Cruises from Nierstein
Nierstein lies on the Rhine between Mainz and Worms where the Flugelsbach empties into the Rhine. It is said to be built on a site on which a Roman settlement stood over 2,000 years ago. Surrounded by 2700 acres of vines, Nierstein is the largest wine-growing community on the Rhine and boasts Germany's oldest documented vineyard, Glock, surrounding St. Kilian's Church.
Read moreThe amateur palaeontologists Arnulf Stapf (father) and Harald Stapf (son) show in the Paläontologisches Museum Nierstein, which they themselves built up, rare footprints of insects, amphibians and reptiles from the Permian period, as well as fossils from throughout the world.
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