Rheinterrassenweg

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Signpost on the Rheinterrassenweg with the logo of the Rheinterrassenweg
The toad fountain near Oppenheim in the middle of the Rheinterrassenweg. The Rheinterrassenweg was inaugurated here.
The Rheinterrassenweg near Oppenheim, the Katharinenkirche can be seen in the background on the left .

The Rheinterrassenweg , its own spelling : RheinTerrassenWeg , is a 60-kilometer hiking trail along the Rhine between the cities of Worms and Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate . The trail is divided into six stages.

history

The hiking trail got its name due to the geological movements of the Upper Rhine Plain , the subsidence of which, according to scientific knowledge, has lasted for a few million years. These subsidence are called Rhine terraces .

The project sponsor of the hiking trail is the former Guntersblum Association , which today, after being incorporated into the Nierstein-Oppenheim Association , is organized in the Rhein-Selz Association. The total cost was 190,066 euros. Of this, 80,300 euros came in the form of grants from the European Union , while the state of Rhineland-Palatinate subsidized the construction of the hiking trail with 32,100 euros.

On April 27, 2014 the Rheinterrassenweg was inaugurated at the Oppenheimer toad fountain. Speakers included the Mayor of Worms, Michael Kissel , the Mayor of Oppenheim and member of the German Bundestag, Marcus Held , the Head of Economic Affairs, Christopher Sitte, the Mayor of the Nierstein-Oppenheim community, Klaus Penzer , the Mayor of the Guntersblum community, Michael Stork, the District Administrator of the Alzee district -Worms Ernst Walter Görisch and the Rheinhessische Weinkönigin 2013/2014 Judith Dorst.

Stage course

Thirteen communities and cities touch the trail between Worms and Mainz.

The first stage starts in Worms-Herrnsheim and leads via Worms-Abenheim to Osthofen . The second stage to Mettenheim begins there via Bechtheim . In Mettenheim, the third stage leads via Alsheim to Guntersblum . The fourth stage leads via Ludwigshöhe and Dienheim to Oppenheim. The fifth stage to Bodenheim begins in Oppenheim and runs through Nierstein and Nackenheim . The sixth and last stage leads from Bodenheim via Mainz-Laubenheim to the destination in Mainz.

In addition, there are approx. 44 kilometers of access routes that lead to the Eichelsbachtal in Nackenheim, the Königsstuhl near Lörzweiler, the WeinErlebnisWeg Krötenbrunnen between Oppenheim and Dienheim or the RheinRömerWeg between Ludwigshöhe and Guntersblum.

Web links

Commons : Rheinterrassenweg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Rheinterrassenweg: Hiking fun with a view of the Rhine Valley on the website of the Rhein Main publishing group , written by Beate Nietzel and Claudia Wößner, published on April 28, 2014
  2. ↑ On the occasion of the opening of the Rheinterrasenweg, many sections of the route will be celebrated by Ali Reza Houshami, on Allgemeine-zeitung.de on April 26, 2014