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More than 1,200 years have passed since Charlemagne commissioned the building of his imperial palace in Ingelheim at the end of the 8th century. It was a magnificent structure that represented his power and position in the empire. Then as now, it shapes the face of the red wine city. If Charlemagne were to stand in his imperial palace today, he would be amazed. Elaborate excavations and reconstructions show the imposing dimensions of his palace.
The monument area of the Imperial Palace is freely accessible at all times, as the individual monuments are located in a residential area. However, some presentation areas can only be viewed in their entirety during the following opening hours.
Opening hours of the Imperial Palace monuments and museum at the Imperial Palace :
April – October :
Tuesday - Thursday - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m
Fri - Sun & public holidays - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m
November – March :
Tue - Sun & public holidays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m
The grounds of the Imperial Palace monuments can also be visited on Mondays (Apr-Oct until 5 p.m., Nov-Mar until 4 p.m.). The museum at the Kaiserpfalz, the hall church and the theme house in the Heidesheimer Tor monument area are closed on Mondays. The hall church is open on Sundays from 11.30 a.m. From November to March you need a key to visit the hall church, which you can obtain from the museum at the Imperial Palace. There you will also receive the key to visit the Jewish cemetery all year round.
The museum at the Imperial Palace is closed annually from December 23rd to January 5th.
Most of the presentation areas in the Kaiserpfalz area are barrier-free.
The Kaiserpfalz app is available free of charge from Google Play and the AppStore (find it under the keyword “Kaiserpfalz Ingelheim”). The app supplements the signage and accompanying booklet with a digital guide through the imperial palace area, which provides audio texts and picture galleries, among other things. This means that the Imperial Palace can also be experienced digitally anywhere and at any time.
The eGuide Kaiserpfalz Ingelheim accompanies you and provides information about the former and current appearance of the Palatinate and its buildings, about historical background, about the archaeological excavations and the current research results on site.
The eGuide provides audio texts and picture galleries for each of the 19 monument stations in the Palatinate region. Films and interactive crossfade pages are also stored at many points. You can choose how deep you want to delve into the history of the Imperial Palace.
The system runs on smartphones and can be borrowed from the museum at the Imperial Palace for a fee of €2.00 per day.
The digital reconstruction of the imperial palace makes it possible to experience the dimensions and the magnificent design of the palace buildings in a photo-realistic way. The reconstruction is based on the results of archaeological research obtained on site and on historical comparisons with other palace and secular buildings. It shows what the imperial palace might have looked like at the time of the Carolingians around the year 800.
Virtual tours, interesting films on archaeology at the church of St. Remigius and digital short tours can be found here
Contact for the archaeological excavations is the:
Imperial Palace Research Centre
Mainzer Street 68
55218 Ingelheim on the Rhine
Telephone 06132/782-392
kaiserpfalz@ingelheim.de
www.kaiserpfalz-ingelheim.de
Tourist-Information im Winzerkeller
Binger Straße 16
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Tel: (0049) 6132 710 009 200Tourist-Information im Winzerkeller
Binger Straße 16
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein
Tel: (0049) 6132 710 009 200
