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Leiningen Castle, located in the town center, has a multifaceted past. The shell of the building was completed in 1708, but no further extensions were made at first as the owner at the time, Count Carl Ludwig von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, died in 1709. His wife, Countess Anna Sabina von Nostitz, sold the estate to the Electoral Palatinate Privy Council in 1717 due to financial hardship. In the years that followed, the castle fell more and more into oblivion until 70 years later, in 1787, a member of the Leiningen family once again became…
The Wineyard-House "Schindegaul" is a small refuge which, like many others of its kind, offers shelter or a dry shelter to winegrowers, but also to hikers or cyclists in bad weather.
The rectangular hall building is medieval at its core and was rebuilt in 1616. The west tower of today's Protestant parish church dates back to 1914.
The Museum Schlosspark is a picturesque 18th century castle in a romantic landscape park and presents art and city history collections, as well as exhibitions of contemporary art. The sculptures of the Cauer family of sculptors from Bad Kreuznach are particularly worth seeing. Particularly noteworthy in the museum are the sculptures of the famous sculptor family Cauer from Bad Kreuznach. One of the highlights is the hunting room. The coffered ceiling in this room, the ornamented parquet floors and the wall panelling and built-in furniture…
Europe´s first wine church can be found in Alzey-Weinheim. It is a House of God made of vines, alive and growing, that are so near to the sky but tightly-rooted in the earth.
The door frame of the private property Zuckerberg 26 dates from the year 1612. At this time Ingelheim was under the government of the Electorate of the Palatinate. The door frame is no longer in its original position today Place, but probably belonged to the Electoral Palatinate Schaffnerei, which in the area of former Aula regia (throne hall) had been built. The Schaffnerei was the seat of the government administrator, who in Ingelheim Represented the interests of the Electoral Palatinate. Under the Ingelheim taxes to the Kur- pfalz were…
An diesem Aussichtspunkt mit Ruhebank hat man einen herrlichen Blick über den Rheingau bis zum Binger Loch.
The Zehntscheune is the oldest economic building in the village. The rubble stone building with a hipped roof is believed to have been constructed around 1700. By 1350, all properties of Wackernheim had passed to the Mainz Cathedral Chapter through exchange or purchase from the Abbey of Fulda. From the yields of a total of 481 acres of arable land and vineyards, the tenth part was received. Since the taxes were paid in kind, a larger barn was needed to collect and store them. As early as 1450, a Zehntscheune is mentioned in Wackernheim. In…