The tithe barn is the oldest farm building in the village. The quarry stone building with a crippled hipped roof is thought to have been built around 1700. Around 1350, all the properties of the Fulda Abbey in Wackernheim were transferred to the Mainz cathedral provostry by exchange or purchase. It received the tenth part of the proceeds from a total of 481 acres of farmland and vineyards. Since the levies were paid in kind, a larger barn was needed to collect and store them. A tithe barn is mentioned in Wackernheim as early as 1450. In 1630 it was demolished by the Swedes during the Thirty Years' War. It is unclear whether this building was on the same site as the still preserved barn. In the 18th century, the provostry of the Mainz cathedral chapter took half of the wine and fruit tithe in Wackernheim. The other half was shared by the Nieder-Ingelheim Hospital and the Lords of Steinebach or their heirs, the Barons Gedult von Jungenfeld.
Incidentally, the recipient of the church tithe was also responsible for paying the priest. Thus, a Catholic institution had to pay the Protestant pastor.
