The best running trails around Mühlheim am Main

The Rumpenheim Palace Park in the Offenbach district of Rumpenheim is a historically and botanically significant park area of around eleven hectares directly on the banks of the Main River. Its origins date back to the late 18th century, when the adjacent Rumpenheim Palace was expanded into the residence of the House of Hesse-Kassel. Originally laid out as a French Baroque garden, Landgrave Frederick III of Hesse-Kassel had the area redesigned from 1788 onwards into an English landscape garden, which to this day is characterized by winding paths, wide vistas, and seemingly natural landscapes. In the course of the 19th century, the park developed into a glamorous meeting place for European high nobility, as the Hessian landgravial family was closely related to the royal houses of Denmark, Great Britain, and Russia – prominent guests such as the Danish King Christian IX or the Russian tsarist family regularly strolled through the avenues. Among the botanical đặc điểm of the park are the partly centuries-old solitary trees, including majestic plane trees, copper beeches, ginkgos, and rare tulip trees. After the destruction of World War II and a period of decay in the post-war period, the park has been elaborately reconstructed in recent decades based on historical models. Today, the freely accessible palace park, together with the palace, the Protestant palace church, and the historic stable, forms a harmonious overall ensemble that serves both as a valuable cultural monument and as a popular local recreation area for walkers.

The Protestant Castle Church of Rumpenheim is a historically significant church building, a listed monument, picturesquely nestled in the castle park of the Offenbach district of Rumpenheim. Although it is located in the middle of the stately, princely park, it has always served as the regular village church for the Rumpenheim population. The Baroque hall church was built and consecrated between 1756 and 1761 as a replacement for a medieval predecessor building, which had been plundered and burned down by troops during the Thirty Years' War. Its external appearance of unplastered, red sandstone is particularly striking, making the sacred building visually stand out from the neighboring, brightly white Rumpenheim Castle. Contrary to the assumption that the stately house had endowed the church, the new building was financed by the Rumpenheim citizens themselves through considerable persistence and their own financial sacrifices. The bright interior reflects the simplicity of the Reformed tradition, as the design is largely unadorned, with the focus entirely on the Word of God and the central pulpit altar with slight Rococo elements. Nevertheless, the noble history is present inside: below the gentlemen's gallery are princely boxes built in a classical style for the princely family of Hesse-Kassel. A special historical showpiece is the organ, which was a gift from Duke Adolf of Nassau in 1852 and was elaborately restored a few years ago. The stately surroundings of the church are completed in the exterior area by the mausoleum directly opposite, which is now empty, and the princely burial site on the south side, where the mortal remains of 17 members of the House of Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim found their final resting place.

The spire of the Protestant church in Dörnigheim is very striking.

In the summer, it's very busy here. Children play by the water. Adults relax on the meadow, great.

It is a popular meeting point in the Rumpenheim Castle Park.

Old winch of the ferry

Worth seeing

In earlier times, there was often a "Landwehr" at the borders of territories. A fee/toll was levied here upon crossing.