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The Offstein Local History Museum's collection focuses on the history of the Offstein clay works and its tiles. The Art Nouveau tiles from the Offstein clay works are used in the Bad Nauheim Sprudelhof, among other places, which demonstrates their supra-regional significance and high artistic value. In addition, the museum collects and displays documents, media and objects relating to the history of the village and village life 30 and more years ago as a permanent exhibition. A complete shoemaker's workshop from this period deserves special…
A gate leads to the area of the modern Jewish cemetery. This was at the latest in the 18th century in the former kennel, a only five meters narrow strip next to the Aula regia. Most of the graves probably date from the 19th century, due to the However, due to severe weathering of the tombstones, an exact dating is no longer possible. After the National Socialist seizure of power, the Jewish cemetery was expropriated in 1935. All 25 tombstones were in the Jewish cemetery in Relocated Ober-Ingelheim. When the entrance to the Aula regia was…
The Roman Tower is a 9.8 m high observation tower built in 1998 in the vineyards northwest of Guntersblum. It is located directly on the RheinTerrassenWeg. 19 steps of an angled staircase at the back lead to the 5.6 m high covered viewing platform. From the platform, visitors have a very good view of the Rhine Valley, the Odenwald and Taunus and as far as Frankfurt, among other places. The Roman Tower is located near the place where a Roman Villa Rustica with a wine cellar was discovered a few years ago, thus pointing to the Roman past of…
The St. Remigius Church is one of the earliest Merovingian church foundations on the Middle Rhine. Your documentary evidence goes back to Year 741. Archaeological excavations in the years 2010-2013 showed theirs Originated in the 2nd half of the 7th century. The 23 meter long Stone construction was built on an existing Merovingian burial ground established and initially served as a cemetery church for the nearby settlement. The discovery of a rare early medieval baptismal font in the church tower conclude that the church was already a short…
The Johanniterhof was first documented in 1306. Parts of the building are even older. After 500 years of belonging to the Order of St. John, the court was divided under Napoleon into three estates. The former size of the whole complex is still recognizable today.
There is an air of reverence and mysticism about the Roman castle of Mainz. Soldiers in battle gear walk around a huge bonfire, placing weapons and gifts at its feet. Laments fill the air, and the fire throws eerie shadows onto a cenotaph ... We can only guess what the elaborate annual memorial services held in Roman times in honour of general Drusus entailed. All that has remained of his cenotaph is a 20 m high masonry block on the grounds of the citadel of Mainz. Nero Claudius Drusus was a step son of Emperor Augustus. In 13 BCE, Augustus…
The viewpoint offers a beautiful view of the old quarry and its water surface. This is now an important retreat for the flora and fauna along the hiking trail. The lookout point is connected to the Hiwweltour Eichelberg via a short access path. There is a bench for resting.
The 1914 erected on the Liebfrauenberg pillar reminiscent of a pilgrimage chapel, which was built by the Dalbergern and whose existence on the Liebfrauenberg in 1326 is mentioned in a document.