Real source

Source pavilion of the real source

sign

Ingelheim / Echter von Mespelbrunn alliance coat of arms above the spring catchment

The real spring on the banks of the Rhine between Geisenheim and Rüdesheim was opened up in 1912 during the construction of the Hindenburg bridge. A hole 20 cm in diameter was dug to a depth of 24 m. It is highly mineralized , thermal groundwater that flows in a layer of groundwater- conducting quartz gravel . The name of the spring , which was formerly located in the area of Count Ingelheim, was at times Imperial Count von Ingelheim's Echterquelle , named after Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn . In the fountain pavilion , an alliance coat of arms of the von Ingelheim / Echter von Mespelbrunn families adorns the spring outlet .

The spring pavilion is open to the Rhine and rests on four columns.

At times the well is artesian .

Drilled layers THEWS 1977

rock	Depth and terrain	Geological age
7.4 m	Sand and gravel	Pleistocene
17.76 m	Marl and clay mostly gray-green	Tertiary
19.00 m	Quartz gravel, white, artesian overflow	Tertiary
20.5 m	Clay, blue-gray, sandy	Tertiary
24.5 m	Quartz gravel, white, light gray and gray green e.g. T. clayey	Tertiary

In mg / l
Cations	1951	2007	Anions	1951	2007
sodium	928	651	chloride	277	200
magnesium	29	13	Bicarbonate	427	464
Calcium	75	34	sulfate	1220	660

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