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Nice to see you!
The Gardenshow invites you to enjoy 185 days of wonderful flowers in Bingen on the Rhine.
Experience the display of flowers, the English Rose Garden, the blossoming cherry trees and enjoy the Rhine Terrace with its amazing view.
Great events and sights await you.
We look forward to seeing you!
All important information about the Gardenshow in Bingen you can find here: www.landesgartenschau-bingen.de

Pilgrimage Church "St. Rochus-Kapelle" in Bingen.
Built in 1666 after the year of "Black Death".
Destroyed in 1795 during the french occupation of the rhine valley.
Rebuilding in 1814 after epidemic typhus.
Destroyed again by a stroke of lightning in 1889.
Neo-Gothic rebuilding by Max Meckel in the years 1893–1895.
The last two weekends in August the "Rochusfest" is celebrated 8 days long.

The church St. Martin in Bingen - built on the ruins of a roman temple - was first mentioned as a collegiate church in 1006 and resolved in 1672.
St.Martin burned down in 1403 and only the crypt endured and was integrated in the later rebuilding in 1416. The side aisles were built in the following years. Partly damaged in World War II the rebuilding was finished 1958.

Castle Burg Klopp in Bingen
Castle Clopp was built in the 13th century to strengthen the toll barrier together with the opposite castle "Ehrenfels" and the later built "Mäuseturm" (Mouse Tower). After the destruction in the 30-years-war it was rebuilt 1653, and then again destroyed by the french troops in 1689. First Ludwig Maria Cron rebuilt it 1853 and then architect Eberhard Soherr 1875 - 1879. Today castle Burg Klopp accommodates the municipality of Bingen.

The "Binger Mäuseturm" (mouse tower) was built in the early 14th century as a toll- and watchtower on a small island in the rhine to strengthen the toll system in connection with castle "Ehrenfels". It was destroyed during the 30-years-war and in 1689 by the french. The prussian king "Friedrich Wilhelm IV." rebuilt the mouse tower in the newgothic style during the years 1856 to 1858. Until 1974 it was used as a signal tower for the ships passing the narrow and dangerous "Binger Loch". The legend has it that the stone-hearted bishop Hatto I. from Mainz escaped to his tower and was devoured by thousands of mice.
During the period of "Rhine-romanticism" the mouse tower inspired famous writers as Clemens Brentano, Victor Hugo and Ferdinand Freiliggrath.