Leininger Schloss Tür

Guntersblum

Leininger Schloss

The Leininger castle in the center has a rich history. The shell was completed in 1708, to a further expansion, however, did not initially, because the then owner, Count Carl Ludwig of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, died in 1709. His wife, Countess Anna Sabina of Nostitz, sold the property in financial distress in 1717 to the Palatinate Privy Council. In the following years, the castle fell more and more into oblivion, until 70 years later, in 1787, again became a member of the Leininger family owners. Count Wilhelm Carl zu…

Pertelturm

Saulheim

Pertelturm

With the Pertelturm, I realised a long-standing dream that had already developed in childhood. Back then, I was surprised by a thunderstorm during a potato harvest; a Wingertshäusjen provided shelter for many farmers and even their livestock that day. That left its mark. Today I would like to show with this tower, which is a living recycle from many regions of Rheinhessen, that we in Reinhessen can also get something going. Only by prior request! With two cosy rooms and two viewing platforms, it is intended to be a contact point for…

Blick zur Geissel-Orgel, St. Petrus in Ketten

Gau-Bischofsheim

Catholic Parish Church of St. Peter in Chains

The Catholic parish church of St. Peter in Ketten is a single-nave hall building with coffered ceiling, built in 1725 in the neo-Gothic style in the centre of Gau-Bischofsheim. The choir windows were designed by the well-known painter and glass artist Heinz Hindorf in collaboration with the glass workshop R. Münch. The weather vane on the church tower shows the church's namesake, St. Peter. In the 1990s, the church was extensively renovated and refurbished. The “Johann Geissel organ” in the church is the oldest church…

Ev. Kirche im Ortsteil Dalsheim

Flörsheim-Dalsheim

Ev. Kirche im Ortsteil Dalsheim

Former Lutheran church, built 1738-42 in rural baroque style - tower 1930, three-sided hall, stucco ceiling and furnishings from the time of construction, "pneumatic cone chest organ" from the workshop Förster & Nikolaus Lich/Upper Hesse from 1915, also called winter church, since the installation of a church heating system at the end of the 19th century. Text Signposting with kind permission of the Orsgemeinde Flörsheim-Dalsheim This location is part of an audiovisual route and offers the possibility to watch/listen to…