Assmannshausen

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Assmannshausen since the incorporation in 1977 a district of Rüdesheim am Rhein in the Rheingau -Taunus-Kreis in the south of Hesse and probably the most famous red wine community in Germany. It has nearly 1,000 inhabitants ( as of 2007) and is a UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

Geography

Assmannshausen is tightly packed on the east bank and the right slope of the uppermost Middle Rhine, just below the Binger Loch at river kilometer 532.5. Due to the location of Aulhausener Bach, also calibration stream or creek running hell called from a narrow V-shaped valley in the Rhenish Slate Mountains just below the Binger Loch of the right top middle Rhine. Only the developed as bypass national highway 42 separates the city from the Rhine, on whose banks the Fahrgastschifffahrt invests runs regularly on the flow of several boat piers. Assmannshausen has a railway station on the Right Rhine line and stage on right bank of the Rhine hiking trail. A passenger ferry connects it to the Burg Rheinstein on the opposite left bank of the Rhine and a chairlift to the hunting lodge on the Niederwald.

In a kilometer away lies east - above Assmannshausen on the calibration stream of Rüdesheim district Aulhausen, the core city of Rüdesheim am Rhein four kilometers east-southeast - Rhine. The neighboring town of Lorch lies downstream to the north-west five miles away also at a right Talzulauf with a wider right Uferpartie of the Rhine.

The highest point in the district of Assmannshausen is the Bacharach head to the north with an altitude of 342 m above sea level. NN. Tiefstgelegener point is the reason Clemens, one of the depths of the Rhine with 75.8 meters. The western boundary of Assmannshäuser district lies between the Binger Loch in the south at river kilometer 530.8 and the Speisbachtal shortly before the Teufelskadrich in the north at river kilometer 534.5 in the fairway of the Rhine. The district forms a strip along the stream from one to one and a half kilometers wide.

History

Assmannshausen is probably a Frankish establishment. The oldest evidence is a document of the Archbishop of Mainz Ruthard from the year 1108 which is the donation of a vineyard between Husen et hare man Husen meant Hell Mountain, treated at the Benedictine monastery Disibodenberg. Moreover, there are only sparse medieval sources about the little place that belonged to Electoral Mainz.

1489, Archbishop Berthold of Henneberg looking for the hot bromine-lithium sources, which were originally under the river bed of the Rhine and the nucleus of the spa town of Bad Aßmannshausen were. The mineral spring was found by insulation of the river, which gushes as Ace- source today. It was used mainly for rheumatic complaints in the form of a bath; also mud baths were on offer. By 1983, the water was sent in bottles worldwide.

Another source of income of the village in the Middle Ages was mining. Manganese ores were mined, slate and quartzite. Middle of the 19th century, the quarries were abandoned.

In the romance of the Rhine in the 19th century, numerous writers, poets, artists and composers visited the place, for example, Clemens Brentano, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Hoffmann von Faller life, and Robert Schumann; Emperor William I, William II, Otto von Bismarck and Elisabeth of Austria - Hungary ( Sissi) were guests.

On 1 October 1970, the neighboring community Aulhausen was incorporated. The term Aulhauser his arms shows on the right side of a clay jug with the Mainzer Rad On 16 December 1970, the spelling of the name of the municipality of Aßmannshausen Assmannshausen was changed.

On January 1, 1977, the church lost its independence and became part of the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein.

In the 21st century, tourism and viticulture characterize the town as the main economic sectors. Tourist attractions such as a ride on the cable car to the Niederwald hunting lodge and the beautiful view over the Rhine leave every year thousands of visitors visit the wine community. The chairlift allows a wide view of the Middle Rhine Valley near Rudesheim, Bingen, the Nahe and Bingerbrück. From the hill a 30 minute trail leads to the Niederwald monument. At the peak autumn season, dominated everywhere in the place musically painted wine bar, Assmannshausen is also frequented by guests from overseas and Japan. In winter, few facilities are open.

Viniculture

The vineyards of Assmannshausen are planted about 90 percent Pinot Noir vines, which are sometimes called Klebrot here by one of the many synonyms of this variety. This makes the place in the otherwise dominated by Riesling Rheingau wine region for wine island in the region. On the Rhine we find significant sources of red wine otherwise only in the wine town of Ingelheim and the Ahr.

The all-encompassing location name in Assmannshausen means Großlage steep, the three individual layers:

• Hinterkirch (15 acres ), with a steep southwest slope
• Hell Mountain (45 hectares), the slope is between 30 and 60%. The name has nothing to do with hell, but comes etymologically from Halde ( 1399: to the heroine, Middle High German: steep slope ). The Höllenberg consists mainly of the southern slope of Höllenbachtals, the stretching up to the neighboring village of Assmannshausen Aulhausen. In this situation, the Hessian State Kloster Eberbach share with their domain Assmannshausen as well as about 15 other wineries.
• Frankenthal ( 15 acres ), with a steep southwest slope.

Hell Mountain is the most famous location in Assmannshausen.

The optimum for the Pinot Noir floors are constructed of heat-storing phyllite slate. The microclimate and water permeability result in a ideal location for the Pinot Noir grape, which in this situation has a long tradition.

From the three individual layers with a total area of about 70 acres, the winery win the grapes for classic Pinot Noir wines with high extracts and concentrated fruit flavors. To improve the color sometimes are red-leaved dark fields vines or dyer places and Geisenheim breeding Dakapo between the dark green leafy Pinot Noir vines.

Embossed bottom, rich bouquet, elegant, delicate Pinot Noir great wines with zesty acidity, velvety nature and subtle almond flavor build with each passing year, there are round, velvety, mild and warmer. There are also tangy, hearty and spicy Weißherbste all quality and predicate levels up to delicately fruity Beerenauslese and Eiswein.

Attractions

• Parish Church of Holy Cross
• The former spa at the northern entrance was sold after the completion of the spa treatments in October 1950, the Catholic church Assmannshausen and reports to the diocese of Limburg. It was converted into a nursing home and now bears the name of St. Thomas More House
• From about two feet thick ramparts that made 1491 Creating Elector Berthold von Henneberg, 2009, the last remnants of the actual old wall were removed at a hotel extension. What remained was until today only the so-called Great Gate.
• The former Treidelstation (1541 first mentioned ), where the horses were changed, the upstream attracted the Rhine ships across the difficult passage of the Binger Loch, the Schiffer - guild house and current hotel and inn crown was (since 1808). It is considered one of the oldest inns in Germany. There resided the artists and writers of the romance that Assmannshausen visited in the 19th century.
• Also in town to restaurants located in half-timbered houses from the 15th and 16th centuries.

Gasthaus- Hotel Krone

Assmannshausen in the spring (when viewed from the ship ago)

Assmannshausen (seen from Rheinland- Pfalz )

Roads on the slopes of " Höllenbachtals "

Events

• Assmannshausen in RED, on the occasion of the 900 - year celebration of Assmannshausen launched in 2008 festival. Music, entertainment and regional specialties on a promenade along the Rhine. Finds since held every third weekend in June.
• Major event valley totally, on the last Sunday in June. The right bank federal road 42 9 locked between Rüdesheim and Lahnstein and the left bank main road between Bingen and Koblenz von 9:00 bis 19:00 clock for car traffic.
• Rhine in the fire spell on the first Saturday in July: Big fireworks and boat trip on the Middle Rhine Trechtingshausen with castle rich stone, past Castle Rheinstein, Assmannshausen, Mouse Tower, the ruins of Ehrenberg rock (Hesse), Bingen am Rhein with Klopp Castle, Rüdesheim am Rhein the Brömserburg.
• Ruby Red Symphony, a tasting of all Assmannshäuser red wines in the Glorious Rheingau Days.
• Rosenmontagszug next Kiedrich the only one in the Rheingau.