St Stephan

Mainz

St. Stephan

High above the old town of Mainz on the Stephansberg stands St. Stephen's Church – one of the city's most significant landmarks. The oldest Gothic hall church in Mainz was constructed in the late 13th and early 14th centuries and stands on the foundations of an even older church, which Archbishop Willigis had built around the year 990 as an imperial place of prayer. Willigis, also the builder of Mainz Cathedral, was buried in St. Stephen's in 1011. Heavily damaged during World War II, St. Stephen's was rebuilt in the post-war years.…

Hildegard Gedächtniskirche

Bingen am Rhein

Hildegard-Gedächtniskirche

ST RUPERT AND ST HILDEGARD WITH THE HILDEGARD CENTRE Not far from the former abbey of St Hildegard on Rupertsberg in Bingerbrück is the Catholic Hildegard Memorial Church. This church, which was constructed at the end of the 19th century, is dedicated to St Hildegard and St Rupert. In the style of the abbey church at St Rupert’s abbey, the church was completed with Romanesque structures. In the church is a small shrine with relics of St Hildegard and St Rupert. The impressive windows in the church transept depict the life and works of St…

Saubachtal

Stadecken-Elsheim

Saubachtal

The Saubach is the name giver for the Saubach valley. It was extensively renaturalised in 2017 and now offers an ideal retreat for endangered animals and plants thanks to several ponds. At the most beautiful spot in the Saubach Valley, a bench and a resting place invite you to linger.

Cenotaph of Drusus

Mainz

Drususstein

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…

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Guntersblum

Leininger Castle

Leiningen Castle, located in the town center, has a multifaceted past. The shell of the building was completed in 1708, but no further extensions were made at first as the owner at the time, Count Carl Ludwig von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, died in 1709. His wife, Countess Anna Sabina von Nostitz, sold the estate to the Electoral Palatinate Privy Council in 1717 due to financial hardship. In the years that followed, the castle fell more and more into oblivion until 70 years later, in 1787, a member of the Leiningen family once again became…

Heylshofpark mit Blick auf den Dom St. Peter Worms

Worms

Heylshofpark

The historic site where Martin Luther was questioned before emperor and empire on 17th and 18th April 1521 is today situated in a romantic landscape garden, the Heylshofpark. The former bishop's court that stood on this site was destroyed in 1689. The residence of the bishop of Worms was built on the north side of the cathedral until the destruction of the city in 1689. King Charles V lived here during the 1521 Reichstag, and Martin Luther was brought here on 17 and 18 April, where he acknowledged his writings and refused to revoke them: It…

Guided tour through Ober-Ingelheim

Ingelheim

Uffhubtor (Uffhub Gate)

The best-preserved gate of the former town fortifications, first mentioned in 1401, once formed the eastern exit to Wackernheim and Mainz in Aufhofstraße - known as Uffhub in local dialect. The complex is characterised by a pointed arched gate and round oriel above console friezes. Parts of a pitch nose and key embrasures have been preserved, as have the deep mortises of the former wooden gate wings.