searchMenu
On a terrain between Stiegelgasse and Jungfernpfad which is now settled again, there was the synagogue, built in 1841 as “a nice copy of oriental style” .The entrance was in Stielgelgasse. Crossing a small garden, the gate was reached. A side door led to the female emporium, another to the emplacement of the choir, where the organ was also situated. The main hall had 10-12 rows with 5 to 6 seats each on both sides. The Torah case was at the end of the hall on an elevated place. There both reading and the sermon took place. The…
According to historical maps, this round and two storey fortified tower with a pointed stone cone shaped roof was to the south-east of the old defences. The former eastward section of the wall led, across the later Neuweg, towards the Uffhubtor. The tower dates from the first half of the 15th century. This style of tower is most frequent in Ober-Ingelheim. In the 19th century they were often transformed to condominiums.
The best-preserved gate of the former town fortifications, first mentioned in 1401, once formed the eastern exit to Wackernheim and Mainz in Aufhofstraße - known as Uffhub in local dialect. The complex is characterised by a pointed arched gate and round oriel above console friezes. Parts of a pitch nose and key embrasures have been preserved, as have the deep mortises of the former wooden gate wings.
The market hall, built from 1920 to 1921 predominantly in dressed red sandstone near the train station, is considered an important functional building of the early 20th century, which still has a significant impact on the local landscape due to its location and size.
The red hillside is a wine growing area with special optics between Nierstein and Nackenheim. The former formation emerged over 280 million years ago because of a collapse of the rhine ditch between the basin of Mainz and the upper rhine ditch. Another special feature is the red ground which was also determining for the name. The colouring happened because of embedded iron compounds which emerged under the subtropic climate of another era. The substance of the ground is consists of clay and sandstone and in combination with the climate…
The museum exhibits original finds from the Urrhine near Eppelsheim, which are around 10 million years old, and casts or copies of rare fossils. These include teeth and bone fragments of rhinoceroses, great apes and proboscis animals such as dinotheria and mastodons. Single specimens of the primeval horse, tapi r( claw-footed hoofed animal), Muntja deer, bear hound, beaver and pig are also on display. The centrepiece of the museum is a cast of the skull of a Dinotherium (Dinotherium giganteum), which was recovered from Klipstein and Kaup in…
The tower built around the year 1000 and the old silent organ from 1784, along with the beautiful stained glass windows and a wing altar, provide a successful cross-section through different eras. During the Thirty Years' War and also in the War of the Palatine Succession, the church, regarded as the main fortification of the village, was heavily damaged and partially destroyed. In 1706, it was assigned to the Protestants, who renovated it with a flat ceiling in 1725. Even after several renovations, the overall structure of today's church…
The cross vault in the Korfmann Winery, built in 1840, was turned into a wine tavern in 1999, which can accommodate up to 50 people. General information on 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. However,…