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Grave stones prove that there was already a Christian community in Bingen in the 5th or 6th century. Probably in Franconian times, the parish church was dedicated to St. Martin. Since 1006 St. Martin is also occupied as a collegiate church, at the twelve clergy under the direction of a Probstes their service provided. Only the crypt under the choir and the southwest tower testifies of the Romanesque church building. After this the great city fire of 1403, the current nave was first rebuilt. Only later arose the aisles, the northern but…
This archaeological presentation area is divided into two levels. On the lower level there is a once underground water basin from the Carolingian era. On the intermediate level, which corresponds to the walking level of the 8th century, an incision in the ground allows one to see the exposed supply line of the basin. In the past, the basin was mistakenly called "Karlsbad". draws. In fact, it was related to a seven kilo meter long long-distance water pipeline running underground from Heidesheim the Wackernheimer Tal led to the Kaiserpfalz.…
The village square "Auf dem Römer" is still the centre of the village and venue for events. This location is part of an audiovisual route and offers the possibility to watch/listen to additional content on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnFqnxrONms The audiovisual content of this point was created by a project of the LAG Rhein-Haardt and was funded within the framework of the EULLE development programme with the participation of the European Union and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, represented by the Ministry of Economics,…
The church is elevated and was once surrounded by a defensive wall and a ring of elm trees (Effenring), as is often the case in Rheinhessen. The stocky small choir in the tower and the sacristy attached to the east were provided with a net vault in 1494, according to a record of a console stone of the sacristy. In the reveal of the eastern window of the choir, a well-preserved late Gothic mural painting (St. Cyriacus or Laurentius and St. Erasmus) can be admired. Liebfrauenland - Gothic in Rheinhessen Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator…
According to historical maps, this round and two storey fortified tower with a pointed stone cone shaped roof was to the south-east of the old defences. The former eastward section of the wall led, across the later Neuweg, towards the Uffhubtor. The tower dates from the first half of the 15th century. This style of tower is most frequent in Ober-Ingelheim. In the 19th century they were often transformed to condominiums.
It was built in 1899 at the crossing point of the Alzey-Bingen and Alzey-Mainz railway lines and was in operation for over 100 years. The old mechanical systems of the block and lever works on the upper floor and the tensioning systems on the lower floor are still available and can be visited - now as monuments of the early Rhenish-Hessian railway history. It is planned to expand the old signal box into a museum and to hold information events there on the history of railways in the early industrialization period. On the day of the open…
