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37-641: The Anheuser family is a family from the Nahe in the Rhineland-Palatinate . The American brewery family of Anheuser-Busch fame are descendants of Eberhard Anheuser who was born in Bad Kreuznach . The Anheuser family has been producing German wine in the Nahe since the 17th century and has continued producing wine for 13 generations under the name of Weingut Paul Anheuser. The earliest record of winemaking by

74-684: A Prussian border station built by the Rhenish Railway Company on its West Rhine Railway , whilst the station in town belonged to the Hessian Ludwig Railway . The stops at Drususbrücke on the Bingen Hbf-Bad Kreuznach line and Bingen-Kempten and Büdesheim-Dromersheim on the Bingen/Rhein Stadt– Alzey line are no longer served. Bingen lies next to Autobahnen A 60 and A 61 , which are linked to

111-711: A low mountain range), which rises west of the town. Rising to the north on the other side of the Rhine is the Rheingau range, the Taunus 's southwesternmost outcrop. In Bingen the river Nahe empties into the Rhine Gorge . Bingen forms the southern limit of the UNESCO Rhine Gorge World Heritage Site . The Rochusberg (mountain) is nearly completely surrounded by the town site. (each time at 31 December) Even before

148-562: A name for themselves with Riesling wines that have been rated very highly by international wine critics, and have come to be seen as being on par with the best wines of Moselle and Rheingau wines. The Nahe was one of the last few German wine regions to develop significant plantings, being planted nearly six centuries after the Romans first cultivated the Mosel region. By the Middle Ages , viticulture

185-732: Is Aetherius's gravestone, which can still be seen in Saint Martin's Basilica. After the fall of the Limes , the town became a Frankish royal estate and passed in 983 by the Donation of Verona from Otto II to Archbishop Willigis of Mainz. Under Otto III the Binger Kammerforst (forest) came into being. Under Willigis, some way up the river Nahe, the stone Drususbrücke (bridge) was built. The inhabitants of Bingen strove time and again for independence, which led in 1165 through disputes between

222-547: The Flurbereinigung reforms of the late 20th century and is now characterized by steep, terraced vineyards along the banks of the Nahe planted mostly with Riesling. The climate of the region gets progressively warmer downstream with low amounts of annual rainfall that is favorable for the production of late harvest wines . Wine villages of the Upper Nahe include-(moving downstream) The subregion of Bad Kreuznach includes

259-628: The Congress of Vienna , the town passed to the Grand Duchy of Hesse -Darmstadt while today's outlying centre of Bingerbrück went to Prussia 's Rhine Province , making Bingen a border town until 1871, when the German Empire was founded. On 7 June 1969, the formerly Prussian municipality of Bingerbrück was amalgamated. On 22 April 1972 came Dromersheim's and Sponsheim's amalgamation with Bingen. The epithet am Rhein has been borne since 1 July 1982. For

296-643: The Romans came, people lived here, because the location favoured transport, being at the confluence of the Nahe and Rhine Rivers, and the Rhine's entry into the gorge. The first settlement seems to have been a Celtic ( Gaulish ) settlement by the name of Binge – meaning "rift". In the early first century AD, Roman troops were stationed in Bingen on the Rhine Valley Road, and rendered the local name as Bingium in Latin . There

333-520: The Anheusers dates to 1627 with an Anheuser operating a winery in Bad Kreuznach. In 1842, Eberhard Anheuser immigrated to St. Louis, Missouri while his nephew Rudolf Anheuser began purchasing more vineyards in the Nahe valley around the towns of Altenbamberg , Monzingen , Niederhausen , Norheim , Schloßböckelheim and Roxheim . In 1861, Eberhard Anheuser saw the marriage of both of his daughters to

370-691: The Archbishop of Mainz and the Emperor to destruction. In the 13th century, Bingen was a member of the Rhenish League of Towns. The building of Klopp Castle ( Burg Klopp ) in the mid 13th century could well be seen as being tied in with this development. A last attempt was the town's unsuccessful participation in the German Peasants' War in 1525. From the Archbishop the Cathedral Chapter of Mainz acquired

407-524: The Lower Nahe include-moving north The Nahe is a predominantly white wine region with Riesling being the most significant planting. Riesling's prominence is due in part to the reforms of the Flurbereinigung and the decline of Müller-Thurgau which was once the Nahe's most widely planted variety but now accounts for around 16% of plantings. In the 1960s, Silvaner occupied more than half of all vineyards on

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444-410: The Nahe at Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg and the villages of Bockenau , Roxheim , Sommerloch and Wallhausen several miles northwest of the Nahe. The Nahe formally has only one overlapping district Bereich Nahetal that includes 7 Grosslagen (collective sites) and 328 Einzellagen (vineyards). The 7 Grosslagen are: The Upper Nahe region includes the westernmost and oldest vineyards on

481-399: The Nahe but fell in favor to plantings of Müller-Thurgau and Riesling such that it now accounts for a little less than 10%. Plantings of Pinot blanc, Pinot gris and the red Pinot noir have been increasing. Overall, red grape varieties account for around 23% of the Nahe's vineyards with Dornfelder , Blauer Portugieser and Pinot noir being the most popular plantings. Other varieties found in

518-484: The Nahe include Bacchus , Faberrebe and Kerner . For a large part of the Nahe's history, grapes from the region were blended with other German wine grapes and labeled as "Rhine wine". Today the majority of Nahe wine is consumed domestically with the nine member estates of the VDP having the largest export market of the region. Unlike other German wine regions, co-operatives have a smaller presence that pales in comparison to

555-449: The Nahe. The region begins with the villages of Martinstein, Monzingen and follows the river to Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg where it meets the Alsenz. The area is noted for its vast diversity of vineyard soils , particularly in the area near Oberhausen where a single vineyard can include soils of sandstone , slate , melaphyre and porphyry . This region of the Nahe was modernized during

592-484: The Rhineland-Palatinate State Garden Show. The event was held along a 2.8 km stretch of the Rhine waterfront on 24 ha of exhibition area. With 1.3 million visitors, the expected number of 600,000 was greatly exceeded. The region is characterized economically by winegrowing , especially as in Bingen three winegrowing areas ( Rheinhessen , Mittelrhein and Nahe ) meet. The town is also

629-404: The Romans erected a wooden bridge across the Nahe and constructed a bridgehead castrum . A Roman Mithraic monument, which included a mutilated sculpture representing the nativity of Mithra from a rock, was discovered in Bingen; one of its inscriptions is dated 236. The presbyter Aetherius of Bingen founded sometime between 335 and 360 a firmly Christian community. Bearing witness to this time

666-568: The State Garden Show in 2008 in Bingen, the Rhineside areas in the town underwent extensive modernization. Benjamin of Tudela mentioned a Jewish community in Bingen in the mid-12th century. Christian inhabitants attacked the small Jewish quarter on Rosh Hashanah in 1198 or 1199, and the Jews were driven from the city. Jews again lived in Bingen as moneylenders in the middle of the 13th century under

703-430: The historic village of Monzingen and then downstream to its confluence with the Rhine at Bingen am Rhein . The region is broadly divided into three subregions, though there are quality wines that carry the "Nahe" designation that are produced outside of these. The main regions are the Upper Nahe, Bad Kreuznach and Lower Nahe. The wine-producing areas outside of these subregions includes the river Alsenz area that meets

740-540: The influences of the large German supermarket chains that form a large sector of the Nahe wine market. The most cultivated grape varieties, by area in 2008, were: Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɪŋən] ) is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany. The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant "hole in

777-484: The jurisdiction of the archbishop of Mainz . In 1343, French Jews settled in Bingen. In 1405, the archbishop declared a moratorium on one-fifth of the debts owed to Jews by Christians, and subsequently the archbishops repeatedly extorted large sums. Noted rabbis who taught in the small community included Seligmann Oppenheim, who convened the Council of Bingen (1455–56) in an unsuccessful attempt to establish his authority over

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814-573: The most influential medieval composers and one of the earliest Western composers whose music is widely preserved and performed, was born 40 km away from Bingen, in Bermersheim vor der Höhe . Bingen am Rhein was also the birthplace of the poet Stefan George , along with many other influential figures. Bingen is situated just southeast of the Rhine knee by the Bingen Forest ( Binger Wald – actually

851-468: The outlying centre of Bingerbrück. It is served by InterCity trains as well as one ICE line. Bingen (Rhein) Stadt station lies 2 km farther east, right across from the historical harbour crane. This station is important only for local transport. There is also a stop in Bingen-Gaulsheim. The reason that two railway stations arose in Bingen is historical. The main railway station was originally

888-449: The region. The Soonwald ranges to the northeast and rocky foothills to the east help retain heat and moderate the amount of rainfall that the region receives. Some south-facing vineyards have microclimates that are similar to a Mediterranean climate and are being experimented with for red wine grape cultivation. The Nahe flows parallel to the Moselle and lies 40 kilometers (25 mi) to

925-545: The reputation of Nahe wine but the Bad Kreuznach region, as a whole, has seen a steady decline since the end of the 20th century with very few vineyards participating in the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP) organization. The region still has some quality vineyards with the Kahlenberg and Krötenpfuhl being the most significant. The Lower Nahe subregion follows the Nahe past Bad Kreuznach north to

962-534: The river's confluence with the Rhine at Bingen. Vineyards in the area tend to be quartzite and slate. In addition to Riesling, Scheurebe , Silvaner and Pinot blanc all have significant plantings in this area. The wines of the Lower Nahe tend to have more similarities to the wines of the Mittelrhein rather than the wines from other parts of the Nahe. This includes characteristic flavors of wet stones and minerals with citrus and stone fruit notes. Wine villages of

999-713: The rock", a description of the shoal behind the Mäuseturm , known as the Binger Loch . Bingen was the starting point for the Via Ausonia , a Roman military road that linked the town with Trier . Bingen is well known for, among other things, the story about the Mouse Tower , in which the Bishop of Hatto I of Mainz was allegedly eaten by mice. Saint Hildegard von Bingen , an important polymath , abbess , mystic and musician , one of

1036-515: The sons of a German wine merchant from Mainz . He opened a brewery with one of his sons-in-law, Adolphus Busch . Nahe (wine region) Although the region was populated already in Roman times, and the village of Monzingen was mentioned as a wine village as early as 778, the Nahe wine region was defined only with the 1971 German wine law . Before that, the wines were sold as plain "Rhine wine". In recent decades, several Nahe producers have made

1073-477: The southeast of the Mosel wine region. The Mittelrhein and Rheingau wine regions lie to the north/northeast with the Rheinhessen forming the region's eastern border. Vineyards are located on steep slopes along the Nahe and its tributaries typically at elevations of 100–300 meters (330–985 ft). The majority of the vineyards in the Nahe wine region are found along the banks of the Nahe from Martinstein , near

1110-429: The town by Bundesstraße 9. Only private transport is still of importance today. The cargo harbour has been abandoned. The former winter harbour is now a marina . There are landing stages of the tourist lines Köln-Düsseldorfer, Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschifffahrt and Rösslerlinie. A passenger ferry and a car ferry link Bingen with Rüdesheim . Until the late 1970s Bingen was a piloting station. Bingen am Rhein

1147-421: The town in two halves in 1424 and 1438. Until the late 18th century Bingen remained under its administration. Like many towns in the valley, Bingen suffered several town fires and wars. From 1792 to 1813, the town was, as part of the département of Mont-Tonnerre (or Donnersberg – both names meaning "Thunder Mountain"), French after French Revolutionary troops had occupied the Rhine's left bank. In 1816, after

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1184-509: The vineyards north of the town that are dominated with clay - and loess -based soils. The area has been traditionally led by large family-owned estates, such as those of the Anheuser family (of which the brewer Eberhard Anheuser was a part) and the Reichsgrafen von Plettenberg who are still producing wine today. These families were instrumental in the years after World War II in sustaining

1221-471: The whole of Rhineland Jewry. After the proposal was opposed by Moses Minz, the matter was referred to Isaac Isserlein, who rejected the project. The Jews were again expelled from Bingen in 1507, and did not return until the second half of the 16th century. The Jewish population was 465 in 1933, and 222 in 1939 due to flight and emigration. The 169 Jews who remained in Bingen in 1942 were sent to concentration camps, and only four ultimately returned. The synagogue

1258-583: The winegrowing Bereich's ( Bereich Bingen ) namesake in German wine law. Other industries that once did business in Bingen when there was a harbour have left the town over the years. The service industries here today are found mainly in the industrial park ( Autobahn interchange Bingen-Ost / Kempten / Industriegebiet) and in the Scharlachberg commercial park. Tourism also plays an important role. The main railway station, Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof , lies in

1295-525: Was demolished in 1945, and the community was not reestablished after World War II. The council is made up of 36 members. The mayor since 2012 has been the CDU politician Thomas Feser . Seats are apportioned thus: The town's arms show Saint Martin cutting off a piece of his cloak for a poor man and, in a small inescutcheon in dexter chief, the Wheel of Mainz . Bingen was from 18 April to 19 October 2008 host for

1332-443: Was dramatically reduced. Towards the end of the 20th century, reforms and renewed optimism among the Nahe winemakers would usher in a period of renaissance in the Nahe wine industry. The Nahe wine region follows the path of the Nahe river in its northeasterly descent towards the Rhine . The river helps moderate the temperate climate of the region and the valleys of the Nahe's tributaries help foster diverse microclimates through

1369-407: Was flourishing in the region under the care of Church-run vineyards . During the 19th century, the Nahe was considered one of Germany's finest wine regions and continued its prosperity till experiencing economic downturns following the world wars of the 20th century. While other German wine regions became more industrialized, the more rural Nahe fell behind and its presence on the world's wine market

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