Dec 8, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim Points of Interest, Local history, Economic center "Old Harxheim"
Historic Lotz Winery By Tanja Reßler and Siegfried Schäfer Nestled between Obergasse and Untergasse and bordered by the bowling alley, lies the stately home and park-like garden of the former winery Peter Lotz. “Liberation wine 1929”, celebrations at Lotz...
Dec 5, 2022 | Harxheim Points of Interest
The cornerstone Wheel deflectors to protect the corners of buildings and gateways were already used by the ancient Romans. Two copies have been preserved in Harxheim. Christian Frieß with his son Walter around 1950 Image source: Frieß family The wheel deflector at the...
Dec 5, 2022 | Harxheim Points of Interest
House Krone The Krone House – today privately owned – looks back on an interesting history. In the first decades of the last century there was a restaurant here, which was of great importance for the social life of the village. The property is listed in...
Dec 5, 2022 | Chronicle, Churches in Harxheim, Harxheim Points of Interest, Local history
The Catholic Church in Harxheim After the end of the simultaneity in 1869, the Catholics built their own church directly opposite the Protestant church in 1870. It was dedicated to St. Lawrence. The church is listed in the monument register of the Mainz-Bingen...
Dec 5, 2022 | Chronicle, Churches in Harxheim, Harxheim Points of Interest, Local history
The stained glass windows of the Protestant church The beautiful and artistically valuable stained glass windows on the sides of the nave of the Protestant church were designed by the renowned Mainz artist Gustel Stein and installed in the church in 1978. A...
Dec 5, 2022 | Chronicle, Churches in Harxheim, Harxheim Points of Interest, Local history
The bells of the evangelical church The present bells of the Lutheran church date back to 1955. Previously, the fate of the church bells was strongly influenced by the history of war. When the new Lutheran church was built in 1873(for the history of the Lutheran...
