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On the right side of the courtyard entrance, there is an entrance to the corridors and vaults, which also led to a hall-like vault that extended under the cellars of the cellar street. It was equipped with benches that ran along the walls. From there, other corridors branched off. The hall is now filled in. "Münchmühle under the hall", today it is called "Saalmühle". On the Sunday after Laurentius in the year 1476, Peter Kopf received the so-called Münchmühle as a hereditary lease from Johann von Hohenfels, lord of…
The formerly Gothic church was devastated, and the consecration of the current Baroque church took place in the year 1715. The preserved chancel of the former church is still used today as a sacristy. The Baroque altars, which are unusual for a small village church, are particularly noteworthy. From this period date the donation box and the baptismal font. The colored stained glass windows designed by an artist from Mainz in 1906 depict beautiful saint motifs. Next to the high altar, one can see the statues of the church patrons Philip and…
The Dativius-Victor arch is an important Roman monument, of which one third of the originally about 75 architectural blocks have been preserved, discovered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, now on display in their original form in the stone hall of the state museum and as a copy in Ernst-Ludwig-Platz, and which were partially integrated into a late antique wall in antiquity.
The facade is structured by pointed arch blind frame windows arranged evenly. Above the gate opening, there are two large niches on the city side, containing paired pointed arch windows and reliefs in the spandrels: to the left, the busts of a king, and to the right, a pair of patricians with a hairband. Comparable stone half-figures of bourgeois couples from the 14th century, originally from the war-destroyed house "Zum Molsberg," are now preserved in the state museum. The pointed arch, hollowed gate passage is vaulted with ribbed vaulting…
Protestant parish church, formerly St. Nicholas Collegiate Church. The large building with its high tower to the west dominates the Obermarkt with its long side. Despite severe damage during the War of the Palatinate Succession in 1689 and World War II, the three-nave hall offers an impressive, albeit somewhat austere, interior, due to the loss of most of its furnishings. Some of the tomb slabs erected in the nave originate from the Cistercian convent of Weidas, which was located near Dautenheim and was destroyed in the 16th century. The…
“When the flag flies on the Schildberg, good wine is always available” “Here paths and people meet” The Förderverein Treff am Schildberg e. V. built the tower on their own initiative with the support of the local community. According to the motto of the association “Here paths and people meet”, you'll find the experience hiking trail “Green Classrooms”, the Jacob Pilgrims’ Way, a barbecue area, and a Nordic walking route surrounded by vineyards right nearby. Numerous events…
Main Signpost Intersection Adam Elsheimer Circular Trail In the place of today's Hiebergturm, there used to be a shelter made of field stones, which probably belonged to the Selz position of the Mainz fortress and was demolished after World War I. In the 1960s, the Hiebergturm was built here on its foundations as a base for starling control, which was renovated in 1985. The outdoor area and tower were later redesigned and were ceremonially inaugurated in 2014.
St. George's Church in the center of Dalheim was completed in 1611 and renovated in 2013. It dominates the townscape and is the symbol of the community.