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The culturally and historically significant St. George's Chapel from the 10th century is located on the grounds of a villa rustica that was established in 40 AD. Once an important pilgrimage site on the Roman route through Rheinhessen, St. George's Chapel is now only accessible during tours or events.
This defensive tower “die Schnecke” (the snail) controlled the former defensive wall, situated between the midle Altegässer and the now equally torn down Hammergässer Gate, (crossing: Unterer Zwerchweg/Mühlstraße). The weighty building from the end of the 14th century was still not roughcast in1900, so that the interesting construction of foundation and pointed cone roof can be easily recognised, a technique that can also be seen on the “Trulli” in the vineyards.
On the right side of the courtyard entrance, there is an entrance to the corridors and vaults, which also led to a hall-like vault that extended under the cellars of the cellar street. It was equipped with benches that ran along the walls. From there, other corridors branched off. The hall is now filled in. "Münchmühle under the hall", today it is called "Saalmühle". On the Sunday after Laurentius in the year 1476, Peter Kopf received the so-called Münchmühle as a hereditary lease from Johann von Hohenfels, lord of…
Of the two churches in the village, the newer one belongs to the Reformed. The simply designed church building is surrounded by a beautifully landscaped garden.
The museum exhibits original finds from the Urrhine near Eppelsheim, which are around 10 million years old, and casts or copies of rare fossils. These include teeth and bone fragments of rhinoceroses, great apes and proboscis animals such as dinotheria and mastodons. Single specimens of the primeval horse, tapi r( claw-footed hoofed animal), Muntja deer, bear hound, beaver and pig are also on display. The centrepiece of the museum is a cast of the skull of a Dinotherium (Dinotherium giganteum), which was recovered from Klipstein and Kaup in…
The Rhine-Nahe Corner, the confluence of the Nahe River into the Rhine at Bingen, offers the best view of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Upper Middle Rhine Valley."
Above the village, the "Rondell" – a natural monument – offers a resting place for hikers and cyclists. The Rheinhessian Jakob Pilgrimage Trail, which is also suitable for cyclists in this area, leads directly past the new Vendersheim Tower. From here, you have a wonderful view over the Rheinhessian landscape and its vineyards all the way to the Donnersberg and, in good weather, to the skyline of Frankfurt. At the large winemaker's table next to the tower, even large groups can comfortably take a break together at one table.
The eye-catching architecture of the former Catholic St. Paulus Church in Ingelheim-West represented a completely new type of place of worship. This extraordinary church building by Swiss architect Justus Dahinden symbolized Ingelheim's cosmopolitan present. The church's new construction, which included community and youth rooms, was planned under Pastor Helmut Sohns (1935-2018). In 2024, the church was desecrated and is now used as a kindergarten. In the late 1970s, the renowned Zurich architect and professor Justus Dahinden (1925 - 2020)…