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Somewhat hidden behind the café and next to the Drusus Stone on the citadel, in building D, you will find the City Historical Museum, which has been around since 2003 and is still almost a hidden gem. The City Historical Museum Mainz is a private museum funded by membership fees, donations, and entrance fees. The museum is run by the Friends of the City Historical Museum Mainz e.V., which was established in May 1996. In addition to an overview of the entire history of Mainz, it predominantly presents exhibits from the social and…
Mysteriously, without revealing its history, on the slope of the L430 feeder road from Udenheim to the former B 40, now the L401 in the Nieder-Saulheim district, stood the little shrine, popularly called "Heljerheisje". The Gothic wayside shrine has a four-sided base made of limestone. The upper, widened half contains four niches facing all points of the compass, which are protected against wind and weather by a roof-like closure. Inside the niches there were probably figures of saints in earlier times. The Heiligenhäuschen was mentioned…
The district on the Ellerbach - a little wallflower Little Venice in Bad Kreuznach The unfamiliar walker stops in amazement on the footbridge on the way from the river Nahe to the medieval marketplace Eiermarkt. The footbridge crosses a small river: the Ellerbach. In the field of vision is the mouth of the Ellerbach into the Nahe. Here, after 27.2 km, the stream ends its journey that began at an altitude of over 500 metres in the Soonwald. Upstream, you look at a block of buildings that obscures the view. Here you find yourself in a place…
The farmstead, which was built in the 1920s, offer a cross vault cellar which was reconstructed into a restaurant which can host up to 50 persons. General information about Rheinhessencow 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…
With the Hildegard jubilee in 1998, the Historical Museum on the River - Hildegard von Bingen, the former electricity generating station on the bank of the Rhine River, opened its doors. There is a large department dedicated to Hildegard, the universal scholar and theologist. The museum offers something very special: a complete set of surgical instruments from the Roman days, discovered during renovation work in Bingen. A further department focuses on the Rhine Romantic epoch. In a unique way, the 200-year epoch is illustrated using, among…
After the nave of the Catholic Church had to be demolished in the 1930s due to dilapidation, the Protestant parish was faced with the question of where to hold its services in the future. The official commissioning took place on September 25, 1853. The church owes its name to Grand Duke Ludwig III. from Hesse. In addition to a Köhler organ, the church has two stained glass windows by the Odenwald artist Heinz Hindorf and liturgically differently colored antependiums by the Rheingau artist Magarethe Keith as treasures. One window shows…
The exhibitons from the series 'Art in the Burggrafiat' take place in regular changes and show artwork of all kinds.
From Gau-Weinheim, you reach the noteworthy Kreuzkapelle beneath the Wissberg amidst the vineyards. A famous pilgrimage site, accessible via a beautiful panoramic walk through the vineyards. You shouldn't miss this. Follow the signs towards Kreuzkapelle. Visitation: Publicly accessible