Discover 8 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Oppenheim (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Katharinenkirche, Landskrone Castle, and German Viticultural Museum. Also, be sure to include Gautor in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Oppenheim (Rhineland-Palatinate).
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Katharinenkirche
Building in Oppenheim, Germany. The Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim, Germany, is regarded as an important Gothic church building on the Rhine, along with the cathedrals of Cologne and Strasbourg. Construction began probably in 1225, when Oppenheim was granted Town privileges. Since the merger of the Lutheran and Reformed congregation in 1822, it is a United Protestant church and its congregation forms part of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau. The church is a venue of church music too. Church musicians are the organists Ralf and Katrin Bibiella.[1]
Address: Katharinenstraße 1, 55276 Oppenheim
Landskrone Castle
Forts and castles
German Viticultural Museum
The German Viticulture Museum is a national German museum in Oppenheim and displays exhibits from all 13 German wine-growing regions for quality wine. It is located on the edge of Oppenheim's old town.
Address: Wormser Str. 49, 55276 Oppenheim
Gautor
The Gautor is a town gate in Oppenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It dates from the 13th century and is the only completely preserved gate of the medieval town fortifications today. Its present appearance largely corresponds to the appearance it acquired after destruction and reconstruction in 1566.
Address: Gaustrasse 2, Oppenheim
Uhrturm
The clock tower of Oppenheim in Rheinhessen in Rhineland-Palatinate is a stone clock tower built in 1843/44 in the neo-Gothic style, which is just over 31 meters high. The tower clock from 1907 displays the half and full hours with chimes.
Ruprechtsturm
The Ruprechtsturm is a stone lookout tower in Oppenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was inaugurated on September 20, 1903 and is architecturally in the neo-Romanesque style.
The tower is named after the Roman-German King and Count Palatine and Elector of the Electoral Palatinate Ruprecht (1352-1410). He spent the last weeks of his life at Oppenheim's Landskron Castle, where he died on May 18, 1410.
The Ruprechtsturm was built on the foundation walls of an older tower of the medieval city fortification - the so-called Schneiderturm. This originated in the 13th century and got its name because it was maintained and defended by the guild of tailors. The Tailors' Tower was destroyed (like the town of Oppenheim and Landskron Castle) by French troops under Ezéchiel de Mélac on May 31, 1689, during the War of the Palatinate Succession.
The lookout tower is currently not usually accessible to visitors and is a protected monument.
Marienkapelle
Church
War Memorial
Memorial