Weinheimer Kapellenberg (Chapel Hill of Weinheim)

Neo-Gothic chapels and a church roof made from vines

A chapel on a mountain. That's how easy it is to explain some of the vineyard names. Is it not? It can be read that a chapel once stood on the mountain. Today, the chapel "Zum Heiligen Blut" - part of the neo-Gothic Villa Heiligenblut complex - can indeed be found on the edge of the single vineyard. However, it was only built in 1890. Built or planted even later: the "Weinkirche", a church made of vines. The romantic crenellated round tower was built in 1887 as a lookout tower and belongs - like the chapel - to the Hannemann winery. Worth experiencing and visiting at any time: the Weinheimer Trift, an archaeologically significant site. A wide variety of grape varieties grow here on loess and Rotliegend. 

> Information about the Chapel of the Holy Blood: https://www.regionalgeschichte.net/rheinhessen/weinheim/kulturdenkmaeler/kapelle-hl-blut.html 
> The chapel can be rented as a venue and place for civil weddings: https://www.weingut-heiligenblut.de/veranstaltungsort-kapelle.html 
> Info about the wine church and many more projects: https://www.pro-weinheim.com/ 
> Info about the lookout tower on the St. Blood Mountain: https://www.weindorfweinheim.com/aussichtsturm-auf-dem-hl-blutberg  
> Round trip Weinheimer Bucht with natural monument "Weinheimer Trift": https://www.rheinhessen.de/kuestenweg-rheinhessen-rundweg-weinheimer-bucht
> Rheinhessen blog: https://blog.rheinhessen.de/der-kustenweg-in-alzey-weinheim/

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