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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 am Rhein
Ingelheim am Rhein · Wikimedia Commons
The place

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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What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Imperial 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
  2. 02
    EBS 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
  3. 03
    St. 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
  4. 04
    Selztaldom 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
  5. 05
    Graues 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Kaiserpfalz

    Chosen by Charlemagne as the site of one of his palaces, there are remains of buildings from the 8th to the 14th century.

  2. 02
    Burgkirche

    Church with fortification in the old part of the town.

From Wikivoyage: Ingelheim am Rhein, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

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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Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Brauhaus Goldener Engel

    Neisser Straße 1,.

  2. 02
    Kloster Engelthal

    Excellent red wine (from one of the best wineries in Ingelheim) and nice food in a former monastery.

  3. 03
    Jade Garden

    Binger Straße 38 (by Wilhelm-von-Erlanger-Straße),.

  4. 04
    Maxim Asia Lounge

    Römerstraße 10,.

  5. 05
    Petersilie

    Cafe and restaurant, old stone building decorated in tasteful modern style.

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Go there

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 Rhein
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Köln (Cologne) → Ingelheim am Rhein
    133 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €18–25
  • Rheinmünster → Ingelheim am Rhein
    136 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €18–25
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Ingelheim, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    424 km
  2. 02
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    440 km
  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 23 sources

    662 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    669 km
  5. 05
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    743 km

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Around it

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.