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The Protestant church in Uelversheim is a special church, built in 1722 in the Baroque style as an octagonal central building. The original furnishings are still preserved today and convey an authentic impression of times gone by. In the center of the church building, along the main axis from west to east, you will find the altar, the pulpit, and the organ with its magnificent Rococo facade from 1754, crowned by trumpet-blowing angels. The gallery, which surrounds the room on five sides, was extended in 1836. The 20 balustrade panels of the…
The Trullo - the Trulli - the special vineyard cottage in Rheinhessen. Former shelters in the vineyards for the workers, but also intended for the "Wingertschütz" who guarded the vineyards. This vineyard cottage stands out in the form.
Grandiose nature and centuries of human labor shape the landscape at the gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Located directly at the gateway to the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the signaling station Human|Nature|Technology presents this unique interplay of humans, nature, and technology at the Binger Loch. In the rooms of the former railway signal box Bingerbrück East (Bot), this unique interaction is made tangible and experienceable in a multimedia and interactive exhibition for young and old…
On the KulTOUR from the castle tower to Froschmühle Nierstein-Schwabsburg, you will travel back to the 13th century and learn more about the old bakery in Schwabsburg and the Froschmühle. The tour starts at the Schwabsburg castle tower. All you need for this tour is a smartphone with a QR code scanner. Each building on the tour has a QR code with interesting facts behind it. A total of 6 stations invite you to get to know Nierstein-Schwabsburg better on your own. After the tour, you can stop off at one of the restaurants around the…
Through the door behind the altar of the imposing transverse hall from 1775, you enter the medieval tower, the chancel of the previous building. From there you can enter the pulpit via a modern staircase through the former east window. On the walls and especially in the deep reveals of the three windows of the tower, high-quality wall paintings from around 1420 have been preserved. Among them are scenes of the Passion and Resurrection: Christ on the Mount of Olives, Ignoring Christ and Noli metangere. The eastern side shows the Last Judgment…
The trullo, or rather the trulli (plural), as there are 6 of these vineyard houses around Flörsheim-Dalsheim, originally served as a shelter for the field marksmen (Wingertsschützen). At the time when most of these houses were built - in the middle of the 18th century - their main task was to protect the vines and the vineyard stakes from wood theft. The Trullo am Nussbaum in Flörsheim-Dalsheim was awarded a prize by the Rheinhessen Wine Brotherhood in 2016 - on behalf of all the Flörsheim-Dalsheim trulli - and stands at a…
The high altar of the Baroque church encloses an exquisite statue of Mary made of lime wood, which was created around 1470 in the Upper Rhine region. It probably originates from the previous building, which belonged to a pilgrim hospital on the Way of St. James in the Middle Ages.
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.