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With the 'Elevator to the Past', the former Hildegard Monastery becomes tangible Almost 400 years ago, the proud Monastery of Rupertsberg, the place where Hildegard of Bingen worked, was burned down in the Thirty Years' War and reduced to ruins. In 1803, the grounds were then transferred into private ownership. The monastery arcades were walled up. In the Villa Rupertsberg, starting from the original monastery arcades of the Hildegard Church, the disappeared Hildegard Monastery has been revived and can be discovered with all senses through…
A special place amidst Rhinehesse Art courses and workshops for kids from four years and adults Making a new experience together To begin the day with blacksmith's fire and to ignite it together is the first common task for all the participants. Parents and kids create their common artwork and learn to pay attention to each other and to accept the ideas of others. For many turning a work day with lots of ideas, wishes, happiness, talks and thoughts together into an unique artwork is a whole new way. The participants learn without any…
On the municipal cemetery, along the path to the village ditch (along the Protestant church), there are gravestones from the 17th and 18th centuries. Among them are early classical tombs. Between the funeral hall and the Catholic parsonage stands a stone pillar topped with an ancient helmet, a plate with flags, and a broken cannon. The monument was erected for the soldiers from the canton of Wörrstadt who returned from or fell in the Napoleonic campaigns.
600 years alone on the island St. Paul's Church Out of the pedestrian zone and into the largest church nave between Mainz and Trier, not far from the Alte Nahebrücke bridge. The space impresses with its simple size. The fact that it is largely devoid of ornamentation is in keeping with the tradition of the Reformed congregation, who have used the church as the leading denomination since 1585. Visitors are surrounded by light, peace and harmony. Only the oak pulpit attracts attention. A boy, interpreted as an angel without wings, sits on…
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…
The Julianenbrunnen, popularly known as the Giljebrunne, is a 400-year-old fountain in the center of the Guntersblum Kellerweg, which is famous for its great wine festival. The building is now considered a cultural monument. Unfortunately, the exact age of the Julianenbrunnen is unknown. The first mention of a fountain at this location dates back to 1472, but the spring has probably been fortified for longer. The Julianenbrunnen was first officially documented in 1608. At this time, the fountain was renovated and the year was carved slightly…
The complex, which was probably built in the 13th century, was the nucleus of the Rhenish Palatinate, a secondary residence and the seat of the district administration. Under the two Ruprechts in particular, Count Palatine Ruprecht II and Ruprecht III, who was German king as Ruprecht I from 1400 to 1410, Alzey Castle was one of the favourite residences of the Counts Palatine. Ruprecht II was therefore sometimes referred to as the ‘Duke of Alzey,’ and during King Ruprecht's reign, Alzey and its castle were even considered the…
The red hillside is a wine growing area with special optics between Nierstein and Nackenheim. The former formation emerged over 280 million years ago because of a collapse of the rhine ditch between the basin of Mainz and the upper rhine ditch. Another special feature is the red ground which was also determining for the name. The colouring happened because of embedded iron compounds which emerged under the subtropic climate of another era. The substance of the ground is consists of clay and sandstone and in combination with the climate…