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The Oppenheim Toad Fountain was once used to supply water to the town of Oppenheim. Today, you can take a break here if you are walking along the Rheinterrassenweg.
The Saubach is the name giver for the Saubach valley. It was extensively renaturalised in 2017 and now offers an ideal retreat for endangered animals and plants thanks to several ponds. At the most beautiful spot in the Saubach Valley, a bench and a resting place invite you to linger.
Also worth seeing is the Wamboldscher Hof, a stately home in the middle of the village, built around 1770 in the Baroque style. The wide gateway with pilasters and the mansard roof are particularly striking. After the French Revolution, this stately building served as a schoolhouse until 1963 and is now the parsonage of the Protestant parish of Partenheim. Visits: By prior arrangement
The foundation stone for the construction of the synagogue was laid in 1855, which was acquired by the local community in 1900 for use as a kindergarten. The synagogue served as a church only until the year 1874. After that, the building came into the possession of the Protestant parish, which originally wanted to demolish it to build a community center. However, due to the objection from the state monument preservation, this did not happen. Even today, the synagogue is used as a Protestant community center.
The Nackenheim Local Museum "MUXUM" conveys the history of the community of Nackenheim to visitors from different perspectives. In the "village treasury", the permanent presentation on the history of Nackenheim (ground floor), selected exhibits are displayed, each of which had a specific significance for the village and the region. A Q-code on the respective display case allows interested museum visitors to delve deeper into the history. The permanent exhibition "Nackenheim - the lower village shaped by the Rhine" (ground floor),…
The local museum of local history is certainly worthwhile for young and old explorers of times past. It is located in the former manor house of the old noble family of Harxthausen, built around 1600. The permanent exhibition shows how rooms were furnished in this country in the 19th century and presents traditional crafts such as coopering, cobbling and weaving. Temporary exhibitions every two years are devoted to topics from historical everyday life and the historical development of Saulheim. The theme of the current exhibition is "A ramble…
The building complex, constructed in the 13th century, was the nucleus of the Rhenish Palsgraviate and secondary residence and headquarters of the district administration. The castle of Alzey was a favoured place of residence for the Palsgraves during the time of both Ruprechten, Ruprecht ll. and Ruprecht lll. who was King Ruprecht I. of Germany from 1400 - 1410.…
At the current location of the Hiebergturm, there used to be a vineyard's house built of field stones for protection against bad weather. In the 1960s, a new shelter was built on the old foundations. Later construction work led to the creation of the Hiebergturm.