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The cellar alley runs along the southern support wall of the marketplace. Here are the entrances to twelve vaulted cellars, which were already mentioned around 1600 and extend far beneath the marketplace. They are part of the once extensive and interconnected cellar system, another feature of the wine-growing village. Even today, some of the cellars are used for wine storage and can be visited during the annual cellar tour that takes place during the grape blossom festival.
Bad Münster am Stein - Ebernbu
Not far from the mighty backdrop of the Rotenfels in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, the sculptors Kubach-Wilmsen built their open-air studio in 1968. Almost their entire life's work was created in this landscape. Since 2001 they have been transforming the abandoned vineyards into a stone sculpture park that is open to the public. A natural landscape in the Nahe valley opens up to the visitor and observer with stone sculptures as stone piece works of the earth. Nearly 30 sculptures have already found their place in this landscape. The…
Protestant parish church, formerly St. Nicholas Collegiate Church. The large building with its high tower to the west dominates the Obermarkt with its long side. Despite severe damage during the War of the Palatinate Succession in 1689 and World War II, the three-nave hall offers an impressive, albeit somewhat austere, interior, due to the loss of most of its furnishings. Some of the tomb slabs erected in the nave originate from the Cistercian convent of Weidas, which was located near Dautenheim and was destroyed in the 16th century. The…
A large plot of land in the 'Kirchgasse' north of the old Kirchweg was once held as a fief by the mayor Emmerich von Engelstadt from the Counts of Nassau. After his death, his descendants received all properties in Wackernheim as freehold in 1485. From 1819, the elongated estate was in the possession of the Michel family. The farmer Jakob Michel had the large basement barn (now Kirchstraße 2a) built in 1856 and enclosed the farm with a wall on the street side. In the process, the already existing outbuildings were dismantled. The gate…
From 1887 to 1888, the tower designed by architects Anton Louis and Johann Doll was built. Originally, it was to be a wooden tower, which was planned to be constructed on the western part of the Rochusberg, the so-called Scharlachkopf. However, the funding was initially lacking. After the death of longtime Bingen mayor Eberhard Soherr, the idea could be realized. He had stipulated in his will that 10,000 marks should be spent on the construction of a solid tower made of basalt lava and sandstone. The name Kaiser-Friedrich-Turm goes back to…
The church was built in 1712 in place of the destroyed Michaeliskapelle and later remodeled and expanded with neo-Gothic forms. Beneath the nave is a vaulted medieval ossuary. Due to the limited space of the cemetery, the bones that were excavated during reburials were collected and stored there. It was already mentioned in 1496. Later, it was abandoned and fell into oblivion. It was only rediscovered in 1981 during construction work. History / Stories / Anecdotes: The ossuary was discovered on October 3, 1981, during construction work in…
Local Fortifications 3.0 Innovative Building Research in Ingelheim Virtual exhibition on the town fortifications of Ober-Ingelheim and Großwinternheim The virtual exhibition Ortsbefestigung 3.0, Innovative Bauforschung in Ingelheim will be available on the website www.ortsbefestigung3punkt0.de from 30.09.2020! In the form of a 360° tour of the castle church, you will be informed on the one hand about two- and three-dimensional building survey methods, and on the other hand about new discoveries at the local fortifications…
The Wine Village Museum in Horrweiler is located in the old centre of the village, opposite the "Alte Kelter". Interested visitors can gain a comprehensive insight into village life in past centuries. In the entrance area, the imposing striking mechanism of the Horrweiler tower clock can be marvelled at and is a particular attraction for those interested in technology. A large part of the exhibition is dedicated to winegrowing from bygone times with various tools. On the upper floor, we immerse ourselves in the classroom from earlier times;…