Details About Bingen

Bingen stands for variety: a modern town at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Nahe. Its history can be traced back to the Romans. Down the ages it has always been a centre of wine trade, and thus displays a unique metropolitan character blended with joie de vivre. Bingen is surrounded by a varied landscape, known for its natural beauty, its castles and other places of interest. Bingen is easily reachable by car, by rail (Inter-City Express / Inter-City / Interregio [regional] trains), by air (Rhein-Main and Rhein-Mosel airports), and by inland shipping.Remnants of the stone age show that the region was populated in the very early days. The strategic position at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Nahe made the town attractive to warriors, merchants and the mighty, who tried again and again to conquer the town. During the last thousand years, Bingen has been destroyed eight times in the course of wars and military conflicts, an the town has changed hands many times in history.