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The Roman Tower is a 9.8 m high observation tower built in 1998 in the vineyards northwest of Guntersblum. It is located directly on the RheinTerrassenWeg. 19 steps of an angled staircase at the back lead to the 5.6 m high covered viewing platform. From the platform, visitors have a very good view of the Rhine Valley, the Odenwald and Taunus and as far as Frankfurt, among other places. The Roman Tower is located near the place where a Roman Villa Rustica with a wine cellar was discovered a few years ago, thus pointing to the Roman past of…
The Settlement Stone About 7000 years ago, humans already settled here. They lived in so-called longhouses, which served as living space, storage, and stabling all at once. This stone was created in memory of the archaeologically proven oldest settlers of Westhofen. Also, pay attention to the inscription on the plate donated by Mr. Hilgert. The inscription on the plate reads: Here, the first farmers and livestock breeders of the Neolithic era, Band Ceramic and Hinkelsteinkultur settled about 7000 years ago. In one…
The Protestant church in Dexheim looks back on an eventful history: Dexheim's St. Martin's Church was first mentioned in documents in 889; it was first referred to as “St. Martin's Parish Church” in 1341. During the Thirty Years' War and the subsequent War of the Palatinate Succession, it was almost completely destroyed, with only the church tower remaining intact. The church was gradually rebuilt. Major renovations took place in 1957 and 1958.
Along almost the whole length, the defensive wall, which runs parallel to Burgunderstraße, is still preserved, though on different heights. It follows the course of the defence moat, which was filled in last century, and runs in a straight line towards the west to the Stiegelgässer Tor. At about halfway this tower with a pointed roof, attached to a house, could be preserved.
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 town hall is two-storeyed, built of small field and quarry stones, which were quarried in the Gewann Steinkaut, called " Steinstück " in earlier centuries. The corners are made of house stones. The round tower attached to the building in the Renaissance style makes it possible to use the upper rooms of the town hall inside completely, as can be seen in many former noble houses in the 16th and 17th centuries. These rooms are reached via a beautiful stone spiral staircase in the staircase of the round tower. On the broad side of the…
Next to the semi-circular apse of the Aula regia (throne hall), an archaeological protective structure was built in the year 2000. The walkable steel-glass construction conserves the extraordinarily well-preserved remains of a Staufer heating system from the 12th century. Due to its shape, size, and condition, it is a unique testimony to the history of high medieval technology. Detailed information about this heating system is provided on information panels at and within the protective structure. The key to the protective structure can be…
Bad Münster am Stein - Ebernbu
Surrounded by shady trees, the Old Johanneskirche, the oldest preserved building in the district of Ebernburg and indeed the entire city, stands in the cemetery. The whitewashed church was built before the year 1200 and was first mentioned in writing in 1212. Its location between the hill of Ebernburg and the massive porphyry masses of the Rotenfels gives the place a particularly romantic aura. The church was part of the city wall, which is why it was called a fortified church. The marked feature is the pyramid-shaped roof of the square…