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Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
The museum “Naturstation” located in the Kurmittelhaus is an ideal setting for the presentation of the Nahevalley with its unique variety of plant and animal species. The flora and fauna of the region are presented. It focuses on the issue of native snakes, lizards, frogs, toads and newts in species-appropriate terrariums. Ongoing projects to stabilize the population of the dice snake or to restore the riverbank and floodplain forests for the protection of rare species are presented.
The Sironabad in Nierstein was a former Roman bathing hall with two sulfur and two fresh water springs. The sources led early to settlements, as finds from Celtic, early Germanic and Roman times clearly prove. The sulfur spring of the Sironabades was rediscovered in 1802, after it had been buried for centuries. During clearing work, copper coins surrounded by gypsum balls were found in stone basins with the years 87 to 267 after the birth of Christ and also small figures. Through these finds it is perfectly proven that the well plant was…
The mercenary leader and the poet - the heyday and downfall of Ebernburg Castle The Hutten-Sickingen Monument If you take the B 48 to Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, you will see the hill of Ebernburg Castle in front of you, as it has been rebuilt since the 19th century. A second glance reveals a group of figures halfway up the hill. There, cast in bronze, are the knight Franz von Sickingen (1481-1523) and the poet Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523), crowned with the poet's laurel by the emperor. Both stand for a moment in world history…
The north-westernmost tower on the Fleckenmauer in Flörsheim-Dalsheim is designed as a flanking tower with a round ground plan and equipped with keyhole embrasures. This type of embrasure, whose appearance is reminiscent of a keyhole, and the construction of the tower, which protrudes from the wall on the field side, made it possible to observe the neighbouring sections of the wall well. The tower is also a time-travel location on the audiovisual tour "Time Travel Fleckenmauer" with additional content on yourube…
Visible from afar is the 38 m high church tower of the Protestant church, which was inaugurated in 1910 after 17 months of construction. The organ, the ceiling painting and the colorful windows radiate a special beauty. The interior of the church is designed according to the so-called "Wiesbadener program". The church was built in 1741. It is in the church to a hall building with mansard roof and a multi-level roof ridge. The organ dates from 1753 and was built by Johann Christian Köhler.
Revered as a "bridge saint", John of Nepomuk was drowned in Moldavia in 1383 for refusing to confess the queen's confessional secrets, his statue of 1771 was stolen and replaced by a new statue in 2005.
