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After a chequered history, culture moved into a building erected in 1925 for the Freemasons in 2003. Seminars, conferences, theatre and concerts take place in the pleasant and spacious ambience of the House of the Guest and ensure a varied programme all year round. The concert and theatre hall is the centre of the House of the Guest. There is room for about 200 visitors. Two seminar and lecture rooms are also part of the room programme. The ideal place for conferences and congresses. Exhibitions by contemporary artists enrich the…
The small church seems to have practically disappeared behind a high wall. The ground floor of the Romanesque chancel tower was rebuilt with an arched ceiling in the early 14th century. On the sides of both the tracery windows, on the east and south walls, paintings with their decoration have been preserved and show Peter and Paul as well as two ohter disciples or prophets. The delicately made figures stand under painted Wimperg arches. The sacristy, added in the 15th century, is very large and lavish compared to the chancel.
Already in the 14th century, a ship's crane is evidenced at the Frei-Weinheimer bank. A first massive land crane was erected in 1549 after the model of the Binger crane (1487). The still visible foundation is a relic of the last crane powered by human labor, which was built around 1680. The rotating crane stand was embedded in the central shaft, to which the two tread wheels and the jib were attached. Two workers had to walk in the wheels to provide the drive for the system. Unloading and loading were subject to fees. The crane clerk kept a…
Here you see a section of an early medieval long-distance water pipeline. It was found in 2004 in close proximity. Scientifically, it has been dated to the construction period of the Imperial Palace, namely the late 8th century AD. The long-distance water pipeline supplied high-quality drinking water from the spring area "Karlsquelle" near Heidesheim through the Wackernheimer Valley to Nieder-Ingelheim, into the palace of Charlemagne. This was achieved through a 6.8 km long canal, which mostly ran underground. The structure, built from…
The St. Wendelinus Chapel in the area of the western end of the village is the oldest building still standing in Offstein. The chapel was built outside the village around 1535. It is unknown who initiated, executed and financed the construction of the building. The chapel was also called the "Heiligenhäuschen" or "Helljer-Heisje" for short. The original wooden gate was replaced by an iron one. This has a central rosette around the locking device, the upper part of which is a sun disk with iron spokes running diagonally outwards, similar…
The district on the Ellerbach - a little wallflower Little Venice in Bad Kreuznach The unfamiliar walker stops in amazement on the footbridge on the way from the river Nahe to the medieval marketplace Eiermarkt. The footbridge crosses a small river: the Ellerbach. In the field of vision is the mouth of the Ellerbach into the Nahe. Here, after 27.2 km, the stream ends its journey that began at an altitude of over 500 metres in the Soonwald. Upstream, you look at a block of buildings that obscures the view. Here you find yourself in a place…
The Stadecker Warte is a historical agricultural building in the vineyards above Stadecken-Elsheim. It was built in 1930 by the winemakers of the region at the edge of the vineyard Stadecker Spitzberg and originally served as a preparation site for pest control. In the 1980s, the Warte was raised and fitted with a tower. Until the end of the 1990s, it was an observation post from which shooting devices could be triggered by radio to drive away the starling flocks from the vineyards. Today, the Stadecker Warte is a scenically attractive…
The Museum Schlosspark is a picturesque 18th century castle in a romantic landscape park and presents art and city history collections, as well as exhibitions of contemporary art. The sculptures of the Cauer family of sculptors from Bad Kreuznach are particularly worth seeing. Particularly noteworthy in the museum are the sculptures of the famous sculptor family Cauer from Bad Kreuznach. One of the highlights is the hunting room. The coffered ceiling in this room, the ornamented parquet floors and the wall panelling and built-in furniture…