Rheingau Monastery Trail

The RHEINGAUER KLOSTERSTEIG leads from Kloster Eberbach through four rest points and the monasteries Johannisberg (now castle), Marienthal, Nothgottes, and St. Hildegard in Eibingen to the Marienkirche in Rüdesheim-Aulhausen. The hike can be wonderfully interrupted in Johannisberg. Here you will find accommodation options or can reach Geisenheim station by bus/taxi.

You will walk from monastery to monastery; rest points along the way invite you to pause. Suggestions for this can be found in a pilgrim booklet and at the rest points themselves. The stamps you receive at the monastery stations will identify you as a “true pilgrim.”

Note: You can access the Marienkirche via the phone number +49 (0)6723 60272-32. The key is in a key box located on the rear exterior wall of the church. Please put the key back in the key box after your visit. Thank you!

Parking options in Eberbach: Parking lot at the monastery (fee required) and Eichberg grounds

Parking options in Aulhausen: Around St. Vincenzstift

Buses run from Eltville station via Kiedrich to the starting point in Eberbach. (Line 172)

From the end point at Marienkirche, a path (3.1 km) leads to Assmannshausen station.

How to get back to Eberbach from Marienhausen Monastery (end point), Aulhausen:

From Aulhausen, a footpath is signposted to Assmannshausen railroad station (3.1 km, 45 min). RTV operates a call bus service Aulhausen - Assmannshausen (www.r-t-v.de; 06124 7265913). The on-call bus must be booked at least an hour in advance. The Rheingau line (www.vias-online.de) runs from Assmannshausen station to Eltville every hour. From there, there is an hourly bus to Kloster Eberbach. We recommend parking your car in Eltville and taking the bus to Eberbach. This makes it easier to return to the car.

You can order the flyer and pilgrim pass free of charge here.

Rheingau-Taunus Kultur and Tourismus GmbH

Tel.: 06723-60272-0
info@rheingau.com

www.rheingauer-klostersteig.de

characteristics

medium

8:30 h

29,6 km

808.53 m

808.78 m

to the Tourenplaner

WIESBADEN RHEINGAU · : Maren Gutberlet

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Rheingauer Klostersteig access route Aulhausen-Assmannshausen

easy

From the monastery church on the grounds of St. Vincenzstift, a path leads through the Assmannshausen vineyards down to the nearest Rheingau line station. From Assmannshausen there is an hourly connection to Frankfurt (via Eltville am Rhein) or Koblenz.

3,3 km

0:55 Std

Eberbach Monastery

Eberbach Monastery, founded in 1136 by Bernhard von Clairvaux, still exists today as a completely preserved ensemble of outstanding Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque buildings.

Eltville am Rhein

St. Mary's Church

On the edge of the large complex of St. Vicenz's Monastery lies St. Mary's Church as part of the old monastery complex, which was consecrated in 1219.

Rüdesheim-Aulhausen

Former monastery of Nothgottes

The pilgrimage church was built in 1390 by the Knights Brömser of Rüdesheim, and the monastery buildings date back to 1622. The image of grace of the church can now be found in the parish church of St. James in Rüdesheim.

Rüdesheim am Rhein

Basilika Schloss Johannisberg

Former Benedictine monastery Johannisberg The interior of the basilica appears very sober. There are hardly any sculptures and pictures. Nevertheless, it attracts every visitor in a certain way and makes him walk through the church interior. It gives space for thoughts. Nothing distracts. Historically, one stands here on the "Bischofsberg", because this part of the Rheingau was given to the archbishops of Mainz under Emperor Otto II in the 10th century. It was a Mainz archbishop who had a community of monks settled here around 1100 by the Abbey of St. Alban in Mainz. A little later the Benedictine monks formed an independent monastery. At this time the basilica was also built and dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

Geisenheim-Johannisberg