Ingelheim, officially Ingelheim am Rhein, is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany and also the seat of the Mainz-Bingen district. The town sprawls along the
The Burgkirche ("Castle Church") in Ingelheim
Coloured engraving of Ingelheim, Matthäus Merian, 1645
The Ingelheim Imperial Palace was an important imperial palace erected in the second half of the 8th century in Germany. It served kings of Francia and later Holy Roman Emperors and Kings as a residen
Ingelheim am Rhein
…district. The town sprawls along the Rhine's left bank. It has been Mainz-Bingen's district seat since 1996. From the later half of the 8th century, the Ingelheim Imperial Palace, which served emperors and kings as a lodging and a ruling seat until the 11th century, was to be found here. The typically Rhenish-Hessian placename…
Today's cityscape with former walls marked
Nieder-Ingelheim, on the left is the town's St Remigius Church, whose previous buildings date back to the 6th or 7th century, and on the right is the chapel of the imperial palace. In the background you can see the Rhine and on the other bank the Rheingau.
Aula Regia of the Imperial Palace in Ingelheim
Digital reconstruction of the aula regia of Ingelheim Imperial Palace (around 790)