 Location map of Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein, or Bingen, or "Bingen on the Rhine" is a modern-day city located at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Nahe in western Germany near the city of Mainz. Bingen is a busy river port and railroad junction, noteworthy for its premium wine production. It is the seat of administration of, but not administered by the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Nahe. Image File history File links Karte_bingen_am_rhein_in_deutschland. ...
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Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...
The Nahe is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a tributary to the Rhine. ...
Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...
A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...
Rhein-Nahe is a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) in the district Mainz-Bingen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...
The city was first fortified during the pre-Roman era by Drusus during the 1st century B.C. Drusus was a cognomen in Ancient Rome, and may refer to: Drusus Caesar - was the son of Germanicus, also called Drusus III. Gaius Livius Drusus was consul in 147 BC. Julius Caesar Drusus was the son of Tiberius, also called Drusus II. Marcus Livius Drusus was the name of two...
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 View of Bingen from above - Population - 25.696 (07.2001)
- Time Zone - UTC +1
- Federal state - Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Area - 37,74 km²
- Population density - 681 people/km²
- PO-Code - 55411
- Located - 49° 58' N 7° 54' E
- Official page - www.bingen.de
- Official mail - stadtverwaltung@bingen.de (mailto:stadtverwaltung@bingen.de)
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Points of interest - Binger Mäuseturm ("the Mice Tower of Bingen") - a customs tower built in 1298 on an island between the Rhine's shores.
- Its name is part of a legend in which the villanous archbishop Hatto of Mainz plays a major role. To eradicate poverty, he had burnt a number of poor people in a shed, ironically commenting their death cries: "Hear, hear how the mice squeak!" As punishment by the heavens he was plagued by mice, and he fled to the tower to secure himself. But the mice crossed the Rhine to the island, penetrated the tower, and devoured the bishop alive.
- Klopp Castle - Bingen's castle located in the centre of the town.
- Bingen is also the location of one of the most important demoscene events - Breakpoint.
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Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes itself on producing demos, non-interactive audio-visual presentations, which are run real-time on a computer. ...
Breakpoint 2004 - the real party is outside Breakpoint is a German demoscene party. ...
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| Chapel dedicated to Hildegard of Bingen Image File history File links Bingen_chapel. ...
A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar Blessed Hildegard of Bingen (alternatively, German von Bingen or Latin, Bingensis) (1098 – September 17, 1179) was a German magistra[1], monastic leader, mystic, author, and composer of music. ...
| Tower on walking trail above town (public can climb) Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x800, 129 KB)Mike Chapman - public domain I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Famous people A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar Hildegard von Bingen or Hildegard of Bingen (September 16, 1098 – September 17, 1179) was a German abbess, monastic leader, mystic, author, and composer of music. ...
Stefan George (1910) Stefan George (Bingen, Hesse, July 12, 1868 – Locarno, December 4, 1933) was a German poet and translator. ...
External link - Tourist Information on Bingen am Rhein
Coordinates: 49°58′N 7°54′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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