks
Tel.: 09131 927 013 10
E-Mail:info@DS-networks.de
Service provider launderette
RentWash
Tel.: 01801 73 689 274 (Hotline)
E-Mail:info@rentwash.de
Website: rentwash.de
Emergency key service
Darmstädter Schlösser – Notöffnungsdienst
Tel.: 06151 / 789 22 86
Mobil: 0171 / 7131604
Who was Karl Wolfskehl?
Born 1869 in Darmstadt, died 1948 in Auckland
Our house in Darmstadt is named after Karl Wolfskehl, a man of extraordinary linguistic talent. He translated texts from French, English, Italian, Hebrew, Latin, and Middle High German. After earning a doctorate in German philology, religious history, and archaeology, he moved to Munich and joined a circle of young poets that formed the literary and intellectual avant-garde of the time. In 1933, he fled to Switzerland, then to Italy. As ties between Hitler and Mussolini grew, he chose New Zealand as the furthest possible exile from Europe, moving there in 1938. He lived in Auckland until his death in 1948. Wolfskehl’s work is shaped by themes of identity, homeland, Jewish roots, exclusion, displacement, and exile. His poetry remains powerful testimony and is highly relevant in the face of today’s discrimination.