Hiking in and around Harxheim
The Harxheim Panorama Trail offers a variety of extraordinary impressions and information:
While leisurely hiking through the Harxheim district, you can enjoy the extraordinary panorama with a view of Rheinhessen and, of course, Harxheim. Signs provide an impression of the geological features, the numerous (medicinal) herbs, the local birdlife and – of course – the wine that characterizes the region and Harxheim.
If the weather is dry, you can process the impressions excellently on one of the HVV swing loungers 🙂
Of course, there are also many special features and interesting facts to discover on the Historic Town Trail…
Harxheimer Panoramaweg – Overview board
Source: HVV-Harxheim
Geological features around Harxheim
Bean ore in Rhinehesse
Birgit Korte
In many places in Rheinhessen, e.g. also in the slopes above Harxheim, iron ore can be found in the form...
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The Mainz Basin
Birgit Korte
Above Harxheim, one has a good view to the south of the beautiful landscape of the Rhine-Hessian tableland and hills....
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(Medicinal) herbs around Harxheim
Fence beet
Silvia Geiberger
The poisonous fence beet (Bryonia dioica) is deeply rooted in the ground with a beet-shaped root. The angular stem can...
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Wild carrot
Silvia Geiberger
Wild carrot (Daucus carota): Several pinnate, narrowly lanceolate leaves grow on a furrowed hairy stem. The umbel flower with small,...
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Hawthorn
Silvia Geiberger
Hawthorn (Crateagus monogyna) grows as a medium-sized shrub or small tree. The white flowers, which stand in umbel panicles, and...
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Ribwort
Silvia Geiberger
The narrow, lanceolate leaves of the perennial plantain (Plantago lanceolata) stand in a basal rosette close to the ground. From...
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Chickweed
Silvia Geiberger
Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a dainty herb that grows prostrate and often in dense pads. Small, ovate, pointed, dark green...
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Fragrant violet
Silvia Geiberger
Fragrant violet (Viola odorata) is a dainty herb and forms creeping runners that can root themselves. In a rosette close...
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Deadnettle
Silvia Geiberger
Purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum) and white deadnettle (Lamium album): Hairy, heart-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with toothed edges grow on a...
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Herb Robert
Silvia Geiberger
The tender shoots of the herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) are green to crimson in color and covered with glandular hairs....
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Sweet clover
Silvia Geiberger
Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis): Clover-like, three-parted, ovate leaflets grow on an erect, branched, angular stem with serrated edges. The yellow,...
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Gallant soldier
Silvia Geiberger
Gallant soldier (Galinsoga parviflora): Its glabrous, erect stem grows pointed, ovate, opposite leaves with serrated margins. The flower heads consist...
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Lesser burnet saxifrage
Silvia Geiberger
On a round, finely grooved and downy-haired stem, the leaves of the lesser burnet (Pimpinella saxifraga) grow mainly near the...
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Blackthorn
Silvia Geiberger
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is an almost impenetrable, thorny shrub that reaches a height of up to 3 meters. Its stalked,...
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Foamwort
Silvia Geiberger
Meadow foamwort (Cardamine pratensis) and garden foamwort (Cardamine hirsuta): A hollow, glabrous stem grows from a ground-hugging basal rosette. The...
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Yarrow
Silvia Geiberger
The tough, angular stem of yarrow (Achillea millefolium) grows lancet-like, multiple finely pinnate leaves. The inflorescence, which consists of yellowish...
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Red clover
Silvia Geiberger
Red clover (Trifolium pratense): From a short rootstock, a multitude of flowering stems develop in a lawn-like manner. The spherical...
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Tansy
Silvia Geiberger
TOXIC ! The stem of the poisonous perennial tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is almost glabrous and brown-red overflowing and usually unbranched....
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Wild parsnip
Silvia Geiberger
The wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a biennial umbelliferous plant and reaches a height of up to 120 cm. The...
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Mullein
Silvia Geiberger
Mullein (Verbascum) can reach a height of up to 3 m. Felt-like woolly leaves grow on its woolly stem. The...
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Evening Primrose
Silvia Geiberger
Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a 2-year-old plant that forms a rosette of leaves close to the ground in the...
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Milk Thistle
Silvia Geiberger
A striking feature of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is its large, green-white marbled, very thorny-toothed leaves. At the ends of...
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Grape varieties along the Harxheim Panorama Trail
Saint Laurent
Harald Schenk
An almost disappeared red wine variety that convinces as a rarity and specialty with a strong aroma.CultivationThe early budding of...
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Harald Schenk
This vine represents the most cultivated grape variety in the world and produces powerful wines with great aging potential.CultivationCabernet Sauvignon...
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Blue Portugieser
Harald Schenk
A vine that produces simple wines by the glass and rosé, as well as white herbs to expressive red wines.Place...
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Pinot Noir
Harald Schenk
Pinot Noir is the king among red wines, but it is also winning more and more wine lovers as rosé...
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Dornfelder
Harald Schenk
The high flyer among the red wines in our region. By far the most commonly grown red wine variety in...
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Scheurebe
Harald Schenk
The Scheurebe was bred in Alzey, Rheinhessen. Wines from this vine have finely composed fruit aromas.Place valueIn 1985, the Scheurebe...
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Gewürztraminer
Harald Schenk
The centuries-old grape variety is capable of producing fine wines even in difficult years due to low yields.Place valueIn Rheinhessen,...
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Bacchus
Harald Schenk
The aromatic wine with the name of the Roman god of wine was particularly popular in the 1970s and 1980s.Place...
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Sauvignon Blanc
Harald Schenk
Sauvignon Blanc, the second most popular white wine variety in the world, surprises wine lovers with a cocktail of aromas.CultivationSauvignon...
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Kerner
Harald Schenk
Kerner is a successful new variety from the 20th century and produces fine aromatic and acidic wines. Place valueIn 1992,...
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Chardonnay
Harald Schenk
The Chardonnay is grown worldwide, has high demands on the site and loves calcareous and deep soils.CultivationChardonnay, like Riesling or...
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Pinot gris (Ruländer)
Harald Schenk
The elegant Pinot Gris, once marketed as sweet and heavy Ruländer, is now one of the favorites of wine lovers.Place...
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White Burgundy
Harald Schenk
Lightness and elegance characterize the White Burgundy, which is becoming increasingly popular in Germany.Place valueThe cultivation of Chardonnay has been...
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Müller-Thurgau (Rivaner)
Harald Schenk
Müller-Thurgau, the world's most successful new variety of a white grape, is represented in almost all German growing regions.CultivationMüller-Thurgau vines...
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Silvaner
Harald Schenk
Rheinhessen is the world's largest growing region for Silvaner. The wines go very well with the powerful regional cuisine.CultivationFranconia is...
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Riesling
Harald Schenk
Riesling, the flagship of German viticulture, best reflects the characteristics of the soil (terroir).CultivationRiesling is a grape variety that matures...
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Fence beet
Silvia Geiberger
The poisonous fence beet (Bryonia dioica) is deeply rooted in the ground with a beet-shaped root. The angular stem can...
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Wild carrot
Silvia Geiberger
Wild carrot (Daucus carota): Several pinnate, narrowly lanceolate leaves grow on a furrowed hairy stem. The umbel flower with small,...
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Historical field names in the Harxheim district
Field names
Dorothea Kerzan
"Flurnamen (...) are names for agriculturally used areas (fields, meadows, vineyards, fallow land, etc.), community-owned facilities (bakehouse, gallows) and natural...
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Old Mommenheimer Street
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "IN THE HAMMER" (probably 17th c.) The name for this field designation could be derived from the...
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Küchelbergweg
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "IN THE BEAN MORNING"The local field name "Im Bohnenmorgen" possibly refers to the word Bogen, which can...
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Field path on Nack
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "IN DER KÜHHOHL" (1685)This was the name given to a pasture used especially for cows and located...
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Lieth
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "LIETH" (1309)The meaning of the name "Lieth" is not entirely clear. The terms "hillside" or "slag heap"...
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Field path through Kalmit
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "KALMIT" (1309)The name consists of Middle High German "kal / kalwe" (bald) and Latin "mons / montem"...
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Field path in the Lochsteig
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "AUF DEM HARTENBERG" (1413)In old documents the name always appears with the preposition "An" and with the...
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Wingertsweg Alte Rindssteig / Old cattle trail
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "BEHIND HAUSEN" (1304)The name "Hinter Hausen", in which Middle High German "hûsen" has been preserved, indicates old...
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Feldweg an der Schnur / Field path on the string
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "IM HEIDENLOCH" (1413)The word "heath" in this place by no means means an uncultivated land. The name...
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Am Schloßberg / At the castle hill
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "at / in the castle hill"This is a reinterpretation of the field name "Am / Im Schoßberg",...
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Unterer Börnchenweg / Lower Börnchenweg
HVV Harxheim
Harxheim field name1 "OSTERSTEIG / ON THE OSTERSTEIG" (1309)The Ostersteig owes its name to an ascending path (Steige) used for...
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