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“This cathedral above the Rhine Valley would have remained etched in my memory in all its power and grandeur, even if I had never seen it again,” wrote the writer Anna Seghers. Even a millennium after its construction, the Mainz Cathedral significantly shapes the cityscape and history of Mainz. At the intersection of important trade and transportation routes, the city developed, thanks to the activities of Saint Boniface from 746/47, into the ecclesiastical center north of the Alps and was granted the honorary title "Holy See"…
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.
With the Hildegard jubilee in 1998, the Historical Museum on the River - Hildegard von Bingen, the former electricity generating station on the bank of the Rhine River, opened its doors. There is a large department dedicated to Hildegard, the universal scholar and theologist. The museum offers something very special: a complete set of surgical instruments from the Roman days, discovered during renovation work in Bingen. A further department focuses on the Rhine Romantic epoch. In a unique way, the 200-year epoch is illustrated using, among…
Premiere cinema: Here you can always find the latest movies. Arthouse program. In the afternoon, films for children and teenagers. Sound experience with Dolby Digital Sound System, state-of-the-art seating, partly reclining chairs. With Rick's Cafe, an excellent dining option is available - with a large outdoor terrace.
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…
Whether from the A63, the Paris Street (L401), or the B420 towards Nierstein – the Protestant Mountain Church is visible from many directions and impressively situated among the vineyards. The building is oriented in the style of a Romanesque basilica and unites different architectural epochs: a square Romanesque tower, a Gothic nave, and a late Gothic choir. After a fire in the 16th century, the high choir was added with pointed arch windows and star vaults, so today only the central nave of the original three-aisled basilica remains.…
The Museum Schlosspark is a picturesque 18th century castle in a romantic landscape park and presents art and city history collections, as well as exhibitions of contemporary art. The sculptures of the Cauer family of sculptors from Bad Kreuznach are particularly worth seeing. Particularly noteworthy in the museum are the sculptures of the famous sculptor family Cauer from Bad Kreuznach. One of the highlights is the hunting room. The coffered ceiling in this room, the ornamented parquet floors and the wall panelling and built-in furniture…