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On the KulTOUR from the town hall to the Wartturm Nierstein, you can expect exciting information about the oldest vineyard in Germany, noblemen in Nierstein and a medieval signal tower. The tour starts at Nierstein's present-day town hall at Bildstockstraße 10. All you need for this tour is a smartphone with a QR code scanner. Each building on the tour has a QR code with interesting facts behind it. A total of 10 stations invite you to get to know Nierstein better on your own. After the tour, you can stop off at one of the restaurants…
At the Mainz Kammerspiele in the Malakoff Passage, over 200 performances take place each season, including an average of seven original premieres. Currently, nine ensembles regularly work there, offering a wide range – from traditional and experimental spoken theater to contemporary ballet and current revues, as well as musicals for children. A special focus is placed on contemporary authors, first performances, world premieres, and self-produced works. The program is supplemented by guest appearances from well-known artists and…
Leiningen Castle, located in the town center, has a multifaceted past. The shell of the building was completed in 1708, but no further extensions were made at first as the owner at the time, Count Carl Ludwig von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, died in 1709. His wife, Countess Anna Sabina von Nostitz, sold the estate to the Electoral Palatinate Privy Council in 1717 due to financial hardship. In the years that followed, the castle fell more and more into oblivion until 70 years later, in 1787, a member of the Leiningen family once again became…
To secure the water supply in the Rhine-Selz region, the “Rhine-Selz Region Water Association” was founded in 1905. Due to the favorable local conditions, the necessary water extraction and supply was to be carried out from Guntersblum. It was therefore decided to build a waterworks with pumping facilities on site. Construction began in May 1906, and after a relatively short construction period, the facility was inaugurated in October 1907. The waterworks was built from red Palatinate sandstone in a Baroque Art Nouveau style and…
The rectangular hall building is medieval at its core and was rebuilt in 1616. The west tower of today's Protestant parish church dates back to 1914.
On a terrain between Stiegelgasse and Jungfernpfad which is now settled again, there was the synagogue, built in 1841 as “a nice copy of oriental style” .The entrance was in Stielgelgasse. Crossing a small garden, the gate was reached. A side door led to the female emporium, another to the emplacement of the choir, where the organ was also situated. The main hall had 10-12 rows with 5 to 6 seats each on both sides. The Torah case was at the end of the hall on an elevated place. There both reading and the sermon took place. The…
The medieval Liebfrauenkirche is surrounded by vineyards. It was built in the Gothic style from 1276 and was completed in 1465 according to the building inscription. Originally, it served as a collegiate church, in whose construction the citizens of Worms took a lively interest. It is the only one of the many Gothic churches in Worms that have been preserved. The surrounding vineyards and their wine, the "Liebfrauenmilch", received their name from the church. The original "Liebfrauenmilch" is still cultivated in the area around the church…
The sculpture ‘Die Wolke’ (The Cloud, 1968/69, bronze) by Eberhard Linke at the starting point of the Hiwweltour Aulheimer Tal is a reference to the sculpture collection of the Eberhard and Barbara Linke Foundation. The sculptures can be viewed from May to October, Saturdays from 2 pm to 6 pm. Address: Erbes-Büdesheimer Straße 7, 55237 Flonheim Admission free