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First mentioned in the 14th century as the moated castle "Veste Monsheim". The present castle complex was built in 1651 by the "Lords of Wachenheim". From 1780 to 1852, the estate was owned by the von Gagern family. Heinrich von Gagern, the president of the National Assembly of 1848, was the most important resident. Later, the castle was owned by the Baron von Heyl zu Herrnsheim, and the Knauff ladies' riding school was also located here. The Monsheim Hinkelstein, one of the largest monoliths in Rheinhessen, stands in the courtyard. Today the…
The jubilee forest is a project from 2016. 200 trees were planted in total in honour of Rheinhessen's 200th birthday, which are now growing and thriving alongside the sculpture by local artist Florian Handel.
Here once stood the Catholic school building, which was built in 1857. Already in 1850, the Catholic priest of Heidesheim, Heinrich Berthes, had promised the church fund the donation of this property. It was to serve as housing for clergy, accommodation for the organist and the bell ringer, as well as a classroom for the Catholic confessional school. Until the introduction of communal schools, the Catholic teacher Josef Becker from Heidesheim lived and taught here. Afterwards, the house was rented out and finally auctioned off in 1896 to…
The local community of Westhofen was granted market rights in 1334. The marketplace is today listed as a historical monument as a whole and is one of the most beautiful in Rheinhessen due to its cohesiveness. In the past, weekly and annual markets were held in the lower part, the Gänsemarkt. The upper area served as a churchyard and burial site. The basic structure of its design was established in 1832. Architectural elements from the 16th to the early 19th century have been preserved in the surrounding buildings. Today, the marketplace…
From 1904, Frei-Weinheim had a railway connection for goods and passenger traffic for exactly 50 years. The former train station building in Heimat style is still preserved. The single-track Selztalbahn connected the Rheinhessen hinterland from Jugenheim-Partenheim to the port in Frei-Weinheim. In Nieder-Ingelheim, there was a connection to the left bank Ludwigsbahn, which had been running between Mainz and Bingen since 1859. Since the Selztalbahn was primarily used for the transport of sugar beets, it was nicknamed…
Erected around 1832 as a reminder of the construction of the "Ingelheimer Grundstrasse" between Nieder-Ingelheim and Nieder-Olm 1829-1832, which crossed here with the Mainz-Bad-Kreuznach highway via Sprendlingen, west of the town center of Stadecken. Source: Cultural monuments Rld.-Palatinate
The menhirs date from prehistoric times. Of the originally larger number, three have survived, of which the "Hinkelstein" still stands near its former location at the southern end of the town, while the other two, the "Dicke Stein" and the "Spitze Stein", have been removed from their original location in the course of land consolidation are now located near the Wiesbachbrücke on a property on Bahnhofstrasse. The "Dicke Stein" has been erected again, the "Spitze Stein", which has been smashed into two pieces, is a few meters further. A…
Die heutige ehemalige Laurentiuskirche wurde 1152 als „Wehrkirche“ erwähnt. Es war eine romanische dreischiffige Pfeilerbasilika. Offensichtlich gab es bereits im 8. Jahrhundert schon eine kleinere Kirche. 1226 wurde das Gotteshaus spätgotisch umgebaut. Das Langhaus stammt aus dem 15. Jahrhundert, die nachgotischen Seitenschiffe Anfang 17. Jahrhunderts. Romanische Elemente im Chor, Rundbögen, Säulen und Türdurchgängen sind noch zu sehen. Sehenswert sind das riesige alte Steinkreuz mit Christusfigur…