Bingerbrück

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Bingerbrück is a part of Bingen am Rhein, on the opposite side of the Nahe river from the old town of Bingen. It was independent until 1969.

1 Points of interest
2 History

[edit] Points of interest

Binger Mäuseturm

Binger Mäuseturm ("the Mouse Tower of Bingen") - a customs tower built in 1298 on an island between the Rhine's shores, lies in Bingerbrück's territory.

Its name is part of a legend in which the villanous archbishop Hatto of Mainz plays a major role. To eradicate poverty, he had burnt a number of poor people in a shed, ironically commenting on their death cries: "Hear, hear how the mice squeak!" As punishment by the heavens he was plagued by mice, and he fled to the tower to secure himself. But the mice crossed the Rhine to the island, penetrated the tower, and devoured the bishop alive.

[edit] History

[edit] Roman Empire

During the construction of the railway in the 1850s, an extensive roman graveyard was found. The gravestone of one Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera.

[edit] Middle Ages

In 1150, Hildegard von Bingen founded the convent Rupertsberg in Bingerbrück. It was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War in 1632. Ruins of the cellar remained as the foundation of the former Herter-Villa and were finally destroyed during the construction of the railway.

[edit] 19th Century

After the Congress of Vienna, the nahe river became the border between Prussia's Rhine Province and the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The Nahe bridge became an important customs point, contributing to the rapid growth of Bingerbrück.

[edit] World War 2

The railway area was suject of at least seven severe bombing raids. Even today, dud bombs are frequently found.

[edit] Railway

Bingerbrück, positioned at the junction of the main lines of railway Mainz-Koblenz and Bingerbrück-Metz, was one of the most important railway junctions of the Second German Reich. Most of the railway areas are demolished today to make room of the 2008 Landesgartenschau.

The former railway station Bingerbrück became Bingen Hauptbahnhof in 1992. Today, Bingen HBf is a ICE/IC railway station, even if most of the ICs don't stop at Bingen HBf.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Mainz-Bingen

Appenheim \| Aspisheim \| Bacharach \| Badenheim \| Bingen am Rhein \| Bodenheim \| Breitscheid \| Bubenheim \| Budenheim \| Dalheim \| Dexheim \| Dienheim \| Dolgesheim \| Dorn-Dürkheim \| Eimsheim \| Engelstadt \| Essenheim \| Friesenheim \| Gau-Algesheim \| Gau-Bischofsheim \| Gensingen \| Grolsheim \| Guntersblum \| Hahnheim \| Harxheim \| Heidesheim am Rhein \| Hillesheim \| Horrweiler \| Ingelheim am Rhein \| Jugenheim in Rheinhessen \| Klein-Winternheim \| Köngernheim \| Lörzweiler \| Ludwigshöhe \| Manubach \| Mommenheim \| Münster-Sarmsheim \| Nackenheim \| Nieder-Hilbersheim \| Nieder-Olm \| Niederheimbach \| Nierstein \| Ober-Hilbersheim \| Ober-Olm \| Oberdiebach \| Oberheimbach \| Ockenheim \| Oppenheim \| Sankt Johann \| Schwabenheim an der Selz \| Selzen \| Sörgenloch \| Sprendlingen \| Stadecken-Elsheim \| Trechtingshausen \| Uelversheim \| Undenheim \| Wackernheim \| Waldalgesheim \| Weiler bei Bingen \| Weinolsheim \| Welgesheim \| Wintersheim \| Wolfsheim \| Zornheim \| Zotzenheim

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