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The sensational architecture of the former St Paul's Catholic Church in Ingelheim-West stood for a completely new type of church. This extraordinary church building by Swiss architect Justus Dahinden symbolised Ingelheim's cosmopolitan present. The new church building with adjoining parish and youth rooms was planned under Pastor Helmut Sohns (1935-2018). The church was deconsecrated in 2024 and is now used as a kindergarten. At the end of the 1970s, the renowned Zurich architect and professor Justus Dahinden (1925-2020), who worked all…
The culturally and historically significant St. George's Chapel from the 10th century is located on the ground of a villa rustica that was built in 40 AD. Once an important pilgrimage site on the Roman Route Rheinhessen, St. George's Chapel is now only accessible during guided tours or events.
The Flute Player Fountain was inaugurated on 5 May 1990 with a village festival attended by a large number of people. It is a bronze sculpture by Grustav Nonnenmacher, an outstanding formative artist from Worms who has created numerous works. Nonnenmacher integrated one of the old sandstone troughs donated by Kurt Bernhard into the fountain. The flute player symbolises the cheerfulness of the people of Rheinhessen who live here. A boy as a musician, warbling into the air, legs crossed, content with himself and the world. The fountain was…
As the former Dalsheim town hall, the building was once the centre of the village administration. The earlier designation "by dem Dantzhuse" refers to a larger hall that served the village community as a festival hall and meeting room. A community hall that was destroyed in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 is mentioned in 1674. Today, the building is used as a training room for the Malteser as well as a storage room. (Text using the historical place name signs with kind permission of the OG, own additions)
First mentioned in 1413 and thus the oldest mill in Monsheim. The mill was converted into an electricity plant in 1900. The first electric current in Monsheim was produced here. The landowner at this time was Hermann Finger. A special feature of the mill was the historical boundary between Monsheim and Kriegsheim, which ran right through the middle of the estate. Since about 1920, the mill has been owned by the Milch family, who successfully run a restaurant and wine-growing business here. Text taken from the Monsheim tour with kind…
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The Ebernburg Castle is enthroned on a hill high above the Bad Münster am Stein district. It dominates the town and landscape. The castle can be reached on foot on a stairway or by car, whereby one must cross the village. Once you reach the top, the entire wealth of the landscape opens up to the observer.There you can see the mighty Rotenfels (Red Rock) steep face, formed of solidified magma, the village of Ebernburg, which nestles around the castle hill, the Nahe weir with the rock formation of the Rheingrafenstein and to the…
A special place amidst Rhinehesse Art courses and workshops for kids from four years and adults Making a new experience together To begin the day with blacksmith's fire and to ignite it together is the first common task for all the participants. Parents and kids create their common artwork and learn to pay attention to each other and to accept the ideas of others. For many turning a work day with lots of ideas, wishes, happiness, talks and thoughts together into an unique artwork is a whole new way. The participants learn without any…
Until 1824 parish church. 1934 repair. A cemetery was laid out around the church (until around 1868), which reached as far as the "Effengraben". In the immediate vicinity, the former Protestant school from 1841 Source: Cultural Monuments Rld.-Palatinate