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This was once the site of the Catholic schoolhouse, which was built in 1857. As early as 1850, the Catholic pastor of Heidesheim, Heinrich Berthes, had assured the church fund of the donation of this property. It was to serve as quarters for clergymen, as accommodation for the organist and the bell-ringer, and as a classroom for the Catholic denominational school. Until the introduction of the communal schools, the Catholic teacher Josef Becker from Heidesheim lived and taught here. After that, the house was rented out and finally auctioned…
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 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 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…
This defensive tower “die Schnecke” (the snail) controlled the former defensive wall, situated between the midle Altegässer and the now equally torn down Hammergässer Gate, (crossing: Unterer Zwerchweg/Mühlstraße). The weighty building from the end of the 14th century was still not roughcast in1900, so that the interesting construction of foundation and pointed cone roof can be easily recognised, a technique that can also be seen on the “Trulli” in the vineyards.
The Sironabad in Nierstein was a former Roman bathing hall with two sulfur and two fresh water springs. The sources led early to settlements, as finds from Celtic, early Germanic and Roman times clearly prove. The sulfur spring of the Sironabades was rediscovered in 1802, after it had been buried for centuries. During clearing work, copper coins surrounded by gypsum balls were found in stone basins with the years 87 to 267 after the birth of Christ and also small figures. Through these finds it is perfectly proven that the well plant was…
The Geotope in Alzey-Weinheim shows sea deposits from the time of Tertiar (Oligozän) over 30 Million years ago. It is also a former seabed, not a coastal cliff.