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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…
The settlement stone Some 7,000 years ago people were already settling here. They lived in so-called longhouses, which were living space, storage and stables at the same time. This stone was created in memory of the demonstrably oldest settlers of Westhofen. Also note the inscription on the plate donated by Mr Hilgert. The inscription of the plate reads: About 7000 years ago, the first farmers and cattle breeders of the Neolithic, band ceramics and Hinkelstein culture settled here. On one of the photos you…
For a long time it was believed that the hall church was Charlemagne's palatine chapel. Archaeological excavations from 1960 to 1963 showed, however, that the church was not built until after the year 900, under Ottonian rule. However, the latest charcoal samples from the foundation date the church to the years 1027-1154, i.e. the time of the Salians. In 2004 archaeologists found two early medieval predecessor buildings to the north of the hall church during excavations. They probably served Charlemagne and the following rulers as a small…
water house Built for water supply for Westhofen Art Nouveau in 1905. In the 1960 the pressure did not increase and was shut down. History and stories Visible from afar, the water house from 1905, built in Art Nouveau style, reflects the self-image of the time. William II strove for the great power, rearmed, annexed land overseas and built. The buildings always represented the thinking of the time and their rulers; so also our water house, although actually uninteresting to represent. In the 1960s, a…
The Siefersheim Höllberg comprises a rocky hilltop of rhyolite with a rare plant community of e.g. rock pears, medlars, roses and heather as well as a dense ring of woody plants on the slopes.
The tithe barn is the oldest farm building in the village. The quarry stone building with a crippled hipped roof is thought to have been built around 1700. Around 1350, all the properties of the Fulda Abbey in Wackernheim were transferred to the Mainz cathedral provostry by exchange or purchase. It received the tenth part of the proceeds from a total of 481 acres of farmland and vineyards. Since the levies were paid in kind, a larger barn was needed to collect and store them. A tithe barn is mentioned in Wackernheim as early as 1450. In 1630…
In 1880, the city architect Eduard Kreyssig built a new Jewish cemetery on Untere Zahlbacher Strasse adjacent to the main city cemetery. As a consequence, the old Jewish cemetery known as Judensand at Mombacher Strasse was closed. The entrance to the new cemetery bears a commemorative plaque from 1948. Its inscription can be translated as "Erected in memory of our victims. To shame the murderers. And as a reminder to the living." Fortunately, the graves remained undefiled during the time of the Nazi regime. To this day, members of the Jewish…