Ingelheim am Rhein is a city between Bingen and Mainz in Germany. It features the ancient Kaiserpfalz (imperial palace).

Kaiserpfalz: Heidesheimer Tor

Get in

By car

Ingelheim has two exits off the A60 between Bingen and Mainz, and is also reachable from the Rheingau via the Oestrich-Winkel ferry.

By rail

Ingelheim lies on the Mainz-Bingen-Cologne (West Rhine Railway) and Saarbrücken-Mainz-Frankfurt railway lines.

By bus

The ORN (Omnibusverkehr Rhein-Nahe GmbH) run buses from a number of locations such as Mainz and Nieder-Olm. The main bus terminal is next to the rail station.

Get around

It is a sprawling town that has effectively more than one centre (Stadtteil). The centre, Nieder-Ingelheim, has been rejuvenated to provide a friendly car free shopping area. To the east of the centre moving uphill you come to the area of the Kaiserpfalz, many of the ruins being part of houses. To the west of the centre passed the Boehringer pharmaceutical plant is more modern housing and stores. Ober-Ingelheim is the older part of town to the south which includes the Burgkirche. To the north is Frei-Weinheim where you take the ferry for Oestrich-Winkel.

See

Aula Regia, Kaiserpfalz Ingelheim

• 1 Kaiserpfalz (Nieder-Ingelheim). Chosen by Charlemagne as the site of one of his palaces, there are remains of buildings from the 8th to the 14th century. 

Burgkirche

• 2 Burgkirche (Ober-Ingelheim). Church with fortification in the old part of the town. 

Do

Take a walk along the Rhine, there is a path starting at the ferry which includes some games and little playgrounds for kids as well as other hidden things like a small wooden tower.

Take a hike to the Bismarck-Turm at the top of the hill behind the city, have a drink and enjoy the view in the strange restaurant up there which actually smells like there would be wild animals around - and in fact, they have cages with tigers up there.

Visit the old part of Ingelheim which can be reached by walking up the main road from the train station and do a tour through all the wineries at night.

Take your bicycle and enjoy the great nature around, either by taking the "Hiwwel route" or the route along the Rhine.

• 1 kING Kultur- und Veranstaltungshalle, Neuer Markt 5, ☏ +49 6132 7100090. Concerts (mainly classic music) and events. (updated Sep 2017)

Events

• Rotweinfest: September. Red wine festival. Late September to early October. (date needs updating)

Buy

There are dozens of new shops in the modern city center, of which some even sell tourist souvenirs.

Wine is probably the best thing to shop for in Ingelheim, there are also good butchers and bakeries as in every village around.

Eat

• 1 Brauhaus Goldener Engel, Neisser Straße 1, ☏ +49 6132 8994800. Excellent beer and standard German food. 
• 2 Kloster Engelthal, Edelgasse 15, ☏ +49 6132 2304. Excellent red wine (from one of the best wineries in Ingelheim) and nice food in a former monastery. The bar has the nicer atmosphere. Reservations required. 
• 3 Jade Garden, Binger Straße 38 (by Wilhelm-von-Erlanger-Straße), ☏ +49 6132 73383. Very good Chinese restaurant with great views of the area. 
• 4 Maxim Asia Lounge, Römerstraße 10, ☏ +49 6132 8997613. Asian express restaurant and take-away. 
• 5 Petersilie, Bahnhofstraße 21, ☏ +49 6132 7145519. Cafe and restaurant, old stone building decorated in tasteful modern style. Very good healthy choice of meals. 
• 6 Rewe supermarket, Georg-Rückert-Straße 3. Take-away salad bar. 
• 7 Bergrestaurant Waldeck, Waldeck 1 (Above Ingelheim next to the Bismarck-Turm (tower)), ☏ +49 6725 4313. Good German food and friendly staff with a great view of the Rhine Valley from the terrace. And yes, there are tigers. 
• 8 Purer Genuss, Binger Str. 88 (on the new market square), ☏ +49 6132 8989670. Good place for coffee and cakes. 

Drink

In Ingelheim, there are dozens of wineries of which none sells bad wine. The best wineries include Dautermann, Neus, Wasem and Mett.

Sleep

• 1 Fetzers Landhotel, Gaulsheimer Straße 14 (a little out of the centre in the village of Sporkenheim). Small hotel with attached restaurant, a little expensive but acceptable quality. 
• 2 Smarthotel Ingelheim, Konrad-Adenauer Street 30, ☏ +49 6132 799801. 
• 3 Hotel Rheinkrone, Dammstraße 14, ☏ +49 6132 982110. 
• 4 Hotel Erholung, Binger Str. 92, ☏ +49 6132 714950. 
• 5 IBB Hotel, Binger Str. 76, ☏ +49 6132 44130. Modern hotel in centre of town. (updated Sep 2017)

Go next

• Bacharach (Middle Rhine Valley)
• Bad Kreuznach
• Bingen
• Gau-Algesheim
• Mainz
• Schwabenheim
• Wiesbaden
• Rüdesheim (Rheingau)