See­heim-Jugenheim

From alche­mists to sum­mer retre­ats

Get to know the sights of See­heim from the Luft­hansa con­fe­rence hotel. See­heim is home to the most beau­tiful Renais­sance town hall in sou­thern Ger­many with an above-​average pre­ser­ved half-​timbered buil­ding. Find out who once lived in the villa dis­trict at the turn of the 19th/​20th cen­tury and crea­ted Eng­lish land­scape parks, e.g. Worms entre­pre­neur and lea­ther manu­fac­tu­rer Max von Heyl and the Gold­schmidt family from Essen. Take a walk where alche­mists once pro­mi­sed wealth and eter­nal health and where peo­ple liked to spend their sum­mer holi­days. It was not only the grand ducal family from Darm­stadt who spent their holi­days at the court camp, known as the castle. 

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Alsbach-Hähn­lein

On the trail of Benno Elkan

The Jewish sculp­tor, who crea­ted the Knes­set Meno­rah in Jeru­sa­lem, for exam­ple, lived with his family in Als­bach from 1911-​1919. He spent some rela­xing and crea­tive years here at the foot of Als­bach Castle. Find out how family life was orga­nised here at the time and how the Elkans inte­gra­ted them­sel­ves into the vil­lage com­mu­nity. You will also dis­co­ver which works of art were crea­ted here, such as medals, sculp­tures and docu­ments.

The tour takes place in Als­bach on foot and with an exten­sion at the Alsbach-​Hähnlein Museum in Hähn­lein by bus or pri­vate car.

Only boo­ka­ble as an exclu­sive indi­vi­dual tour for indi­vi­du­als or groups.

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