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200 Years Of Rhine-Hesse
In many places in the province of Rhine Hesse will be celebrated this weekend. The gentle hill country between the towns of Worms, Alzey and Mainz celebrates 200. Birthday. We introduce you to the Region. A Pictorial Journey.
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Sun-Drenched Vineyards
Already the Romans appreciated the mild climate of the Rhine. This is also beneficial to the vines, and the Region boasts the largest wine-growing region of Germany. Around little house like this in Trullo, which is otherwise known only from Puglia, served the farmers and winemakers earlier as shelters, today, hikers can find here shelter. This specimen is the landmark of the wine town of Flonheim.
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New lands for the Grand Duke
The Trulli were already almost a century on the wine boxes, as a time of great world politics was announced. After the defeat of Napoleon in Europe, lands were distributed at the Vienna Congress. So Ludwig I. of Hesse-Darmstadt looked up suddenly as a Lord of the newly established Rhine-Hesse; in return, he had to give up Westphalia. The Foundation was on 8. July 1816 in Mainz sealed.
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Mainz Idyll
So some people went to the makers of past times here already along; today, tourists can stroll through the idyllic leichhof road, before you head to the famous Cathedral, for a visit. Between the year 1000 and 1246 were crowned here several heads. Over the centuries, has been always cultivated, and in the Romanesque Church, built in Baroque and Gothic elements.
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In Gutenberg’s Footsteps
Directly opposite the Mainzer Dom Cathedral, the Gutenberg Museum resides. Johannes Gutenberg’s invention revolutionized around 1450, the world He created, cast metal letters, and has allowed book printing. In the Museum you will find several editions of his famous Bible and a reconstruction of the workshop of the master. The Museum was opened as early as 1901, and there has long been a growing.
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Imperial City Of Worms
From Mainz to Worms, it is only a stone’s throw away. The city is one of the oldest in Europe, and here, too, a magnificent Cathedral stands. Charles the Great had chosen Worms to his winter headquarters. Another Emperor, Charles V, invited 1521 Luther before the diet of worms Reichstag, where he was to recant his propositions. Then the famous words will be like: “Here I stand. I can’t help it.”
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The Nibelungen Saga
Since 2002, the Nibelungen, take place on an open air stage in front of the worms Cathedral. It’s about the hero Siegfried bathed in dragon’s blood and his wife Kriemhilde, jealousy, murder and intrigue. A key episode of the Saga plays to the Portal of the worms Cathedral: Brunhild and Kriemhild quarrel, which of them is higher in rank and the Dom first, is allowed to enter.
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Jewish history in Worms
The Jewish cemetery in Worms, to 1055 applied, is considered to be the oldest surviving in Europe. In painstaking work, scientists have to explore his history. Worms was next to Speyer and Mainz, once an important place of Jewish learning. As such, the cities have applied for the recognition as a UNESCO world heritage site. Worms of pilgrimage for Jews from all over the world.
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The Kaiserpfalz in Ingelheim
With plenty of history, too Ingelheim offers: The Imperial Palace was the end of the 8. Century of Karl the Great as a Palace complex built. Four centuries later, the Hohenstaufen dynasty, changed the construction: With fortified walls and castle of the Raven, they wanted to protect themselves from attackers. Today, you can explore the Imperial Palace on a historic trail, supplemented by digital images.
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Polymath: Hildegard of Bingen
In Ingelheim, is supposed to have once met the Emperor Barbarossa, with the Benedictine sister. Hildegard of Bingen was a self-confident and charismatic, their moral teaching was fascinated by the 12. Century monks, nobles and laymen alike. Your herbal medicine-treatises are still in use today. In the bingen Museum, you can learn more about the famous Church woman and a mystic.
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The Oppenheimer Rose
For lovers of sacred buildings, the St. Catherine’s Church in Oppenheim is a Must. To Cologne and Strasbourg is the most important Gothic Church on the Rhine. Famous for their window, the “Oppenheim Rose”. According to the legend, a glass is supposed to have changed journeyman to the design of his master on his own authority. The raged on, but the citizens stated: “The apprentice has surpassed his master.”
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Descent into the underworld
Under Oppenheimer’s old town is a huge labyrinth of cellars; the underground passages and vaults in the middle ages. Here Krämer stored their Goods, later they were used in sieges as shelters. Eventually the Labyrinth was forgotten until you called in 1980, with a broken police car in memory. Today, guided tours are offered.
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Along the Rhine
A visit in Rhine-Hesse, would be without a wine tasting only half as beautiful. At best, you can enjoy the fine wines directly from the winemakers at the top of the vineyard – with views of the omnipresent father Rhine, which gave the Region its name.
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Sun-Drenched Vineyards
Already the Romans appreciated the mild climate of the Rhine. This is also beneficial to the vines, and the Region boasts the largest wine-growing region of Germany. Around little house like this in Trullo, which is otherwise known only from Puglia, served the farmers and winemakers earlier as shelters, today, hikers can find here shelter. This specimen is the landmark of the wine town of Flonheim.
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New lands for the Grand Duke
The Trulli were already almost a century on the wine boxes, as a time of great world politics was announced. After the defeat of Napoleon in Europe, lands were distributed at the Vienna Congress. So Ludwig I. of Hesse-Darmstadt looked up suddenly as a Lord of the newly established Rhine-Hesse; in return, he had to give up Westphalia. The Foundation was on 8. July 1816 in Mainz sealed.
-
Mainz Idyll
So some people went to the makers of past times here already along; today, tourists can stroll through the idyllic leichhof road, before you head to the famous Cathedral, for a visit. Between the year 1000 and 1246 were crowned here several heads. Over the centuries, has been always cultivated, and in the Romanesque Church, built in Baroque and Gothic elements.
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In Gutenberg’s Footsteps
Directly opposite the Mainzer Dom Cathedral, the Gutenberg Museum resides. Johannes Gutenberg’s invention revolutionized around 1450, the world He created, cast metal letters, and has allowed book printing. In the Museum you will find several editions of his famous Bible and a reconstruction of the workshop of the master. The Museum was opened as early as 1901, and there has long been a growing.
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Imperial City Of Worms
From Mainz to Worms, it is only a stone’s throw away. The city is one of the oldest in Europe, and here, too, a magnificent Cathedral stands. Charles the Great had chosen Worms to his winter headquarters. Another Emperor, Charles V, invited 1521 Luther before the diet of worms Reichstag, where he was to recant his propositions. Then the famous words will be like: “Here I stand. I can’t help it.”
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The Nibelungen Saga
Since 2002, the Nibelungen, take place on an open air stage in front of the worms Cathedral. It’s about the hero Siegfried bathed in dragon’s blood and his wife Kriemhilde, jealousy, murder and intrigue. A key episode of the Saga plays to the Portal of the worms Cathedral: Brunhild and Kriemhild quarrel, which of them is higher in rank and the Dom first, is allowed to enter.
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Jewish history in Worms
The Jewish cemetery in Worms, to 1055 applied, is considered to be the oldest surviving in Europe. In painstaking work, scientists have to explore his history. Worms was next to Speyer and Mainz, once an important place of Jewish learning. As such, the cities have applied for the recognition as a UNESCO world heritage site. Worms of pilgrimage for Jews from all over the world.
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The Kaiserpfalz in Ingelheim
With plenty of history, too Ingelheim offers: The Imperial Palace was the end of the 8. Century of Karl the Great as a Palace complex built. Four centuries later, the Hohenstaufen dynasty, changed the construction: With fortified walls and castle of the Raven, they wanted to protect themselves from attackers. Today, you can explore the Imperial Palace on a historic trail, supplemented by digital images.
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Polymath: Hildegard of Bingen
In Ingelheim, is supposed to have once met the Emperor Barbarossa, with the Benedictine sister. Hildegard of Bingen was a self-confident and charismatic, their moral teaching was fascinated by the 12. Century monks, nobles and laymen alike. Your herbal medicine-treatises are still in use today. In the bingen Museum, you can learn more about the famous Church woman and a mystic.
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The Oppenheimer Rose
For lovers of sacred buildings, the St. Catherine’s Church in Oppenheim is a Must. To Cologne and Strasbourg is the most important Gothic Church on the Rhine. Famous for their window, the “Oppenheim Rose”. According to the legend, a glass is supposed to have changed journeyman to the design of his master on his own authority. The raged on, but the citizens stated: “The apprentice has surpassed his master.”
-
Descent into the underworld
Under Oppenheimer’s old town is a huge labyrinth of cellars; the underground passages and vaults in the middle ages. Here Krämer stored their Goods, later they were used in sieges as shelters. Eventually the Labyrinth was forgotten until you called in 1980, with a broken police car in memory. Today, guided tours are offered.
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Along the Rhine
A visit in Rhine-Hesse, would be without a wine tasting only half as beautiful. At best, you can enjoy the fine wines directly from the winemakers at the top of the vineyard – with views of the omnipresent father Rhine, which gave the Region its name.