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Shaped from fire and water: The Goose Rock Formation From the Salinental, one looks eastwards to a rock formation that looks like a huge slagheap. This was given its name in Celtic times: "Ganda", i.e. steep slope with rock debris. Elementary forces have shaped the goose. 280 million years ago, magma came to the surface from the earth's interior, solidified and formed a rock massif to which both Rotenfels and Rheingrafenstein belong. The Nahe - Celtic "Nawa" - carved its way into this rock and dug its way deeper and deeper into it. This is…
An diesem Aussichtspunkt mit Ruhebank hat man einen herrlichen Blick über den Rheingau bis zum Binger Loch.
The parish church was built in 1808 at the site of a demolished because dilapidated church. The inauguration took place in 1810. The tower of this church is about 50 years younger.
The wine bar at the Roman Tower is a wine bar at the Roman Tower in Guntersblum. What's special is that the Roman Tower is located directly on the RheinTerrassenWeg, between Mainz and Worms and offers a wonderful view over the Rhine Valley from the Taunus over the Odenwald to the Palatinate. When the weather is nice, the wine bar is open on Sundays and public holidays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Closed in bad weather). The current opening times are posted on the Facebook page and on Instagram under "Wine bar at the Roman Tower". The offer is…
The museum Guntersblum is being voluntarily maintained from the association for the maintenance of the culture in Guntersblum and offers three to four different exhibitions a year. The topics are mainly regional historical but also other global topics are represented on a regular basis. Regional less popular artists get a forum to present their works but principally artists from all over the world are also introduced from time to time. The museum is open on sundays and public holidays from 3pm to 6pm. The entry is free and for donations you…
The synagogue in Mainz-Weisenau was built in 1737/38 and is the only house of Jewish worship in Mainz that survived the time of the Nazi regime and the Second World War without damage. Incidentally, it is also the oldest still intact building in Weisenau. In the 18th century, about a quarter of the inhabitants of the village of Weisenau were Jewish, and the community therefore had its own synagogue at Wormser Strasse. The building was badly damaged during the siege of Mainz in 1793, and it took 25 years to restore the synagogue to its…
In 2010, the Mainz patron Stefan Schmitz took on the now severely dilapidated ruin. Since 2012, the "Initiative St. Christoph" has aimed to restore the dignity of the site using public and private funds. Together with the city of Mainz, a plan was created to renovate the memorial by the 70th anniversary of its destruction on February 27, 2015. This plan has been successfully implemented. The restoration of the ruin, the tower, and the outdoor facilities has been completed. An exhibition inside the church ruin has turned the memorial into a…