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30-404: " Weißwurstäquator " ( German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪsvʊʁst.ɛˌkvaːtoːɐ̯] ; lit.   ' white sausage equator ' ) is a humorous term describing the supposed cultural boundary separating Southern Germany from the northern parts, especially Bavaria from Central Germany . It is named for the Weisswurst sausage of Bavaria, and has no precise definition. A popular one

60-489: A Catholic majority, but also a significant Lutheran Protestant population (especially in northern Württemberg and some parts of Baden and Franconia (northern Bavaria)), in contrast to the almost entirely Protestant Northern Germany . Due to the immigration of non-Christians, mainly Turks (see Turks in Germany ) during the last decades of the twentieth century, there is also a small number (roughly 250,000, i.e. 2–3% of

90-684: 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

120-594: A line between Bonn and Bingen , in the mountain ranges ( Mittelgebirge ) of the Westerwald , the Taunus , and the Eifel , along the Rhine and Mosel rivers—is seen as the cultural border between Southern and Western Germany. Two of the most populous states of Germany, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, are part of Southern Germany. They have a combined population of 23.5 million people. In

150-663: 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

180-562: A variety of holiday cookies , cakes , and tarts . 49°N 10°E  /  49°N 10°E  / 49; 10 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

210-732: 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

240-843: Is the linguistic boundary known as the Speyer line separating Upper German from Central German dialects, roughly following the Main River ; another is a line running further south, more or less along the Danube , or between the Main and the Danube, roughly along the 49th parallel north circle of latitude. This German cuisine -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Southern Germany German-speaking Switzerland , Austria , Liechtenstein , Alsace , and South Tyrol are also historically, culturally, and linguistically associated with

270-628: 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

300-542: The Kingdom of Bavaria . Linguistically, Southern Germany corresponds to the Upper German dialects . Southern Germany is culturally and linguistically more similar to German-speaking Switzerland , Austria , and German-speaking South Tyrol than to Central and Northern Germany. A jocular term referring to a cultural boundary defining Bavarian culture is Weißwurstäquator , i.e. the "equator" dividing Northern Germany from

330-690: 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

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360-691: 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

390-484: 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

420-453: 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

450-568: 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

480-711: The broader sense (with Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland), Southern Germany includes roughly 30 million people. Thus, about 40% of the German population and almost 30% of all native speakers of the German language live there. In the 17th and 18th centuries, emigrants from Southern Germany, known as the Pennsylvania Dutch , were among the first settlers of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania and other influential population centers in present-day United States . The region has

510-574: The homeland of the Weißwurst sausage. The river Main , flowing westward, through Upper and Lower Franconia and Southern Hesse , through the city of Frankfurt , into the river Rhine at Mainz , is often cited as a natural border between Southern and Middle Germany while the border west of Mainz is, in that respect, less clearly determined. The border between the Palatinate and the Rhineland —roughly

540-484: 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

570-526: 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

600-584: The ones in Heidelberg , Munich , Tübingen , and Würzburg ). The specific features of the landscape are rolling hills, Mittelgebirge (mid-range mountains). Southern Germany also has a part of the Alps , in the southeast of the region ( Allgäu and Bavarian Alps ). In the culinary field, both beer and wine are produced in many varieties throughout the region. The regional cuisine consists of stews , sausages , cabbage , noodles , and other pasta dishes as well as

630-468: 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

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660-461: The population) of Muslims . Where a city has different names in English and German, the English name is given first. Economically, Southern Germany is the strongest part of Germany, with Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria being the powerhouses of manufacturing , especially in the automobile and machinery industry. Furthermore, it is home to some of the country's most prestigious universities (such as

690-511: The region. Southern Germany primarily contrasts with Northern Germany and defines the territories of modern Germany that did not form part of the North German Confederation in the 19th century. Between Northern and Southern Germany is the loosely defined area known as Central Germany ( Mitteldeutschland ), roughly corresponding to the areal of Central German dialects ( Franconia , Thuringia , Saxony ). The boundary between

720-713: 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

750-533: The spheres of political influence of Prussia (Northern Germany) and Austria (Southern Germany) within the German Confederation (1815–1866) was known as the "Main line" ( Mainlinie , after the river Main ), Frankfurt am Main being the seat of the federal assembly. The "Main line" did not follow the course of the River Main upstream of Frankfurt, however, it instead corresponded to the northern border of

780-429: 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

810-421: 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

840-471: 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

870-534: 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

900-525: 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

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