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What an honor: The anniversary sparkling wine 1816 Riesling Brut, which was created especially for the 200th anniversary of Rheinhessen, will tingle in the glass of the stars at the next "Berlinale". The Berlin International Film Festival will start on February 9, 2017 in the German capital. Again, the high-profile celebrities of the German and international film industry. Festival director Dieter Kosslick and his team have already proven their good taste by selecting the special and limited creation of the producer group Winzersekt from...

At the opening of the exhibition "Literaturlandschaft Rheinhessen" selected texts by Rheinhessen authors, lyric poets and hobbyists were presented in the Wormser Stadtbibliothek on 7th September. The reason for this was a writing competition that had previously been initiated by the cultural expert and great-Rhoihesse Volker Gallé. What exactly does Rheinhessen mean for people, especially those who live in this wine-loving region? This feeling should, of course, be matched with the 200th anniversary of the region in 200 words on paper. It...

The 200-year Rheinhessen anniversary articles are now also available for viewing, touching and trying on, in the GALERIA Kaufhof in Mainz! The "shop in the shop" has pretty much everything to offer, which is also available at www.shop-rheinhessen.de . Here you can, for example, put on the Mainz 05 Rheinhessen fan scarf, leaf through the MERIAN Rheinhessen or buy the Jubilee champagne 1816 directly in its chic gift box. And of course there is also the anniversary program for the 2nd half of the year for free to take away. In the ladies'...

The Bundesliga club Mainz 05, together with the creators of "200 Jahre Rheinhessen", has created a limited edition edition of a fan scarf. With the slogan "200 years of my homeland" and the logo of the 200th anniversary, which decorate the scarf, fans now show all football Germany, where they come from. The home-based club is also celebrating its anniversary this year. Quite typical of the 05ers, who call themselves in their Torhymne itself as a carnival club, the foolish 111th Birthday is committed. The two anniversaries are closely...

"Rheinhessen" in the series "Blätter zum Land" published by the National Agency for Civic Education / Available free of charge

A highlight of the Rheinhessen anniversary year are the "Comedy Nights", to which the city of Bingen and the SWR Television jointly invited from 14 to 17 April. Against the dreamlike backdrop of the Binger Mäuseturm, Rhine-Hessian comedians appeared on the site of nationwide well-known artists in the Alte Wagenausbesserungshalle on four consecutive evenings. Those who could not be there and already wish to see each other again can already watch their first appearances in the SWR stream at...

On Sunday, 8 May, the Mainz fools celebrated the festival parade with 77 train numbers, 2,222 participants and about 180,000 spectators in summertime temperatures - as compensation for the canceled Monday carnival procession. From 10:00 o'clock Michael Bonewitz and Thomas Neger presented the colorful program on stage at the Mainz Cathedral. Among others were the convinced ambassadors of Rheinhessen Anja Gockel and Udo van Kampen, the city manager Walter Strutz from Mainz and the Mayor of Mainz Michael Ebling. They all swarmed on stage from...

The image film "200 Years of Rheinhessen" has been awarded with the international multimedia tourism award "Third Star" in the category "Event". A 40-member jury consisting of politicians, ambassadors, artists and tourism experts opted for the film from Sidenstein Medien. The films are judged by emotion, creativity, commemoration value and overall impression, according to the Golden City Gate Company, which awards the prize annually. With all these criteria, the Rheinhessenfilm scored points. The approximately four and a half minute image...

Rheinhessen-CLOSE. For the festival procession Rheinhessen, which runs on May 8 between 15 and 17 clock through the city center of Mainz, the Rhineland-Palatinate clock strengthens the regional bus and train services. Many trains before 15 clock and after 17 clock run with increased number of cars and from Bingen and Worms additional trains and offered on the bus lines 650 and 660 additional trips, informed the Rhein-Nahe Nahverkehrsverbund. The bus line 650 runs between 10.35 and 14.35 hourly and additionally at 13.05 clock from...