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).