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The Protestant church of Nieder-Saulheim was built between 1885 and 1886, after the previous building collapsed about 50 years earlier. It is a neo-Gothic hall with a transept and a recessed, vaulted choir. The comparatively tall, gable-crowned west tower has a square base and culminates in a classic helmet roof. Above the nave and the transept, wooden ribbed vaults rest on thin cast iron columns, while the extended side aisles feature transverse vaults and suspended galleries. Particularly worth seeing is a Gothic font from the 13th…
The church, first mentioned in 1368, was dedicated to Saint Cyriacus. Rebuilt in 1606, it was again ruined in the wars of the 17th century, and the rebuilt church was assigned to the Reformed in 1705. In 1819, it became dilapidated again, and a reconstruction including the tower followed in 1834.
The high altar of the Baroque church encloses an exquisite statue of Mary made of lime wood, which was created around 1470 in the Upper Rhine region. It probably originates from the previous building, which belonged to a pilgrim hospital on the Way of St. James in the Middle Ages.
High above the old town of Mainz on the Stephansberg rises St. Stephen's Church – one of the most prominent landmarks of the city. The oldest Gothic hall church in Mainz was built in the late 13th and early 14th centuries and stands on the foundations of an even older church, which Archbishop Willigis had established around the year 990 as an imperial place of worship. Willigis, also the builder of Mainz Cathedral, found his final resting place here in 1011. Heavily damaged in World War II, St. Stephen's was rebuilt in the post-war…
The Sironabad in Nierstein was a former Roman bathhouse with two sulfur springs and two freshwater springs. The springs led to early settlements, as finds from Celtic, early Germanic, and Roman times clearly prove. The sulfur spring of the Sironabad was rediscovered in 1802 after being buried for centuries. During cleanup work, copper coins dated 87 to 267 AD and small figurines were found in stone basins surrounded by plaster balls. These finds prove beyond doubt that the fountain was in operation during this period and was used by the…
The medieval cemetery "Judensand" on Mombacher Straße is largely preserved. Time and again, expulsions of the Jewish community led to clearances and alterations, causing many gravestones to be lost. Since the 1860s, significant gravestones of Jewish origin have repeatedly surfaced during construction work in Mainz. In 1926, Rabbis Levi and Salfeld united prominent gravestones to create a memorial cemetery, in order to make the Jewish heritage visible and emphasize the community's location in Magenza and Germany. The oldest preserved…
Gau-Bickelheim's landmark is the Chapel of the Cross, a sandstone building with a red tiled roof, which stands on the slope of the Wißberg. Built in 1755, the chapel was consecrated in honour of the Holy Cross and is a place of pilgrimage for many believers. The chapel was destroyed during the French Revolution. A new chapel was built between 1907 and 1910. Starting from Bahnhofstrasse, visitors pass 14 Stations of the Cross on their way to the Chapel of the Cross. Once at the top, there is a wonderful view over the Rheinhessen…
The Roman women's grave is located at the entrance of the cemetery in the district of Heßloch. Based on the grave goods, the time of burial is dated to the third century after Christ.