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Katholische Kirche St. Joseph Dorn-Dürkheim
Between the 12th and 18th centuries, various knightly families settled in Saulheim. One of them was Ritter Hundt - today's symbolic figure of the village. According to legend, the local citizen won all drinking competitions with his great thirst for wine and became famous for it as far away as Mainz. A stone monument of him stands today in the middle of the village, next to the building of the Mainzer Volksbank. Sightseeing: Open to the public
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…
One of the oldest stone bridges in Germany, with bridge chapel. Bridges have a long tradition in the Nahe estuary. The first one was built in the decade before Chriti's birth. At that time Drusus fortified the left Rhine border of the Roman Empire by building fortifications and had a wooden bridge built over the Nache. After its destruction in 70 AD, the first stone bridge followed, which fell victim to the Normans around 891. Archbishop Willigis built a new stone bridge over the Nahe a good hundred years later. In this bridge, a small early…
The Aula regia, the throne hall of the Ingelheim imperial palace, was built at the end of the 8th century and is part of the founding building under Karl the great (747 / 48−814). The throne hall was the most important public building and served as a representative meeting place. This shows also on the basis of their high-quality building equipment, the remains of which were found during archaeological excavations. Parts of the from antiquity Inspired building jewelry, including fragments of the wall paintings and the precious…
Juliusturm Built in the style of a medieval fortified tower. Use of rubble, bricks and baroque parts, including a landmark of 1600. The tower has a ground floor and a first floor, from which one arrives at the Zinnengang via an iron ladder. After the start of construction in the spring of 1966, the inauguration took place on the Ascension in 1971. In 1999 the tower was renovated. He bears the name of his builder Julius Grünewald. History / Stories / Anecdotes: As known…
The Trullo - the Trulli - the special little vineyard house in Rheinhessen. Former shelters in the vineyards for the workers, but also intended for the "Wingertschütz" who guarded the vineyards.