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One of the most beautiful buildings in Worms - the former St Andrew's Abbey, a late Romanesque building complex from the High Middle Ages - is home to the city's historical museum. Using important exhibits from Worms and the surrounding area, we take you on a journey of discovery through 7000 years of settlement history. The two new cloister wings on the ground floor present the history of the city, the history of the museum and the city model. On the upper floors, there are numerous interesting exhibits from the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron…
Join us on an exciting and impressive discovery tour in the heart of Oppenheim's medieval old town. Our friendly and knowledgeable tour guides will show you the many facets and sights of our historic town—and, of course, its secret corners. After all, it is always exciting to follow in the footsteps of the many famous Oppenheimers and guests of the town, such as Imperial Herald Kaspar Sturm, copperplate engraver Matthäus Merian, the architect of the German Reichstag in Berlin, Paul Wallot, Martin Luther, and Albert Schweitzer.…
The town, situated at the foot of the Petersberg, had the rights of a free Reichsstadt in the Middle Ages. From this former importance the large church building, which replaced a previous, similarly constructed building, where relics of the holy bishop Rufus from Metz were worshipped, testifies its former importance. Due to the closure of the vault arches the church has been divided into an evangelical (nave) and catholic part (chancel) since 1705. The two part flat-roofed nave was erected by Johann von Diepach in 1420. Here the north aisle…
Today's Dreikönigskirche (Church of the Three Kings) in Neugasse was not completed until 1935. Although the architecture of the building is very simple, its windows radiate impressive splendor. Particularly noteworthy is the large, three-part window in the south wall, which bathes the church in bright, radiant light on Sundays when the sun shines. Instead of a bell tower, the church has a ridge turret in which three bronze bells hang, which were cast in Heidelberg in 1959.
One of the many trulli, the vineyard cottages with the Italian name, which served as shelters in the vineyard. This one stands directly on an old sunken path. Hollow paths have dug themselves deep into the surrounding terrain over the centuries. No wonder, where man has used and travelled them so extensively. At their edges are high embankments with interesting flora and fauna. There are not many paths of this kind left. The 'Monsheimer Hohl' was probably created by farmers from the northern communities bringing their grain south to…
The town hall building was constructed in 1851/52. The roof turret contained the fire bell, which warned of fire danger. On the ground floor were the equipment for extinguishing fires. The entrance to the pump room was located on the west side. Previously, on the site of the town hall stood the Schöffenhaus, which was already mentioned in 1394 as a notable two-story building with an attached bakery. For the year 1508, a blacksmith shop, leaning to the north, is also documented. The community blacksmith with stables was abandoned in the…
On the east flank of the Mainzer Berg the old defences are particularly massive and here are probably the best remaining parts of the wall, watchtowers and the low laying obstacle in the ditch. Here the Breitbach feeds the ditch. The romantic part along the so called Seufzerpfädchen (path of sighs) - it was the path where lovers used to meet - runs from Rinderbach (now Schillerplatz) to the traditional red-wine festival site and meets the outer courtyard at the Burgkirche – the starting point for every round-trip of the city…
One of the oldest stone bridges in Germany, with bridge chapel. Bridges have a long tradition in the Nahe estuary. The first one was built in the decade before Chriti's birth. At that time Drusus fortified the left Rhine border of the Roman Empire by building fortifications and had a wooden bridge built over the Nache. After its destruction in 70 AD, the first stone bridge followed, which fell victim to the Normans around 891. Archbishop Willigis built a new stone bridge over the Nahe a good hundred years later. In this bridge, a small early…