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The 31-meter-high Bismarck Tower was built from 1907 to 1912 by the recently founded Rheinhessen Bismarck Association on the Westerberg. It was intended as a symbol of patriotic sentiment and as a counterpart to the Niederwald Monument erected in 1871 near Rüdesheim. The architect Wilhelm Kreis from Eltville designed a building type using elements of Art Nouveau and Neo-Romanesque that became significant for the construction of similar monuments in honor of Bismarck throughout the German Empire. Rough-hewn blocks of limestone from…
Hildegard von Bingen left her home monastery on the Disibodenberg between 1147 and 1151 and founded her monastery on the Rupertsberg near the Nahe. In her nearly 30 years on the Rupertsberg, she wrote her main works . During the Thirty Years' War, the monastery was destroyed. Only six pillars of the southern nave wall of the monastery church have survived. In the villa on the Rupertsberg, the vanished Hildegard monastery has "come back to life," starting from the original monastery arcades from the Hildegard church, and can be explored…
The tourist information center is located directly on the historic market square. It is the central point of contact for guests in Flonheim, who can obtain information and advice on all activities in the town and the surrounding area. Further information about Flonheim can also be obtained at a media information point outside of opening hours. In the adjoining museum, you can embark on a journey of discovery into the former subtropical sea, experience the interesting history of the Flonheim sandstone and learn many interesting details…
The Witches' Tower is one of the seven mighty towers of the Fleckenmauer in Flörsheim-Dalsheim. It received its name, however, not because witches were imprisoned there, but because of its roof shape, which is reminiscent of a "witch's hat". This point is part of an audio-visual tour with additional content on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu-jERBUpDk The audiovisual content of this point was created by a project of the LAG Rhein-Haardt and was funded within the framework of the EULLE development programme with the…
As part of the urban redevelopment of the Archaeological Zone Kaiserpfalz Ingelheim, the layout of the Kaiserpfalz has been made visible in the pavement. From this viewpoint, the paving marking is particularly well recognized going uphill. White travertine slabs indicate the course of early medieval foundations from the construction phase around 800, which are now located beneath the modern streets and paths. Thus, among other things, the course and dimensions of the semicircular building become visible, even though there are no above-ground…
From the salt works to the spa garden Spa Park and Thermal Brine Bath Bad Münster am Stein "I stood at the great water wheel/ immersed in deep rest/ receiving the cool drops of water/ and watched the swing. The rocks were reaching for the sky, I knew it far and near, but I enjoyed it so much that I only looked at the wheel", was the enthusiastic poem by Gustav Pfarrius, the "Singer of the Nahe Valley", in his collection of songs "Nahetal in Liedern" (Nahe Valley in Songs) in 1838. The scenery he describes in the poem Salinental can also…
The town hall was built in 1832. In exchange for another site, the municipality of Monsheim received the building and the land from the Möllinger family. From then on, the house served as the town hall, and later the kitchen, the milk collection point and the fire brigade were also housed here. Today, meetings of the local council are held here, as well as the office hours of the local mayor. Text taken from Tour of Monsheim with kind permission.