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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…
In life-size, Johannes Gutenberg rises on the square named after him. The bronze statue is crafted by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and depicts the inventor of the printing press in an idealized form: bearded, elegantly dressed, with a Bible and typefaces in hand, as no contemporary portrait exists. At the inauguration in 1837, the people of Mainz celebrated for three days. Even today, the Gutenbergplatz around the monument is vibrant, especially during the Johannisnacht at the end of June, when the festival in honor of the famous…
The cabaret stage Oberhaus is a cultural highlight of the city centre in Alzey and offers a diverse program for every taste. No matter if it's comedy, cabaret or a live band, the stage offers enough space for every kind of art. Apart from that the visitors can take part in whiskey tastings after their registration or they can prove their skills at a darts competition. Also there are parties in the Oberhaus on a regular basis. The counter is with a length of ten meters one of the longest in Alzey, the musical entertainment is diverse, they…
The church, often referred to as the "Selztaldom" in the vernacular, does not have this title for nothing. Favourably positioned on the outskirts of the town and thus dominating the silhouette and landscape from afar, it is an outstanding example of late 19th century church architecture. Built in 1888 in neo-Romanesque style after a construction period of just under two years, the parish church deliberately echoes the spirit of the time. Significantly, the inscriptions on the first bells proclaimed the sacred patriotic slogans of the last…
The Rohrwiesen biotope can be seen from far away on the Hiwweltour Zornheimer Berg. The many species in the biotope welcome hikers with an intensive natural background noise, which only decreases when the Hiwweltour passes into the vineyards.
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 impressive choir is mainly preserved from the church built around 1330 for the Antoniters. The church is one of the three remaining Gothic monastery churches in Mainz, alongside the Carmelite and the Reichsklaren churches. From 1620 until the secularization in 1802, it served the Poor Clares. The single-naved choir has a complete cycle of paintings from the time of construction – the only one of its kind in Mainz. The paintings uncovered in 1948 were completed, allowing the cohesive overall picture to convey the original spatial…
The individual graduation towers are between 70 and 350 metres long and 9 metres high, embedded in a rocky valley, where thermal healing water trickles down from the 500-metre-deep spring and a fresh sea breeze blows with an evaporation area of 16,000 square metres in the Salinental valley. From 1732 - 1998 salt for baths and foods was produced with the help of these salt waterfalls.