Highlights at the cycle path
The cathedrals in Mainz and Worms, the Rochus Chapel in Bingen or the Oppenheim cellar labyrinth. Along the Rhine Cycle Route there are countless sights that will introduce you to the culture and history of Rheinhessen.
In 2012, the view from the Brudersberg in Nierstein was voted "Most Beautiful Wine View 2012" in Rheinhessen. In 2012, for the first time, the German Wine Institute (DWI) and the regional wine promotions awarded a "Most Beautiful Wine View 2012" in each of the 13 German wine-growing regions. These are vantage points that offer particularly spectacular views of the wine landscapes. From the Brudersberg, in good weather, you have an optimal distant view into the Hessian Ried all the way to Frankfurt (view direction east), further to the Taunus…
Carl Zuckmayer set a literary monument to his birthplace Nackenheim with his play "The Merry Vineyard". Open-air performances of his works take place here regularly. You can find out about his family history in a permanent exhibition in the local museum. A bust in front of the town hall commemorates Nackenheim's most famous son.
The Catholic Parish Church of St. Gereon, built in 1716, is imposingly situated on a hill that offers visitors a wonderful view of the surrounding countryside. The church is listed as an architectural monument in the list of cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate and houses an impressive high altar (1698) and beautiful ceiling paintings in the choir room by Hans Thumann from 1936. The RheinTerrassenWeg leads directly past the baroque hall building.
Things are moving at the Museum of Ancient Maritime History! The exhibition is currently being modernized with funds from the federal government and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from the Leibniz Association's Research Museums Action Plan. We look forward to welcoming you again in spring 2025! Roman antiquity was a time when shipping connected worlds and people. But why do people actually build ships? How do they use them to build networks? What infrastructure do they need for this? What consequences does the mobility resulting from…
The Roman Theater in Mainz is one of the largest known stage constructions from antiquity north of the Alps. It was probably built in the 1st century AD and was located on the southern slope of the Kästrich, below the present-day citadel. With a stage width of about 42 meters and an auditorium with a diameter of 116 meters, it could accommodate around 10,000 people – an impressive dimension that underscores the importance of Mogontiacum, the Roman Mainz. Theaters like this were central places of public life in the Roman Empire and…
The Carnival Fountain (Fastnachtsbrunnen) is almost nine meters high. It was completed in 1967 and illustrates over 200 bronze figures, including Till Eulenspiegel, Father Rhine, and Hans Wurst, which embody the spirit and myth of Mainz Carnival. Of course, there is also the famous "Weck, Worscht und Woi," which is cherished by the people of Mainz. The fountain is located in Schillerplatz. On November 11th, the great figures of Mainz Carnival gather on the balcony of the Osteiner Hof, which overlooks the square, to officially open the…
"This cathedral above the Rhine valley would have remained in my memory in all its power and grandeur, even if I had never seen it again," wrote the writer Anna Seghers. The immense cathedral still gives the city its face a thousand years after its construction, and it has shaped its history. Mainz, at the intersection of ancient trade routes, became the ecclesiastical center north of the Alps with the work of St. Boniface starting in 746/47; it received the title "Holy See" during the reign of Willigis (975-1011) in Mainz. Willigis,…
The Gutenbergplatz is the most architecturally and urban planning significant square in the city center of Mainz, named after the native Mainzer Johannes Gutenberg. Due to its social and urban historical significance, the square is designated as a monument zone.
The Gutenberg Museum moved to its new interim location on November 23, 2024. You can now visit the exhibition "Gutenberg-Museum MOVED" at the Natural History Museum, Reichklarastraße 1, in the city centre of Mainz. One of the world's oldest museums for printing, the Gutenberg Museum invites visitors on a journey through four millennia of book, printing, and script culture. From cuneiform inscriptions to modern typography, from manuscripts to printing presses, from a reconstruction of Gutenberg's workshop and two original…
The proximity to the Rhine and the expansive view of the Rhine plain may have been particularly appealing to Charlemagne when he had the magnificent imperial palace built 15 kilometres west of Mainz towards the end of the 8th century. The imperial palace served a further 17 kings and emperors as a temporary seat of government. In the archaeological zone, which today extends over an entire residential area, impressive ruins still bear witness to the splendour of the former monumental building. The foundations of the rest of the complex lie…