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 Catholic church was built in 1760/62 as a Baroque hall incorporating older building fabric. The St. Stephan's Monastery in Mainz was able to finance the choir, as it was obligated to maintain the choir as a recipient of the fruit tithe. The Electoral Palatine ecclesiastical administration paid for the costs of the nave. The ridge turret with bell was a gift from the Gottesthal Monastery in Mittelheim in the Rheingau. It was not until 1928 that the square bell tower was added according to the design of Philipp Starck, an architect from…
On the outskirts of Kriegsheim, the dominant property of the Wiesenmühle farmstead rises with its prominent tower. The main building dates back to the 17th century and, together with the 3 large outbuildings, forms a closed, rectangular courtyard, which was acquired in 1816 by the Kriegsheim Mennonite Johann Mundorf. Since the transfer of ownership to the Schilling family in 1899, the main focus has been on arable farming. Viticulture is also a mainstay of the farm's agriculture. The mill itself is no longer in operation. In the "Old…
The museum houses an impressive collection of uniforms, photographs, documents, and reserves associated with the garrison of Mainz. Visitors can also see a beautiful model of the former fortifications of Mainz. All exhibits are part of the private collection of Wolfgang Balzer who also acts as the curator. The "Museale Magazin der Festung und Garnison Mainz", to give it its full name, is open to all visitors by appointment (at the moment, the collection is changing locations and cannot be seen). Wolfgang Balzer personally guides…
The quadrangle Heisje On the built-in Firstabschlusstein is the year 1891th However, the Heisje actually should have been built in 1920. The peculiarity of this Heisjes is that only half of it is privately owned by the winery Christian Weinbach. The other half has leased the winegrower. Height: 215 District: "In Kelterstein" Useful information: The Heisje was built around 1920. It consists for the most part of rubble and the frames and corners of bricks. The saddle roof is made of reinforced concrete. The…
An event venue with a WOW effect! Visitors to the kING Kultur- und Kongresshalle experience cultural enjoyment at the highest level! With 324 windows and hardly a straight wall, it is an architectural eye-catcher in the centre of Ingelheim. However, its true greatness is revealed inside: Since its opening in 2017, the multifunctional concert and congress hall has enriched Ingelheim's cultural life with a varied programme of events and attracts people from the region and far beyond to the red wine town. Whether concerts or musicals, shows…
The building was erected in 1826/27 on the site of a previous building from 1608 (see the date on the cellar gate) in the former “Kirchgasse” (today “An der Burgkirche”). The hipped roof building has a gable-crowned middle part and a clock-tower with a clock and weather flag, added in 1837. Below the balcony the date 1827 can be seen. This is the most important classicistic town hall in Rheinhessen. The initial use as a town hall and courthouse for Ober-Ingelheim lasted until the three old Ingelheim village…
The farmstead, which was built in the 1920s, offer a cross vault cellar which was reconstructed into a restaurant which can host up to 50 persons. General information about Rheinhessencow chapels The origin of the typical Rheinhessen vaults goes back to the early 19th century. At that time, farmers wanted to increase the yield of their cattle by keeping them in stables and use the leftovers as fertiliser for their fields. Initially, the cattle were housed on the ground floor of the half-timbered houses, above which hay and straw were…