Bingen

Bingen
/bing"euhn/, n.
a town in W Germany, on the Rhine River: whirlpool; tourist center. 24,500.

* * *

in full  Bingen am Rhein 

      city, Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), southwestern Germany. Bingen is a port at the confluence of the Rhine and Nahe rivers, near the whirlpool known as Binger Loch. It originated as the Roman fortress of Bingium and later became an imperial free city, joining the Hanseatic League in 1254. The archbishop-electors of Mainz held the town from 1281 until it fell to Hessen in 1803, after the secularization of the electorate. The Nahe bridge and Klopp Castle (destroyed 1689, restored 1854) are built on Roman foundations, and the local museum has a display of Roman surgical instruments. Other historic buildings are St. Martin's Church (1403), St. Rochus Chapel (built in thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague of 1666), and the well-known Mäuseturm (Mouse Tower), which is on a rock in the Rhine. In the Mäuseturm, according to Saxon legend, Archbishop Hatto I of Mainz was gnawed to death by mice in 913 for wrongdoing. Now a rail junction and tourist destination, Bingen is also an old established centre of the wine trade. Pop. (2005) 24,739.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bingen — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bingen am Rhein Escudo …   Wikipedia Español

  • BINGEN — BINGEN, town in Rhenish Hesse, Germany. benjamin of tudela (mid 12th century) heard of a community there. The Christian burghers attacked the small Jewish quarter on the Jewish New Year s Day of 1198 or 1199, and its inhabitants were then driven… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Bingen — may refer to:* Bingen am Rhein, Germany * Bingen, Baden Württemberg, Germany * Bingen, Washington, United States …   Wikipedia

  • Bingen — Bingen, WA U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 672 Housing Units (2000): 327 Land area (2000): 0.650895 sq. miles (1.685810 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.083775 sq. miles (0.216975 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.734670 sq. miles (1.902785 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bingen, WA — U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 672 Housing Units (2000): 327 Land area (2000): 0.650895 sq. miles (1.685810 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.083775 sq. miles (0.216975 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.734670 sq. miles (1.902785 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bingen [1] — Bingen, 1) Kreis der großherzoglich hessischen Provinz Rheinhessen, 50,000 Ew.; 2) Stadt u. Hauptort daselbst, in einer romantischen Gegend am Einflusse der Nahe in den Rhein, hat eine Tabacksfabrik, Gerbereien, Weinbau, Handel u. Schifffahrt… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bingen — Originaire de Bingen, nom de deux villes d Allemagne et sans doute d autres lieux dits. Le toponyme a le sens de terrain marécageux …   Noms de famille

  • Bingen [2] — Bingen, silberne Scheidemünze, um 1551 in Metz geprägt; 320 = 1 Mark; 1565 wieder abgeschafft. Vgl. Blanke …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bingen — Bingen, Kreisstadt in der hess. Provinz Rheinhessen, in reizender Lage, 80 m ü. M., links am Rhein, an der Mündung der Nahe, über welche die alte sogen. Drususbrücke und eine Eisenbahnbrücke führen, Knotenpunkt der Staatsbahnlinien Mainz Koblenz… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Bingen — Bingen, Kreisstadt in der hess. Prov. Rheinhessen, am Einfluß der Nahe (Drususbrücke nach Bingerbrück) in den Rhein [Tafel: Kartographie I, 3], (1900) 9600 E., Amtsgericht, Handelskammer; Weinbau (Scharlachberger). Über B. die Burg Klopp; östl.… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Bingen [1] — Bingen, Stadt im Großherzogthum Hessen, in ausgezeichnet schöner Lage am Einfluß der Nahe in den Rhein, mit 6500 E., lebhafter Schiffahrt, Handel und starkem Fabrikbetrieb in Leder. Flanell und Tabak. Die Umgegend liefert ausgezeichnete Weine,… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”