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I can only highly recommend not only to visit the two spa towns while in the region, but also to spend some time exploring the region itself. The part of Rheinland Pfalz east of Bad Kreuznach is being called Rheinhessische Schweiz (= Switzerland of Rheinhessen) and it is a very lovely landscape with rolling hills and fields, enchanting little valleys, meadows and forests – perfect for hiking and bicycling. And, it is here where several strange structures can be found in the vineyards: trulli (photos 1-3). Yes, you have read properly, these are trulli, similar structures like the famous ones in Alberobello, , Puglia, Italy (UNESCO heritage). They were built in 18th century and it is said that it were in fact workers from Puglia who came here to work in the quarries nearby, who built these houses as their storage and meeting points. Today several of these trulli are dotted in the landscape around Flonheim, west of Alzey. The one I have in my photos is located next to Geistermühle (“ghost mill”), west of Flonheim, a winery and old mill, which offers wine tours and also sells wine. I will definitely visit this one during my next trips.
We found another special sight while we continued on our way to Bad Kreuznach: a lovely tower also inmidst the vineyards (photos 4 and 5). It is called Ajax Turm and goes with a lovely legend: a vintner was in love with the daughter of the local mill owner and always met her here, together with his trustful dog Ajax. But this love wasn’t meant to be, the daughter had to marry another miller and so the vintner had this tower built in memory of his dog Ajax. There is a statue on top of the tower (photo 4).
I didn’t take any photos of the landscape (the disadvantage of tarevlling by car, because inside the little valleys was no place to stop for a while), but for a good idea of how it looks like, look at the website with photos of this amazing landscape around Flonheim.
The website below is in German only, unfortunately :-(
Trullo on Google Maps
Ajax Turm on Google Maps
Coordinates on GoogleEarth (Trullo near Geistermühle):
49°46’34,04’’N; 08°01’01,09’’E
Coordinates on GoogleEarth (Ajax Turm):
49°47’19,91’’N; 07°55’46,20’’E
Updated May 25, 2009
Website: http://www.rheinhessische-schweiz.org/
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Germany, as is Europe, is full of little hidden gems like this little town. To find them, you need a good map and a sense of adventure. German road maps - especially the 1:200000 scale variety - are a great way to discover them. Towns with sites to see are usually denoted in some way on the map, so that you can deploy a local itinerary to reach them. From Bad Kreuznach, you go out through the Nahe canyon through Bad Muenster am Stein and beyond underneath the magnificent cliffs of the Rotenfels to Norrheim. Then past the Neustadter Stausee crossing the river towards Odernheim. Along the way, views opens out over the whole Nahe valley as it widens out in the vicinity of Sobernheim. This being Germany, the view has an official name - Hindenburgblick/Hindenburg View, though how the old Field Marshall comes into play actually, I don't know. You are now going up the Glantal/Glan rive valley - a tributary of the Nahe. Follow the signs to the Altstadt once you reach Meisenheim. One of the entries is through a big door in the city wall - a house is sited above the door. Houses are half-timbered and gasses/alleys are scenically narrow in a small-scale emulation of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The late gothic parish church is the centerpiece of the town's ancient glory dating back to the turn of the 15th century, hidden away, far off the beaten path.
Updated Apr 9, 2007
Website: http://www.meisenheim.de/
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