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Right Red sandstone Katharinenkirche,
Oppenheim Far right Old city walls in
the town of Worms Below Outdoor cafés
in front of the Kaiserdom, Speyer

WHERE TO STAY
OPPENHEIM
Hotel Merian moderate
A 17th­cen tury house has been
transformed into this stylish hotel
in the centre of town, with 11 double
rooms and one single room.
Wormserstrasse 2, 55276; 06133 50
00 10; www.merianhotel.de s Oppenheim
Hotel Zwo moderate
The 13 modern, stylish rooms in this Rhineland-Palatinate; 55276
boutique hotel have well­equipped A ruined castle and a magnificent Gothic church are powerful
bathrooms and wireless Internet. reminders of Oppenheim’s medieval heyday. Raised to the status
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 84, 55276; of a Free City of the Holy Roman Empire in 1225, it lost its indepen­
06133 94 94 20; www.hotelzwo-
oppenheim.de dence in the following century and was levelled by French troops
during the War of the Palatine Succession (1688–97). This wine­
SPEYER
Domhof moderate growing village, on a pretty, sunny site overlooking the Rhine,
This ivy­clad hotel is very close to also has an intriguing underground labyrinth to explore.
Speyer’s cathedral, with 49 single and
double rooms furnished in conser vative A one-hour walking tour
style. It also has its own microbrewery. the Michaelskapelle 3, a 13th­
Bauhof 3, 67346; 06232 132 90; Park at the Zentralparkplatz, cen tury Gothic chapel. In the
www.domhof.de on the western edge of the basement is the maca bre
Altstadt, before Beinhaus (ossuary), where
0 metres 150 head ing uphill the bones of 20,000 citizens
along Gaustrasse of Oppenheim who died
0 yards 150 Burgrestaurant and Burgstrasse. between 1400 and 1750
Landskrone
Ruprechtsturm At the top of Winery sign, lie neatly stacked. Further
Burgstrasse ascend Oppenheim along the north wall is the
the Schlangenweg Lapidarium, with gargoyles
Landskron path to reach Landskron 1, and Gothic carvings. Continue around
Geschlechter-
brunnen a ruined imperial castle. At the outside of the Katharinenkirche 4
Michaelskapelle the far end of the castle, (open daily), a Protestant parish church,
ZUCKERBERG D A LBERG E R S T R A S S E S T E C K E N G A S S E MAINZERSTRASSE metal steps lead into a to enter on the south side. Construc­
vineyard. Take the path
tion began in 1225 in the Romanesque
BURGSTRASSE Katharinenkirche SC H U L S TRASSE through it, beyond the style, but most of what exists today is
Gothic, including the 14th­century
gate in the town wall at
KATHARINENSTR
Oppenheimer
Stadtmuseum MERIANSTR the far end. Cross the road Rose of Oppenheim win dow. From
the south side of the church yard, go
to the Landskronhalle.
SCHLOSSG BACKG Marktplatz The Burgrestaurant down the steps to Merian strasse to
BÄDERGASSE BÄDERGASSE
K R ÄMERSTRASSE KLOSTERG PFAUGASSE Landskrone here is a good the Oppenheimer Stadtmuseum 5
ZENTRALPARK- WORMSERSTR place for a snack. Follow (open daily), with displays on local his­
PLATZ the road down hill to the tory, and the tourist information office
Ruprechtsturm 2, a mock­
(www.stadt-oppenheim.de), which
R AT H O F S TRASSE K I R C H S T R A S S E H ASENBRUNNENG medieval folly built in 1903
on the site of a medie val
Rathofkapelle ROHRGASSE tower destroyed during
W OR M SERST R A SSE the French occu pa tion.
Con tinue downhill to
RATHOFSTR
Renaissance well dating
Deutsches CARL-KOCHSTR FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STRASSE Geschlechterbrunnen, a
Weinbaumuseum from 1546, and the arched
AM STADTGR A B E N
beyond it. Go through
G A R T E N S T R A S S E entrance to the church yard
this, turning right to reach
Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150
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