Mommenheimer Silbergrube

Talk is silver, drinking is gold 

Were there silver deposits in Rheinhessen or in the village of Mommenheim? Questionable. The location was already mentioned in a document in 1436 with the name "in der silbergruben". A pit is a depression in the ground, so far so good. After all, Mommenheim is located at the foot of the Zornheimer Berg. The "silver" in the name of vineyards is usually meant metaphorically. Just like the term "gold." It underlines the value of the site. Rarely is the naming based on really shiny minerals, like galena (also called galena among miners) or silver ore. If this were the case in the fertile loess soils in the Mommenheim silver mine, it would certainly be publicized. Already Charles the Great had a vineyard planted in Mommenheim. Possibly near today's friendship bench at the Wingertshäuschen? 

> The Amiche bike tour (asphalted paths on a former railroad line) runs past Mommenheim: https://www.rheinhessen.de/amiche-radweg#dmdtab=oax-tab1