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Until the end of the 18th century fish was sold here, as well as other goods. The fishermen of the Altrhein had to offer it for sale but as numerous official warnings show they performed this duty dissatisfactorily and unwillingly.
In one of the most beautiful buildings of Worms, in the former St. Andreasstift, a late Romanesque building complex with a picturesque inner courtyard, the museum of the city of Worms is located. The permanent exhibition presents numerous excavation finds from Worms from the Bronze Age and the Neolithic Age. No less impressive is the Roman department of the museum as well as finds from the time of the Franks, who settled in Worms around 500 AD. The Luther Room is reminiscent of the appearance of the famous reformer during the Worms…
In 2010, the site of the starling defence transmitter was converted into an approx. 4 m high observation tower with a great view of the Rhine plain, Flörsheim-Dalsheim and the surrounding area, and in 2016, panorama panels describing the view were added.
An diesem Aussichtspunkt mit Ruhebank hat man einen herrlichen Blick über den Rheingau bis zum Binger Loch.
The 31m high tower was built on the Westerberg between 1907 and 1912 by the then just created Bismarck society. It was an expression of patriotic feelings and a counterpart of the Niederwald-monument at Rüdesheim, erected in 1871. The architect Wilhelm Kreis from Eltville created an edifice combining art nouveau and neo-Romanism. This style became a pattern for similar monuments of Bismarck adoration elsewhere in the empire. Rough hewed regional limestone blocks give the tower a defensive character. Inside an iron stairway leads to the…
Epitaph at Windhäuser Hof by Jeanbon Saint-André on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his death in 2013 From 1801 Jeanbon Saint-André was General Commissioner under Napoleon Bonaparte of the four departments on the left bank of the Rhine that were established in 1798. From February 1802 he was French prefect of the Département du Mont-Tonnerre based in Mainz. In 1809 he acquired the Windhäuser Hof as a summer residence.
Of the two churches in the village, the newer fell to the Reformed. The simple church building is surrounded by a beautifully landscaped garden.