Ingelheim am Rhein
Ingelheim, officially Ingelheim am Rhein, is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany and also the seat of the Mainz-Bingen district.
Ingelheim, officially Ingelheim am Rhein, is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany and also the seat of the Mainz-Bingen district. The town sprawls along the Rhine's left bank. It has been Mainz-Bingen's district seat since 1996.
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Worth seeing in and around Ingelheim am Rhein
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Imperial Palace Ingelheim
The Ingelheim Imperial Palace was an important imperial palace erected in the second half of the 8th century in Germany. It served kings of Francia and later Holy Roman Emperors and Kings as a residenz and place for governance until the 11th century.
1.1 km · an important Imperial Palace erected in the second half of the 8th century in Germany · Wikipedia - 02EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, more commonly referred to as EBS Universität or simply EBS, is a state-recognized private research university specializing in the disciplines of business and law. The university is located in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.
4.2 km · German private university · Wikipedia - 03St. Martin
St. Martin is the name of a Catholic church and former parish in Oestrich, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Germany.
3.8 km · church building in Oestrich-Winkel, Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia - 04Selztaldom Großwinternheim
The Evangelische Pfarrkirche in Großwinternheim, part of Ingelheim am Rhein, also called Selztaldom meaning Selz valley cathedral, is a romanesque revival aisleless church built according to Romanesque architecture blueprints from the Middle Rhine. The building is protected by cultural heritage management.
4.1 km · Protestant church in Ingelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · Wikipedia - 05Graues Haus
Graues Haus is a Romanesque house in Winkel in the Rheingau, Germany. It is assumed that it was erected in the late tenth century and is therefore among the oldest stone houses in Germany.
4.3 km · medieval quarry stone building of a two-story residential building facing the Rhine and cultural monument in Winkel, Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Kaiserpfalz
Chosen by Charlemagne as the site of one of his palaces, there are remains of buildings from the 8th to the 14th century.
- 02Burgkirche
Church with fortification in the old part of the town.
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Things to do
Take a walk along the Rhine, there is a path starting at the ferry which includes some games and little playgrounds for kids as well as other hidden things like a small wooden tower.
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Where to eat
- 01Brauhaus Goldener Engel
Neisser Straße 1,.
- 02Kloster Engelthal
Excellent red wine (from one of the best wineries in Ingelheim) and nice food in a former monastery.
- 03Jade Garden
Binger Straße 38 (by Wilhelm-von-Erlanger-Straße),.
- 04Maxim Asia Lounge
Römerstraße 10,.
- 05Petersilie
Cafe and restaurant, old stone building decorated in tasteful modern style.
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Getting to Ingelheim am Rhein
- Airports
- Frankfurt Main (FRA), 36 km · Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 57 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 118 km
- Stations
- Hattenheim station, 4.3 km
- Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → Ingelheim am RheinTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Köln (Cologne) → Ingelheim am Rhein133 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €18–25
- Rheinmünster → Ingelheim am Rhein136 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €18–25
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ingelheim am Rhein
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ingelheim am Rhein. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIngelheim has two exits off the A60 between Bingen and Mainz, and is also reachable from the Rheingau via the Oestrich-Winkel ferry.
- Get aroundTo the north is Frei-Weinheim where you take the ferry for Oestrich-Winkel.
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Next door to Ingelheim am Rhein
Ingelheim am Rhein is 47 km from Frankfurt am Main, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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