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24-509: Oestrich-Winkel, which culturally belongs to the Rheingau region, lies on the Rhine River, 19 km west-southwest of Wiesbaden and 17 km west of Mainz . It is, as a part of the Rheingau wine region , the largest winegrowing town of Hesse. The coordinates 50°N, 8°E lie right in the stadtteil of Winkel, whose name, coincidentally, is German for “angle”. Oestrich-Winkel borders in

48-866: A Gau or county of the Frankish Empire , bordered by the Niddagau , the Maingau , the Oberrheingau , and the Lahngau ; the counts of the Rheingau were known as Rhinegraves . The first Rhinegrave on record is Hato VI (937–960). Since the Ingelheim Imperial Palace was on the other bank of the Rhine, important imperial assemblies have taken place in the region since Charlemagne . In 983, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor , gave

72-512: A Z reversed with cross stroke argent between two mullets of six Or. The Z is a variant of a common German heraldic charge known in German as a Wolfsangel or Doppelhaken , and its appearance here apparently refers to its use for dealing with wolves in earlier times (the Wolfsangel is believed to have been used as a wolf trap). The arms themselves go back to the 17th century. Oestrich-Winkel

96-478: A general term, "folly" is usually applied to a small building that appears to have no practical purpose or the purpose of which appears less important than its striking and unusual design, but the term is ultimately subjective, so a precise definition is not possible. The concept of the folly is subjective and it has been suggested that the definition of a folly "lies in the eyes of the beholder". Typical characteristics include: Follies began as decorative accents on

120-725: A hall for intimitate concerts and events. Festival concerts have taken place in the basilica St. Aegidius, such as a recital of Elisabeth Scholl . Since 1980 Oestrich-Winkel has been the seat of the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht . Further educational institutions are, among others, the Clemens-Brentano-Schule ( primary school and Hauptschule ), the Rabanus-Maurus-Schule (primary school and Hauptschule with orientation level) and Hallgarten primary school. Oestrich-Winkel lies right on Bundesstraße 42, which

144-500: A long tradition as the name of the only train station for the East Rhine Railway between Geisenheim and Hattenheim . Kay Tenge (CDU) was elected in 2019 for mayor. Former mayors were: The last municipal elections, taking place every five years, yielded the following results: The town of Oestrich-Winkel maintains partnerships with the following two places and one military unit: The town's arms might be described thus: Gules

168-526: A use which was lost later, such as hunting towers. Follies are misunderstood structures, according to The Folly Fellowship , a charity that exists to celebrate the history and splendour of these often neglected buildings. Follies ( French : fabriques ) were an important feature of the English garden and French landscape garden in the 18th century, such as Stowe and Stourhead in England and Ermenonville and

192-615: Is a region on the northern side of the Rhine between the German towns of Wiesbaden and Lorch near Frankfurt , reaching from the Western Taunus to the Rhine. It is situated in the German state of Hesse and is part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district . It is famous for Rheingau wines , especially the "Rheingauer Riesling ," and its many taverns. The Rheingau was

216-418: Is characterized by winegrowing . The following places are cultivated: The Oestricher Kran , Oestrich-Winkel's main landmark, is a former wine-loading crane from the 18th century for loading and unloading ships. Completed in 1745, it was working until 1926. Inside the crane are two treadmills in each of which two men used their body weight to work a winch , which could then lift loads onto or off ships. It

240-471: Is in accord with the general meaning of the French word folie ; however, another older meaning of this word is "delight" or "favourite abode". This sense included conventional, practical buildings that were thought unduly large or expensive, such as Beckford's Folly , an extremely expensive early Gothic Revival country house that collapsed under the weight of its tower in 1825, 12 years after completion. As

264-691: Is particularly well developed towards the east, and which seamlessly feeds into the A ;66 near Wiesbaden. The town lies on the Frankfurt am Main – Wiesbaden –Oestrich-Winkel– Koblenz railway line and belongs to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund . Furthermore, between 6:00 and 21:00, a ferry shuttles across the Rhine between Mittelheim and Ingelheim, where there is a link with the A 60 . Rheingau The Rheingau ( German: [ˈʁaɪnɡaʊ] ; lit.   ' Rhine County ' )

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288-534: Is the last preserved wine-loading crane on the Rhine's right bank. There were once also such cranes in Lorch , Eltville and Rüdesheim . These cranes can still be found in existence along the Rhine at Andernach (stone; loaded tuff , millstones and wine barrels) and Bingen (wood, loaded mainly wine barrels). In Mittelheim is found one of Germany's oldest stone churches, St.-Aegidius-Basilika (“ Saint Giles ’s Basilica”). In Winkel stands Germany's oldest stone house,

312-490: The Graues Haus (“Grey House”). For a long time it was believed that Rabanus Maurus lived and in 856 died there. Schloss Vollrads , outside Winkel, with its ancient watertower likewise belongs among the noteworthy sights. On the town's northeast limit near Hattenheim stands Schloss Reichartshausen (founded in the 12th century) with its outbuildings, which about 1900 were remodelled to look like follies . It nowadays houses

336-647: The European Business School . In the middle of the community stands the Brentanohaus . Here, Goethe spent some time in 1814 as a guest of the Frankfurt banking family Brentano. The family's children were Clemens , Gunda and Bettina Brentano . Karoline von Günderrode, a poet and one of Bettina's friends, stabbed herself here in Winkel in 1806 on the Rhine's bank out of lovesickness and life weariness. Since 2003,

360-618: The Great Famine in Ireland, were built as a form of poor relief , to provide employment for peasants and unemployed artisans. In English, the term began as "a popular name for any costly structure considered to have shown folly in the builder", the Oxford English Dictionary 's definition. Follies are often named after the individual who commissioned or designed the project. The connotations of silliness or madness in this definition

384-503: The gardens of Versailles in France. They were usually in the form of Roman temples, ruined Gothic abbeys, or Egyptian pyramids. Painshill Park in Surrey contained almost a full set, with a large Gothic tower and various other Gothic buildings, a Roman temple, a hermit's retreat with resident hermit , a Turkish tent, a shell-encrusted water grotto and other features. In France they sometimes took

408-625: The Rheingau, together with other territories, to the Archbishopric of Mainz during the Diet of Verona . When the Archbishopric was dissolved in 1806, the Rheingau was given to the Duchy of Nassau . Folly In architecture , a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends

432-624: The barn across from the Brentanohaus has hosted the cultural and event venue Brentanoscheune ( Scheune means “barn”). These include the Lenchenfest (a wine festival), the Dippemarkt (a market with a funfair the Christmas market ( Weihnachtsmarkt ) and Jazz Week ( Jazzwoche ). The Rheingau Musik Festival has its office in Oestrich in a former winery, the presshouse (Kelterhalle) converted to

456-511: The form of romantic farmhouses, mills and cottages, as in Marie Antoinette 's Hameau de la Reine at Versailles. Sometimes they were copied from landscape paintings by painters such as Claude Lorrain and Hubert Robert . Often, they had symbolic importance, illustrating the virtues of ancient Rome, or the virtues of country life. The temple of philosophy at Ermenonville, left unfinished, symbolised that knowledge would never be complete, while

480-482: The great estates of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, but they flourished especially in the two centuries which followed. Many estates had ruins of monastic houses and (in Italy) Roman villas; others, lacking such buildings, constructed their own sham versions of these romantic structures. However, very few follies are completely without a practical purpose. Apart from their decorative aspect, many originally had

504-552: The north on the town of Lorch and the municipalities of Welterod ( Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate ), Heidenrod and Schlangenbad ; in the east on the town of Eltville ; in the south, across the Rhine , on the town of Ingelheim ( Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate) and in the west on the town of Geisenheim . Oestrich-Winkel as a municipality consists of four Stadtteile : Hallgarten as

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528-429: The only one of these has the status as an Ortsbezirk . Oestrich-Winkel was founded on the 1st of July, 1972 by the merger of the municipalities of Mittelheim, Oestrich and Winkel; it was further enlarged by incorporation of Hallgarten in 1977 by law. From the very beginning Oestrich-Winkel was entitled by state government to lead the designation Stadt ( town ). The double-barrelled name Oestrich-Winkel has already had

552-532: The range of usual garden buildings. Eighteenth-century English landscape gardening and French landscape gardening often featured mock Roman temples , symbolising classical virtues. Other 18th-century garden follies imitated Chinese temples , Egyptian pyramids , ruined medieval castles or abbeys , or Tatar tents, to represent different continents or historical eras. Sometimes they represented rustic villages, mills and cottages, to symbolise rural virtues. Many follies, particularly during times of famine, such as

576-452: The temple of modern virtues at Stowe was deliberately ruined, to show the decay of contemporary morals. Later in the 18th century, the follies became more exotic, representing other parts of the world, including Chinese pagodas , Japanese bridges, and Tatar tents. The Great Famine of Ireland of 1845–1849 led to the building of several follies in order to provide relief to the poor without issuing unconditional handouts. However, to hire

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