Meisenheim on the Glan

Meisenheim, which lies on the lower Glan, is often called the "Rothenburg of the Pfalz" or the "Rothenburg on the Glan" due to its medieval character and its late gothic castle church containing princely tombs. There are narrow lanes, and picturesque corners here as well as beautifully maintained rows of buildings dating from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. There is a Catholic church in the "Bauern-Baroque" style as well as the oldest half-timbered house in the Nahe area, the "Yellow House" (the former commandery of the Order of St. John, built in 1490). A church, first recorded in 1297, is supposed to have stood in Meisenheim even before the year 1000. The castle church of today was built toward the end of the 15th century. This was approximately the same time as the construction of the commandery of the Order of St. John.

Photo: Old town of Meisenheim — the Untertor as seen from the Glan bridge (left), and view from the market place to the Untergasse and the Untertor (right).