Originally the residence-stronghold of the bishops of Mainz, this castle passed into the hands of the knights of Rüdesheim in the 13C. Today it has been turned into a wine museum displaying old winepresses and collections of amphorae and vases.

This monument was built between 1877 and 1883 to commemorate the re-establishment of the German Empire in 1871. At the foot of the statue of Germania we see Kaiser Wilhelm I, Bismarck, the German princes and the armies. From the monument, the view st..