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Its shows reflect the latest developments in art, politics, and wider social topics. The exceptional exhibitions at Kunsthalle Mainz aim at introducing the public to modern art and its main topics in order to open up a discourse and dialogue and establish Mainz as an internationally recognised centre of contemporary art. Kunsthalle Mainz is an initiator and motivator, encouraging discourse, analysis, experimentation, and dialogue. Through guided tours, workshops, and lectures, it emphasises the relevance of art in modern life, its potential…
In memory of the last "Ausscheller" in the municipality, a sculpture was erected in 2011, which is supposed to represent the former municipal servant and Ausscheller for public announcements - Mr. Karl Ritzinger. The work of art was made of black sheet metal by Gerd Vollmer and depicts the former parish clerk with the bell raised and the official announcements that he read out at various points in the parish.
The village trench in Wörrstadt is a valuable heritage from the Middle Ages. First documented in the 13th century as “Zingele,” it is a worthy green lung in today’s urban area with its rich tree population. As a vegetated defensive structure, the trench enclosed the entire village area until the early 19th century. Until the 1980s, the trench was mostly planted with centuries-old elm trees, also called Effen. They all fell victim to the elm bark beetle and were replaced by other tree species. Since the spring of 2015,…
As the former Dalsheim town hall, the building was once the centre of the village administration. The earlier designation "by dem Dantzhuse" refers to a larger hall that served the village community as a festival hall and meeting room. A community hall that was destroyed in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 is mentioned in 1674. Today, the building is used as a training room for the Malteser as well as a storage room. (Text using the historical place name signs with kind permission of the OG, own additions)
Already in the 14th century, a ship's crane is evidenced at the Frei-Weinheimer bank. A first massive land crane was erected in 1549 after the model of the Binger crane (1487). The still visible foundation is a relic of the last crane powered by human labor, which was built around 1680. The rotating crane stand was embedded in the central shaft, to which the two tread wheels and the jib were attached. Two workers had to walk in the wheels to provide the drive for the system. Unloading and loading were subject to fees. The crane clerk kept a…
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 construction of a forester's lodge in the second half of the 18th century is linked to the appointment of a kurfürstlichen forester. He was responsible for the entire Ingelheimer territory. The government aimed to combat the ongoing wood shortage with targeted reforestation. Sand dunes in the Nieder-Ingelheimer district were planted with pines. The wooded floodplains of the Rhine were managed. With the oversight of the planting of white mulberry trees to promote silk production, the forester received an important additional task…
