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In addition to exhibits representing current flora and fauna, there are many fossils on display, some of which found in Rhineland-Palatinate. Among the local finds are primeval horses that lived around 44 million years ago and that were discovered at Eckfelder Maar. There is also a great collection of animals that lived in Europe during the Ice Age. The museum's quagga group is known all over the world. The Natural History Museum in Mainz is the only museum that has three specimens of this now extinct subspecies of plains…
The market hall, which was built near the station between 1920 and 1921, predominantly in embossed red sandstone, is considered an important functional building of the early 20th century, which is still characteristic of the locality today due to its location and size.
The protestant parish church St. Georg is the church of the deceased village Sarlesheim. It was abandoned after the village Neu-Bamberg was built at the foot of the castle. Only the church remained. It was already mentioned in 1522 as the parish church of Neu-Bamberg. The core of the church still dates back to the Middle Ages. Modifications and extensions followed in the 18th century. The stone former altar canopy dates back to 1516.
On the east flank of the Mainzer Berg the old defences are particularly massive and here are probably the best remaining parts of the wall, watchtowers and the low laying obstacle in the ditch. Here the Breitbach feeds the ditch. The romantic part along the so called Seufzerpfädchen (path of sighs) - it was the path where lovers used to meet - runs from Rinderbach (now Schillerplatz) to the traditional red-wine festival site and meets the outer courtyard at the Burgkirche – the starting point for every round-trip of the city…
After the nave of the Catholic Church had to be demolished in the 1930s due to dilapidation, the Protestant parish was faced with the question of where to hold its services in the future. The official commissioning took place on September 25, 1853. The church owes its name to Grand Duke Ludwig III. from Hesse. In addition to a Köhler organ, the church has two stained glass windows by the Odenwald artist Heinz Hindorf and liturgically differently colored antependiums by the Rheingau artist Magarethe Keith as treasures. One window shows…
History and construction Around 1350, the city walls first erected in the 3rd century CE were rebuilt. The new fortifications enclosed a much smaller area, while the Roman theatre, the former Roman garrison, and other important quarters were outside the city. The stones of the Roman buildings were reused to erect the new wall, while the Roman road leading to the former Porta Praetoria continued to serve as a thoroughfare. To facilitate this, a new gate had to be built in the new wall where the original Roman diagonal pavement in red…
In 1855, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the synagogue, which the local community acquired in 1900 for use as a kindergarten. Only until 1874 did the synagogue serve as a church. Thereafter, the building became the property of the Protestant parish, which originally wanted to demolish it to build a parish hall here. However, due to the objection of the state preservation of monuments, it did not happen. Even today, the synagogue is used as a Protestant parish hall.