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Worms–Bingen Stadt Railway
The Worms–Bingen Stadt railway or Rheinhessenbahn (''Rhenish Hesse railway'') is a non-electrified line that links Worms via Alzey to Bingen Stadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Route The line is known as the ''Rheinhessenbahn'' because it runs over its entire length through the middle of the Rhineland-Palatinate region and former Grand Duchy of Hesse province of ''Rheinhessen'' (Rhenish Hesse). Services on the line are operated as timetable line 662. Between Worms and Gensingen-Horrweiler it has the line number of 3560, between Gensingen-Horrweiler and Büdesheim-Dromersheim junction it has the line number of 3512 (used for the Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway), and between Büdesheim-Dromersheim and Bingen it has the line number of 3569. The line has both single and double-track sections. History The line was opened in three different sections successively between 1864 and 1871 by the private Hessian Ludwig Railway (''Hessische Ludwigsbahn'', HLB). Alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albig
Albig is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in Rhenish Hesse in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey. History Traces of New Stone Age (Spiral Ceramic) and Iron Age settlers, believed to be Celts, have been found in Albig. Some finds, such as fibulae, rings and vessels from a La Tène-era grave, are displayed in the ''Landesmuseum Mainz''. On a hill near Albig, the foundations of a Roman ''villa rustica'' were unearthed, and because it was mistakenly believed that they were a mediaeval castle ruin, they were named ''Schloss Hammerstein'', “Schloss” being a German word for castle. Albig had its first documentary mention in 767 in a document donating a vineyard to Lorsch Abbey. Since 1975 there has been a partnership with the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dromersheim
Bingen am Rhein () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", a description of the shoal behind the ''Mäuseturm'', known as the ''Binger Loch''. Bingen was the starting point for the ''Via Ausonia'', a Roman military road that linked the town with Trier. Bingen is well known for, among other things, the story about the Mouse Tower, in which the Bishop of Hatto I of Mainz was allegedly eaten by mice. Saint Hildegard von Bingen, an important polymath, abbess, mystic and musician, one of the most influential medieval composers and one of the earliest Western composers whose music is widely preserved and performed, was born 40 km away from Bingen, in Bermersheim vor der Höhe. Bingen am Rhein was also the birthplace of the celebrated poet Stefan George, along with many other influential figures. Geography Location Bingen is situated just southeast of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrweiler
Horrweiler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Horrweiler lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen. History In the 12th century, Horrweiler was Salian, and then passed into Electorate of the Palatinate ownership and was annexed to the '' Amt'' of Stromberg as a subfief, with which it remained until the French Revolution. The tithes and patronage rights over the church were originally held by the Counts of Leiningen, who further conferred them upon members of the lower nobility. Owing to frequent conflicts, ever more mediation was needed. From 1518 to 1802, Saint Peter’s Monastery in Mainz held tithing rights in Horrweiler with the original right to place the local priest. In the wake of the Reformation, Saint Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gensingen
Gensingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the river Nahe. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen. Neighbouring municipalities The municipality's neighbours are Grolsheim, Langenlonsheim, Horrweiler, Laubenheim, Welgesheim, Aspisheim, Biebelsheim, Ockenheim, Bretzenheim, Zotzenheim, Dorsheim, Sprendlingen and Bad Kreuznach-Ippesheim. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: (as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004) Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: or, the letter G between three mullets of six sable. While the letter G could stand for Gensingen, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach Railway
The Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway is a twin-track, non-electrified main line railway in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It connects Gau-Algesheim on the Left Rhine line (german: Linke Rheinstrecke) with Bad Kreuznach station, Bad Kreuznach on the Nahe Valley Railway (''Nahetalbahn'') and is thus part of a regionally important transport corridor between the two state capitals cities of Mainz Central Station, Mainz and Saarbrücken Central Station, Saarbrücken in the Saarland. History During and after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871, there were a number of rail projects to facilitate the transportation of troops and war matériel to the French border. In 1871, the Prussian state railways opened the Alsenz Valley Railway (''Alsenztalbahn'') from Bad Münster am Stein station, Bad Münster am Stein to Kaiserslautern Central Station, Kaiserslautern. In 1879, a line from the Rhine-Main area parallel to the Nahe Valley Railway had already been discussed, but only at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zotzenheim
Zotzenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen. Culture and sightseeing Sport On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league. Regular events *On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (''Feuerwehrfest'') takes place. *In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welgesheim
Welgesheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Welgesheim lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen. History Welgesheim lies on the spot where once the old military road crossed the river Wiesbach. During excavation work several graves were unearthed, leading to the conclusion that there was once a Roman settlement in what is now Welgesheim's municipal area. The place called ''Wellingesheim'' itself had its first documentary mention in 770 in the Lorsch codex. In 874 it appeared under the name ''Willengisheim'' and in 1178 as ''Wellengesheim''. Under its current name it appeared about 1194, when Werner von Bolanden was enfeoffed with the church treasure at Welgesheim by Count Lon. Later, Welgesheim belonged to the lordl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprendlingen
Sprendlingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Sprendlingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the Wiesbach. It is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen. Neighbouring municipalities These are Badenheim, Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Zotzenheim, Mainz-Bingen and Gau-Bickelheim. History In 767, Sprendlingen had its first documentary mention in a record from the Lorsch Abbey. King Charles the Bald donated the village in 877 to the Monastery of Saint Gertrude at Nivelles in Brabant. In later times, the place ended up in the ownership of the County of Sponheim. In 1707, Sprendlingen became a Badish holding and formed an ''Amt'' of the Margraviate of Baden. In the late 18th century, Sprendlingen was conquered by the French. At the Congress of Vienna, the whole region was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gau-Bickelheim
Gau-Bickelheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Gau-Bickelheim lies south of the Wißberg (mountain) in the ''Rheinhessisches Hügelland'' ( Rhenish-Hessian Uplands). Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: Mayor Gau-Bickelheim's mayor is Jürgen Vollmer (WG Gau-Bickelheim). Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess abased argent three pickaxes palewise in fess, the middle one abased, gules, and gules a wheel spoked of six of the first. The pickaxes are a canting charge: “Pickaxe” is ''Pickel'' in German, which sounds rather like the second and third syllables of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallertheim
Wallertheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location As a winegrowing centre, Wallertheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Wallertheim lies at the foot of the Wißberg (mountain). Through the municipality flows the river Wiesbach. Neighbouring municipalities Wallertheim's neighbours are Gau-Weinheim, Sulzheim, Armsheim and Gau-Bickelheim. History Archaeology In Wallertheim, up to the present day, a great many archaeological finds have been made, of which the ''Wallertheimer-Hündchen'' (“Wallertheim little dog”) might well be the best known. It is 2.1 cm long and 1.6 cm broad. It is made of blue glass covered with white threads and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
