Location: Bingen am Rhein
Top Things to do in Bingen am Rhein
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Bingen am Rhein in Germany, from Europe region, is best know for Castles. Discover best things to do in Bingen am Rhein with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
Restaurants in Bingen am Rhein
1. Burg Klopp
Overall Ratings
4 based on 77 reviews
Reviewed By 1trekky - Carlsbad, California
The castle stands on the hill, the site of old Roman fortification.
Built in 13th century and along with castle Ehrenfels and Mouse Tower, was a toll collecting station on the river trade. Soon the castle was destroyed and the ruin was sold and rebuilt partially.
In 1875 a new Gothic style castle was built. Now, the only remnants of the Medieval castle are parts of the wall walk and the battlements tower.
2. Alter Rheinkran von 1487
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By Johannes H - Cugir, Romania
The crane can be visited inside as part of a special tour (should be reserved in advance). You can then experience the work of the crane handlers in former times, turning the big wheels.
3. Museum am Strom - Hildegard von Bingen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 41 reviews
Directly at the Gateway to the UNESCO World-Heritage "Mittelrheintal" (Central Rheine Valley), the Museum am Strom invites visitors to experience fascinating Encounters with 2000 years on the river Rhine. Permanent and Special Exhibitions about Hildegard of Bingen, Rhine Romanticism, Roman Age and town history present themselves in the magnificent Setting of the "Binger Loch" in the historic power plant of 1898. On the doorstep, the "Hildegarden" and the attractions of the "Kulturufer Bingen" make more discoveries possible ...
Reviewed By msgtp - Rapid City, South Dakota
A lot of information well presented about the visionary woman (and Saint) - easily found on the Rhein Promenade upriver from the train station.
Information is not limited to St. Hildegard but also some fascinating Roman surgical instruments (with their uses), and some historical information around the establishment of the town.
Worth a visit if in the area.
4. Basilika St. Martin
Overall Ratings
4 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By folieske4 - Antwerp, Belgium
The basilica is huge and large, has many parts, and sorry, due to that I forgot to take pix of the crypt... Built in1666, lots of turmoil was lying ahead for this church. 1689 French troops plundered the chapel. 1698 there was an extension to the building but 1795 the chapel was set on fire and destroyed in the combat between French revolutionaries and German soldiers. After the battle the French withdrew, passed through Bingen and typhus was spread in the town. 10 People remembered the reverence the townspeople had for St Rochus and again the chapel was rebuilt. 14 August 1814 the Rochus Day was celebrated again. In 1889 lightning struck the building, just after elaborate restoration work had been completed. The fire destroyed everything apart from the walls. On the foundations of the former Baroque building a three-nave late Gothic church was built with an exterior choir.
5. St. Rochuskapelle
Overall Ratings
4 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By folieske4 - Antwerp, Belgium
High on a mountain located amidst trees (strollerparking available) is this church located. Also is there the small graveyard and a bit downhill its Oblaten monastery. At its internetsite it states that the church is opened to public but when we arrived its interior was closed, there is however an opening in the door so one can have a peek but as it is very dark in its interior one can barely notice this (and to make pix is difficult (a nun at the Hildegardishaus told us later on its interior would only be opened to public during mazsss, the bethelem chapel is open to public. The first building, dating to the plague year of 1666, was destroyed in 1795 during the French occupation of the Rhine valley. The second was built 1814 in the wake of a typhoid fever epidemic brought back by soldiers returning from the Napoleonic Wars, with Goethe describing its dedication ceremony. Its flèche was hit by lightening in 1889 and the chapel burned down to the brickwork. The present building, built in 1893-95, is to Neo Gothic designs by the Freiburg master builder Max Meckel and the Berlin stone-cutters Zeidler & Wimmel. At this time a small Bethlehemskapelle was built under the main chapel's east window, recalling an earlier chapel of that name on the site from the Crusader era. Parts of the earlier Roch chapels' art collections survive, but the only thing to survive the fire was the Baroque statue of the patron saint at the high altar. At the slope in front a Bethlehem chapel was built under the main Eastern Chapel window of the Rochuskapelle, a reference to an earlier Chapel of that name on the site (the Rochusberg was at that time called Hesselberg) during the Crusades era, which in 1417 was transferred to the Martin. The polygonal building in broken sandstone on the large Terrace of the Rochus chapel gives the cave its light, there is a “grablehungsgruppe” (entombmentgroup). Next to this Bethlehem chapel a frater cemetery. Its "Oblatenkloster" a bit downhill is a villa-like monastery with neo-Gothic structure and half timbered wooden lattice fields.
6. Der Binger Mauseturm
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By folieske4 - Antwerp, Belgium
A landmark of Bingen am Rhein, its interior is not open to public, due to the fact it reguraly is damaged by flood and thus its interior suffering from damp and mold, never the less a scenic view amdidst the Rhein river. According its legend, Hatto II restored the tower and stayed there sometimes when he visited the town. A sudden illness forced him to stay on the island, where he was said to have been attacked by thousands of mice and died soon afterwards in 970. Since then the tower has been known as the Mäuseturm (Mouse Tower). In 1298 it was part of the customs system in Ehrenfels Castle. French troops destroyed the building in 1689. It was 1855 that people remembered its significance. The Prussians erected a signal tower for the Rhine ships, and it can still be seen today.
7. Weingut Annenhof
Overall Ratings
4 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By KellyNN16 - Kettering, United Kingdom
A big group of us (59) visited this restaurant recently. The service was top class. The good was wonderful. The wine was superb. Can't say enough good stuff about the place.
8. Binger Buhne
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4.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By Michi d - Bingen am Rhein, Germany
Seit mehreren Jahren existent und inzwischen Binger Institution im Advent ist der Weihnachtsrock, der von Rock'n'Roll Liebhabern ehrenamtlich organisiert wird und dessen Überschüsse wohltätig gespendet werden.
Allein für diesen einen Abend verdient der ehemalige Martins- bzw. Domkeller 5/5*. Leider ist aber nicht jede Woche Weihnachtsrock, weswegen ich einen Punkt abziehen muss, denn das restliche Angebot ist trotz seiner Vielfalt in der Regel überteuert und einer (vermeintlichen) Studentenstadt einfach nicht angemessen.
9. Weingut Hemmes
Overall Ratings
5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Johannes H - Cugir, Romania
Looking for a wine expert with new ideas? Try Hemmes in Bingen. You will have the occasion on the wine festivals, or visit them directly.
10. Drusus Bridge
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By folieske4 - Antwerp, Belgium
The key of the chapel can be picked up at the touristic information centre (pawn). I did search high and low to find the chapel: it is located under the bridge (stairs towards underneatht the bridge). I was told that the electricity needed to be switched on "right side upper part". No way I could find it, tried my camera flash, all a fools errand. When I intended to leave I did notice an electricity box. So to avoid all quest: open the artistic smithery fence, reach immediately after opening it at the upper right side, the black 'box' and switch on the switch. Must warn you: do not walk the distance from the touristic centre to the bridge, even by bicycle it is quite a distance!
