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The Winzerkeller is not just a piece of Ingelheim's wine-growing history. It still characterises the face of the town today and bears witness to a great cooperative achievement. The multimedia wine experience exhibition brings this history back to life. At the centre of the permanent multimedia wine experience exhibition on the second basement floor, everything revolves around the history of the Winzerkeller and the people who laid the foundation stone for this extraordinary building almost 120 years ago. Step into the experience…
ONE OF GERMANY’S MOST DAZZLING POETS WAS BORN IN BINGEN Stefan George was born in Bingen-Büdesheim on 12th July 1868, the son of a wine merchant and inn keeper. Even as a child, he gravitated towards ritual, religion and national ideas. After completing his secondary education, George travelled throughout Europe and was in contact with major authors and artists of his time. Right from his early works, there is evidence of a renunciation of everyday reality. Followers and admirers of the young poet very soon formed the elite “George group”. He…
The eastern wall tower of the Fleckenmauer Flörsheim-Dalsheim is designed as a half-shell tower with three storeys and some embrasures that are still visible today.
The Old Cemetery is located southeast of Stadecken-Elsheim and originally belonged to the abandoned village of Hedesheim, which was deserted in the 14th century when the residents settled closer to the newly built Stadeck Castle. The cemetery was still in use until 1804. Today, a small grove reminds visitors of its former location, and in front of it, a small rest area invites people to linger.
The cross vault cellar of the Bernhard Grünewald family is used as a rustic tavern in the winter months from november to february. General information about Rheinhessen cow chapels The origin of the typical Rheinhessen vaults goes back to the early 19th century. At that time, farmers wanted to increase the yield of their cattle by keeping them in stables and use the leftovers as fertiliser for their fields. Initially, the cattle were housed on the ground floor of the half-timbered houses, above which hay and straw were stored.…
The Protestant church was built in 1910 in the Art Nouveau style, after the formerly Reformed church on Kirchstraße, dating back to 1739, had become too small and dilapidated. It is named after King Gustav II. Adolf, who entered the Thirty Years' War as a Protestant military leader of the Swedes in 1630. His likeness is depicted in a stained glass window on the west side. For four years, starting from the winter of 1631/32, the Swedes ruled over Ingelheimer Grund after they had expelled the Spanish occupation. The construction of the…
The Rhine-Nahe Corner, the confluence of the Nahe River into the Rhine at Bingen, offers the best view of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Upper Middle Rhine Valley."