HILDEGARDEN AT THE MUSEUM AM STROMHildegard of Bingen –Botany

In addition to the Hildegard of Bingen exhibition in the neighbouring Museum am Strom, the garden contains a large variety of plants that Hildegard descri-bed in her work on natural history („Physica“). In this significant compi-lation, the Benedictine nun described almost 300 herbs, bushes and trees and their (healing) effect on humans. Unfortunately, this work was only handed down in late medieval tran-scriptions, so the sense of the „original text“ of Hildegard of Bingen is lost. As opposed to many popular writings about the so called „Hildegard Medi-cine“, which simply overlook this problem, the Hildegarden deals with this issue. The „Source Fountain (Quellenbrunnen)“ at the entrance shows the original tradition of „Physica“ in an artistic way.

Opening Hours:Daily, 10 am – 5 pm

CATHOLIC ST. ROCHUS CHAPEL Hildegard of Bingen –Religious Rediscovery in the 19th Century

Built in the year of the plague in 1666, the Rochus Chapel is still a significant place of pilgrimage in the world heritage area. In the 19th century, the chapel was em-bellished with altars and paintings of the monastery church in Eibingen. Two Hildegard relics can still be found in the chapel altar today.

Opening Hours:The chapel is only open for services.

Address:Rochusberg 155411 Bingen am RheinGermany

HILDEGARD MEMORIAL CHURCH ST. RUPERT AND ST. HILDEGARD

Close to the former monastery of St. Hildegard on the Rupertsberg, there is the Catholic parish church Bingerbrück, the Hildegard Memorial Church today.This church was built at the end of the 19th century and dedicated to Saint Hildegard and Saint Rupert. In the church you can find a small reliquary casket with relics of Saint Hildegard and Saint Rupert. The windows in the transept of the church represent the life and work of Saint Hildegard.

Opening Hours:The church is only open for services.

Address:Gutenbergstrasse 155411 Bingen am RheinGermany

HILDEGARD FORUM OF THE SISTERS OF THE CROSSHildegard of Bingen –Her Spiritual Message for Today

The Hildegard Forum is a place that is completely committed to conveying the messages of Hildegard of Bingen. In its architecture, the Forum is similar to the „wheel of the world“ (Welten-rad) as Hildegard visualised the Earth. The Forum is an ideal place for celebra-tion, meditation, playing, information and enjoyment.

Daily lunch buffet is provided.

Address:Hildegard-Forum der KreuzschwesternRochusberg 155411 Bingen am RheinGermanywww.hildegard-forum.de

MONASTERY RUINS AT DISIBODENBERG Hildegard of Bingen –Life in the Hermitage

At 14 years old, Hildegard of Bingen moved into the nun‘s convent in the monastery at Disibodenberg where she received her education and in 1141, started to write her first theo-logical work „Scivias – Know the Ways of the Lord“. The ruins are locat-ed in charming surroundings between the rivers Glan and Nahe. They can be found at the top of the hill, embedded into the romantic park created by the famous garden and landscape archi-tect Johann Metzger of Heidelberg in the middle of the 19th century. On a tour through the monastery ruins its dimensions can still be easily seen.

Opening Hours:(April – October): daily, 9 am – 6 pmSa. and Su.:11 am – 5 pm(November – March): daily, 10 am – 5 pmNot accessible for wheelchairs

Address:Disibodenberger Hof 355571 Odernheim a. GlanGermanywww.disibodenberg.dewww.bad-sobernheim.de

MUSEUM AM STROM – BINGENHildegard of Bingen –Life and Works The museum‘s large Hildegard exhibi-tion conveys a clear picture of the great Abbess. In fascinating models, the historical monasteries take shape again while impressive art works, pre-cious originals (e.g. the first print of „Physica“ of 1553) and elaborate graphics make her life and works vivid. Audio equipment introduces the musi-cal works and large-scale technical in-stallations also bring Hildegard‘s world of visions vividly to life.

Opening Hours:Tue. – Su.: 10 am – 5 pm

Address:Museumstrasse 355411 Bingen am RheinGermanywww.bingen.de

HILDEGARD PLACES OF INTEREST RUPERTSBERGHildegard of Bingen –Origin of her Work

Hildegard of Bingen left her monastery on the Disibodenberg between 1147 and 1151 and founded her own monas-tery on the Rupertsberg close by. Un-fortunately, it has not been preserved and the few monastery ruins, five ar-cades of the monastery church, were integrated into a new building. A tour is only possible when booked in advance and only under guidance.

Information:Tourist-Information BingenRheinkai 2155411 Bingen am RheinGermanyTel.: +49 67 21/18 42 05www.bingen.de

ABBEY ST. HILDEGARD –EIBINGENHildegard of Bingen –Subsequent Monastery

Hildegard of Bingen founded her second monastery in Eibingen near Rüdesheim. Today, 55 Benedictine nuns live behind the colossal walls of the Abbey St. Hilde-gard newly founded around 1900.

The Abbey St. Hildegard, according to church law, is the subsequent monastery of Rupertsberg and Eibingen, founded by St. Hildegard in 1148 and 1165, respec-tively. Worth seeing in the Neo-Roman-esque monastery grounds is the flam-boyant monastery church painted between 1907 and 1913.

Opening Hours:The church is open to the public every day between 5 am and 8.15 pm, unfor-tunately with no access for wheelchairsThe abbey shop is open on Mo.–Sa. from 9.30 am – 11.45 am and from 2 pm – 5 pm

Address:Abtei St. HildegardKlosterweg 165385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germanywww.abtei-st-hildegard.de

CATHOLIC PARISH CHURCH ST. HILDEGARD WITH HILDEGARD SHRINEHildegard of Bingen – Her Last Resting PlaceOn the foundations of the former monas-tery, founded by Hildegard of Bingen in 1165, the parish and pilgrimage church St. Hildegard can be found. After a fire in 1932, it was rebuilt and finished in 1935, taking former stylistic features into con-sideration. Here is where the mortal re-mains of Saint Hildegard of Bingen are laid to rest in the Hildegardis Shrine.

Opening Hours:Daily 8.30 am – 5 pm (6 pm in summer)

Address:Marienthaler Str. 365385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germanywww.eibingen.de/pfarrei

KAISERPFALZ (IMPERIAL PALACE) INGELHEIMHildegard of Bingen – Admonisher and Political AdvisorIn 1163, Hildegard of Bingen visited Fred-erick the First Barbarossa in the Imperial Palace at Ingelheim. She was considered the long-time confidant of the emperor but was also a harsh critic of some of his political policies. On a tour of 18 places, all historically relevant archaeological points of interest in the palace grounds can be discovered. Information about the history of the palace and its construction can be obtained in the visitors centre and museum near the Imperial Palace.

Opening Hours:Monument area of the Imperial Palace is open to the public at all timesVisitors centre:10 am – 5 pm (1 April – 31 October)10 am – 4 pm (1 November – 31 March)

Address:François-Lachenal-Platz 555218 Ingelheim, Germanywww.kaiserpfalz-ingelheim.de

Additional information:Museum am StromMuseumstrasse 355411 BingenGermanyTel.: +49 67 21/ 99 15 31Facs.: +49 67 21/ 99 15 31kulturbuero@bingen.de · www.bingen.de

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THE LAND OF HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

About 900 years after she was born, Hildegard of Bingen, the Abbess of the monasteries Rupertsberg and Eibingen, prophet, theologian, advisor, healer and composer was more known than ever. Despite the many centuries between us and her, the worship of this extra-ordinary and charismatic woman has long since reached far beyond Germany and Europe.

There are three historical sites that are especially related to the long and eventful life of Hildegard of Bingen. These are the monastery Disiboden-berg, where Hildegard lived and stud-ied in the nun‘s convent from her ear-ly youth; the monastery Rupertsberg which was founded by her and is located near Bingen, the town she owes her epithet to and where she wrote the biggest part of her work and finally, the affiliated monastery Eibingen above Rüdesheim she took over in 1165 in her role as Abbess.With other places like Kirchheim-Bolanden, the monastery Eberbach or Trier, Hildegard maintained contact through her numerous letters and on her journeys she was able to visit buildings like the Mainz Cathedral or the Imperial Palace at Ingelheim that are still open to visit and experience. Places of her worship show that even after her death in 1179 Hildegard‘s effect on people is still present.

The Rochus Chapel in Bingen and parish church of Eibingen are only two examples of this phenomenon.For anyone who wants to know more about the life and works of the fa-mous Abbess, information can be found in the Museum am Strom in Bingen. All these places together comprise the „Land der Hildegard“. Here it is possible to follow the traces of one of the most significant women of the Middle Ages and to discover her, away from the modern, sometimes unprofessional, marketing of her name – in the middle of the cultural landscape between the rivers Rhine and Nahe that substantially shaped Hildegard of Bingen and her works.

In this „Land der Hildegard“ culture and history can be animated in an illustrative way. This is why the State Government consciously supports the realization of the project to interconnect this cultural heritage and so bring it to life.

Yours,

Doris AhnenMinister for Education, Science, Youth and

Cultural Affairs

DISIBODENBERG: YEARS OF STUDY AND

BEGINNINGS

At 14 years old, Hildegard was locked away as a consecrated virgin, along with her tutor Jutta von Sponheim, in the nun‘s convent in the monastery at Disibodenberg. After Jutta‘s death in 1136, Hildegard became her successor as head of a small women‘s communi-ty. A short time later, in 1141, she ex-perienced a vision she had been having since early childhood. This encouraged her to start her prophetic mission: „Say and write down what you see and hear“. Confiding in a monk was the ca-talyst for a chain reaction which resul-ted in the agreement in 1147 of firstly, her Abbot, then the Archbishop of Mainz and finally, the Pope for her new role as a prophet. This was the opening for her first work, „Scivias – Know the Ways of the Lord“.

RUPERTSBERG: HER OWN MONASTERY

The reputation of Hildegard as a prophet spread rapidly and she was valued as an advisor and admonisher of people of all classes. This is how Hildegard‘s dream of a central place of work must have lead her, in around 1150, to found her own monastery on the Rupertsberg where the river Nahe joins the river Rhine opposite Bingen.The new start was not easy, but Hildegard‘s contacts and her reputation helped the monastery to flourish quickly. Even Emperor Frederick the First Barbarossa was impressed by her charismatic personality and granted a charter of imperial protection for the monastery in 1163. In 1165, Hildegard also took over the monastery Eibingen in the Rheingau region. Regardless of her advanced old age, she constantly travelled across the river Rhine in order to attend to her duties as Abbess.

INFLUENCE AND WORKS

The extensive literary and musical works of Hildegard of Bingen originate from 1141 up to her death. These works are unique and profound and their like was not seen elsewhere in the Middle Ages. They comprise 3 visi-onary writings, one on natural history and medicine, more than 70 songs and more than 300 letters as well as biogra-phies of St. Rupert and St. Disibod.

Her preaching journeys give evidence that Hildegard was a woman who did not fear new challenges. These journeys were legitimised by her self-conception as a prophet ordered from above who preached to the people to live a life pleasing to God.In 1179, Hildegard saw her mission on Earth as accomplished: „At the age of 82, after a time of struggling with her illness, she finally was on a joyful journey home to her heavenly groom on 17 September.“

H I L D E G A R D O F B I N G E N

Hildegard places of interestMore details on the Hildegard places of interest in the „Land der Hildegard“ can be found on the webpage www.land-der-hildegard.de. www.land-der-hildegard.de