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The monastery and convent of St. Paulus, built from 1002 onwards, is located in the centre of Worms and is a place of peace and quiet in this lively city. The collegiate church was originally built as a three-nave Romanesque pillar basilica, and the stone dome helmets of the two pagan towers give the church its special appearance. Unlike other collegiate churches, the choir is closed on five sides in good late Romanesque forms. The west building has an octagonal dome (13th century) and is flanked by two older stone-covered round towers…
The church, which was built in 1740, is located on elevated ground on the southern edge of the village on what was once a fortified churchyard. It houses one of the famous Stumm organs from 1787. Inside the church building, remnants of Baroque paintings are visible, including Bible quotations, coats of arms, and dates. The Romanesque tower dates back to a previous building and was probably erected around 1200.
Already in 1888, the deepest sparkling wine cellar in the world was established under the main building of the traditional Kupferberg sparkling wine cellar. Spread over seven floors, there are more than 60 cellar rooms located up to 50 meters underground – an impressive testament to centuries-old craftsmanship and sparkling wine tradition. Today, the Kupferberg Terrace is a special place where history and enjoyment come together. Visitors can explore the historic vaulted cellars of the former sparkling wine cellar as part of guided…
One of the oldest stone bridges in Germany, with bridge chapel. Bridges have a long tradition in the Nahe estuary. The first one was built in the decade before Chriti's birth. At that time Drusus fortified the left Rhine border of the Roman Empire by building fortifications and had a wooden bridge built over the Nache. After its destruction in 70 AD, the first stone bridge followed, which fell victim to the Normans around 891. Archbishop Willigis built a new stone bridge over the Nahe a good hundred years later. In this bridge, a small early…
The Wackernheim council decided in 1860 to acquire a local bleaching site. In 1862, the necessary plot of about 3,800 m² was purchased from a total of ten different owners. The grass bleaching was a process in which white laundry, such as sheets or tablecloths, was freed from its gray veil. The washed linen or hemp textiles were spread out on the grass and continually moistened. The interplay of sunlight, water, and oxygen from the grasses triggered a chemical reaction that produced hydrogen peroxide in small amounts as a bleaching…
As the former Dalsheim town hall, the building was once the centre of the village administration. The earlier designation "by dem Dantzhuse" refers to a larger hall that served the village community as a festival hall and meeting room. A community hall that was destroyed in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 is mentioned in 1674. Today, the building is used as a training room for the Malteser as well as a storage room. (Text using the historical place name signs with kind permission of the OG, own additions)
Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
The museum “Naturstation” located in the Kurmittelhaus is an ideal setting for the presentation of the Nahevalley with its unique variety of plant and animal species. The flora and fauna of the region are presented. It focuses on the issue of native snakes, lizards, frogs, toads and newts in species-appropriate terrariums. Ongoing projects to stabilize the population of the dice snake or to restore the riverbank and floodplain forests for the protection of rare species are presented.
The neighbouring earlier Hessen Amtsgericht is a neo baroque complex, whose 3 wings encase a courtyard open to the south. This palace-like estate was built between 1907 and 1909, according to plans of the Hessisches Hochbauamt Darmstadt. The facade of the main building is dominated by a triangular gable. An open stair leds to an admirably rounded portal guarded by pillars above which a coat of arms with the inscription “Hessisches Amtsgericht” is preserved. At the end of the 20th century these premises were sold by the state…