The best running trails around Hahnheim

ViaNatura is the name of a 9.9 km long hiking trail through the heart of Rheinhessen. It crosses the Hahnheim district and, in sections, follows the course of the Selz River. The Selz is a tributary of the Rhine and meanders for 61 km through Rheinhessen before finally flowing into the Rhine near Ingelheim. The hiking trail is particularly distinguished by its wild and romantic views, such as the diverse biotopes (nature reserves) with their countless, and in some cases very rare and protected, animal and plant species.

A piece of street art, which had been hanging in the "Zum Selzer Frosch" inn since the 1960s, can be found on a wall in Selzen. The image, in the historical context of the Thirty Years' War, depicts the town of Selzen along with seven of its neighboring communities. Selzen appears here as a frog, since the town's inhabitants are jokingly called frogs. The neighbors are portrayed with corresponding attributes, alluding to their nicknames: the Mommenheimers are called "Bollkuche" (a type of cake), the Köngernheimers "Staaklobber" (a type of squatter), the Hahnheimers "Bloomäuler" (a type of flower), the Schwabsburgers "Rotärsch" (a type of red-assed), the Friesenheimers "Kuckucke" (cuckoos) (although they are often also associated with the nicknames "Loko" and "Krakauer"), the Undenheimers "Windbeidel" (a type of windbag), and the Zornheimers "Knorrköbb" (a type of squatter).

Information panel for the ViaNatura circular hiking trail

In Selzen stands a replica of a Roman gravestone. The work by Nackenheim sculptor Rainer Knußmann is located in a square at the corner of Gaustraße and Kirschgartenstraße and was donated by three Selzen residents: Volker, his wife Annemarie, and his sister Helga Schätzel, who collected donations for it. The replica was unveiled on September 11, 2005.[1] The original gravestone is now in the State Museum of Mainz. It was discovered in 1935 during the regulation of the Selz River, west of the bridge at the Hahnheim-Selzen train station, along with other gravestones. Wagon marks on some of the stones suggest that they were reused to create a ford across the river. The stones are dated to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Source: https://www.roemer-in-rheinhessen.de/selzen/

A street art piece is being created on a wall in Selzen, reviving a mural that had hung in the "Zum Selzer Frosch" pub since the 1960s. After a year of planning and organization: The iconic and culturally significant mural from the "Zum Selzer Frosch" pub was recreated as street art on June 9, 2020, on Bürgermeister-Siegel-Straße. The year of preparation involved obtaining a suitable color photograph, researching the historical background, securing necessary permits, gaining supporters for the project, and finding an artist to execute the work. http://www.selzen.de/wandbild-2020.html

Beautiful Selz biotope for waterfowl.

A church in Köngernheim was first mentioned in 1299 with the patronage of "Resurrection of Christ". It has a St. Nicholas altar. This church, with its alterations, was used as a simultaneous church from the end of the 17th century until 1932. On July 17, 1932, the new "Christ the King" church was inaugurated. However, the construction work, which cost 65,502.14 Reichsmarks, was not completed until April 25, 1933. The organ was not bought from the Harheim parish until 1970. It is a 9-register pneumatic organ built in 1951 by the organ building company Gehardt & Söhne, Boppard. It was restored in 2000 and the registers were expanded to the original size so that organ works from the Romantic period could now also be played. The chancel was redesigned in 1972/73 with a large, simple limestone altar. In 2000, Rainer Knußmann made the ambo from the same material, which takes up the ornamentation of the altar. The wooden choir cross and the bronze tabernacle in the church wall also refer to the altar in terms of ornamentation. Source: https://bistummainz.de/pfarrei/friesenheim-undenheim-weinolsheim/wir/Unsere-Kirchen/Christkoenig-Koengernheim/

The Catholic Christ the King Church in Köngernheim was built in 1932/33. Before that, the (current) Protestant church at the other end of Köngernheim was used as a shared church.