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The village trench in Wörrstadt is a valuable heritage from the Middle Ages. First documented in the 13th century as “Zingele,” it is a worthy green lung in today’s urban area with its rich tree population. As a vegetated defensive structure, the trench enclosed the entire village area until the early 19th century. Until the 1980s, the trench was mostly planted with centuries-old elm trees, also called Effen. They all fell victim to the elm bark beetle and were replaced by other tree species. Since the spring of 2015,…
The Witches' Tower is one of the seven mighty towers of the Fleckenmauer in Flörsheim-Dalsheim. It received its name, however, not because witches were imprisoned there, but because of its roof shape, which is reminiscent of a "witch's hat". This point is part of an audio-visual tour with additional content on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu-jERBUpDk The audiovisual content of this point was created by a project of the LAG Rhein-Haardt and was funded within the framework of the EULLE development programme with the…
The Ebernburg Castle is enthroned on a hill high above the Bad Münster am Stein district. It dominates the town and landscape. The castle can be reached on foot on a stairway or by car, whereby one must cross the village. Once you reach the top, the entire wealth of the landscape opens up to the observer.There you can see the mighty Rotenfels (Red Rock) steep face, formed of solidified magma, the village of Ebernburg, which nestles around the castle hill, the Nahe weir with the rock formation of the Rheingrafenstein and to the…
The Bornheim lookout tower is located in the middle of the sea of vines and offers a wide view over Rhine-Hessian Switzerland. This is also the location of the "Hiwwelrast", a wine tasting stand run by the surrounding winegrowers.
In oversized glory, it stands on the square that bears his name: The Danish sculptor Berthel Thorvaldsen provided the design for the bronze statue of Johannes Gutenberg. The monument, completely renovated in 2010, depicts the inventor of printing, of whom no contemporary portrait exists, in an idealized representation: bearded, elegantly dressed, with a Bible and typeset in hand. The inauguration of the monument in 1837 was celebrated by the residents of Mainz with a three-day festival. Even today, there is lively activity around the…
Erected around 1832 as a reminder of the construction of the "Ingelheimer Grundstrasse" between Nieder-Ingelheim and Nieder-Olm 1829-1832, which crossed here with the Mainz-Bad-Kreuznach highway via Sprendlingen, west of the town center of Stadecken. Source: Cultural monuments Rld.-Palatinate
ONE OF GERMANY’S MOST DAZZLING POETS WAS BORN IN BINGEN Stefan George was born in Bingen-Büdesheim on 12th July 1868, the son of a wine merchant and inn keeper. Even as a child, he gravitated towards ritual, religion and national ideas. After completing his secondary education, George travelled throughout Europe and was in contact with major authors and artists of his time. Right from his early works, there is evidence of a renunciation of everyday reality. Followers and admirers of the young poet very soon formed the elite “George group”. He…
The ruins of the late medieval roadblock are located on a dirt path along an old road from Mainz to Bad Kreuznach, next to the remains of the former mill, southwest of the village on the right bank of the Selz, and marked as a border station the entrance to the "Ingelheimer Reich." The name originates from the former ownership of the St. Ursula Abbey in Cologne in the Selz Valley and is linked to the legend of the 11,000 virgins who allegedly passed through here in the company of the saints on their way back from a pilgrimage to Rome, only to…