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At this location, there is a well shaft that was situated beneath an asphalt surface until 2012. As part of the urban renovation, the Saalbrunnen has once again become a component of the local landscape. Today, travertine blocks mark its location. The location of the Saalbrunnen is particularly interesting: It is precisely at the intersection of the longitudinal and transverse axes of the Carolingian core buildings. Thus, the location of the Saalbrunnen marked the center of the palatial complex around the year 800. The symmetrical…
A church in Monsheim was first mentioned in 1496 - a fortified church in the Romanesque style. The bell tower with its three bells dates back to 1878. In 1904/05, the form that can be seen today was created by adding the vestibule on the north side and creating a choir room. A modernisation phase from 1965-74 gave the church interior a rather cool objectivity. The interior renovation carried out in 2000 gave the church back its Art Nouveau paintings and thus its special touch. Text taken from Rundgang Monsheim with kind permission.Former…
Once you have mastered the challenging ascent along the Höhenweg, you will see the Napoleon Tower on the hill between Ober-Hilbersheim and Sprendlingen. With its signalling arms, it is modelled on a historic telegraph pole and thus attracts the attention of hikers and cyclists from afar. In Napoleonic times, it was used to send the first short messages - the first text messages in history, so to speak - over a distance of around 12 kilometres. The signalling arms are based on the ‘Chappe system’, which was developed by the…
A cultural provider with magnetic appeal Initially, it was a rather small group of culture enthusiasts from Stadecken-Elsheim, led by founding chairperson Heidi Burkhart and Stefan Christiansen, who was responsible for finances from the beginning, that founded KiStE - Culture in Stadecken-Elsheim - in 2003. It was intended to be a local citizen initiative for the permanent establishment of a diverse range of events in the Selztal community. Today, the number of members stands at nearly 60, who have dedicated themselves - under the…
The chapel and tower of Villa Heiligenblut were built in the Romantic style in the 1780s. Today, civil weddings can be held in the chapel, which is owned by the Gerhard Hannemann family.
After centuries of use as a simultaneous church by the neighbouring Catholic Church, the foundation stone for the Protestant Church in Friesenheim was laid in 1885. After just over a year of construction under the supervision of architect Professor Heinrich von Schmidt from Munich, the church was consecrated in 1886. While the exterior walls of the building are made of Oppenheim limestone in a square shape, Dexheim limestone was used for the interior walls. The rest of the interior was designed with Flonheim sandstone. The windows, designed…
The parish church of St. Quintin is considered the oldest parish church in Mainz and was first documented in 774. It is a late Gothic hall church that was built between 1288 and 1330. The tower, built in 1489, once housed a watchman's apartment. Today, it holds four bells, including the oldest bell in Mainz, the so-called “Lumpenglöckchen” – a bee-skein bell from around the year 1250. The high altar features a life-sized statue of Saint Quintin, the patron saint of prisoners, on the left, and Saint Blaise, the second…