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Oppenheim has a lot to offer! Our tour "Vun Allem Ebbes" is like a kaleidoscope that shows you the various highlights of our historic old town - ideal as an introduction and for an initial orientation. The contents include short impulses on St. Catherine's Church, the historic old town and the cellar labyrinth, which will definitely whet your appetite for more! Public guided tour (every 1st Saturday of the month at 2:30 pm) or private tour for closed groups (max. 20 people) Duration: approx. 1.5 hours (3 x 30 min) Not suitable for people…
Looking into the universe from the Kuhberg The observatory Bad Kreuznach's window to the universe opens on the Kuhberg. Here, the "Sternwarte Bad Kreuznach e.V." association has maintained a public observatory since 1986, opening up the fascination of outer space to interested people of all ages. The flyby of Halley's comet, which is due every 76 years, gave the impulse for the foundation of the association. The 40 members first invested in the construction of professional equipment, their greatest pride is the solar telescope. Every Sunday…
Only a part of the entrance of the former Lutheran church building is still visible. The sandstone plaque above refers to the year of construction 1753. After both the Catholic and Reformed congregations had their own new houses of worship, the six resident Lutheran families joined forces with fellow believers from the Kurmainz Rheingau across the Rhine. With the help of a collection, a modest small church was built and used jointly. As the only church in Frei-Weinheim, it did not have a bell. The Lutherans were assigned to Ober-Ingelheim.…
The 31-meter-high Bismarck Tower was built from 1907 to 1912 by the recently founded Rheinhessen Bismarck Association on the Westerberg. It was intended as a symbol of patriotic sentiment and as a counterpart to the Niederwald Monument erected in 1871 near Rüdesheim. The architect Wilhelm Kreis from Eltville designed a building type using elements of Art Nouveau and Neo-Romanesque that became significant for the construction of similar monuments in honor of Bismarck throughout the German Empire. Rough-hewn blocks of limestone from…
The Flute Player Fountain was inaugurated on 5 May 1990 with a village festival attended by a large number of people. It is a bronze sculpture by Grustav Nonnenmacher, an outstanding formative artist from Worms who has created numerous works. Nonnenmacher integrated one of the old sandstone troughs donated by Kurt Bernhard into the fountain. The flute player symbolises the cheerfulness of the people of Rheinhessen who live here. A boy as a musician, warbling into the air, legs crossed, content with himself and the world. The fountain was…
Here at the northern end of Rinderbachstraße stood a covered double gate structure in the Middle Ages. It controlled the access to and from Nieder-Ingelheim and led directly to the so-called small market near St. Remigius. The remains of the old gate were rebuilt for residential purposes in the early 19th century in the style of a gatehouse; however, this change had to be demolished due to its dilapidated condition. Only one side pillar remained, which is connected to the outer walls of the former apothecary's residence. About halfway…
The high altar of the Baroque church encloses an exquisite statue of Mary made of lime wood, which was created around 1470 in the Upper Rhine region. It probably originates from the previous building, which belonged to a pilgrim hospital on the Way of St. James in the Middle Ages.
Members of the Ordenstein family lived in Offstein from 1816 to 1861. Moritz Ordenstein married Johanna Scheuer from Kriegsheim in 1835. He is described in the personal documents as a "merchant". They had two children, daughter Elisabeth, who died only two days after birth in 1854. Son Heinrich was born on 7.01.1856. Moritz sold the Offstein property to Georg Andres l., and it was used for agriculture until about 1965. In 1861 the family moved to Martinsgasse 9 in Worms. Heinrich went to school in Worms and came into contact with music…