page_title: Bingen am Rhein
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bingen am Rhein / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dies ist ein Scan des historischen Dokuments: Titel: Bingen - Auszug aus der Topographia Hassiae Sprache: Deutsch English: This is a scan of the historical document: Title: Bingen - Topographia Hassiae language: german
context_page_description: Bingen am Rhein is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", a description of the shoal behind the Mäuseturm, known as the Binger Loch. Bingen was the starting point for the Via Ausonia, a Roman military road that linked the town with Trier. Bingen is well known for, among other things, the story about the Mouse Tower, in which allegedly the Bishop of Mainz Hatto was eaten by mice. It was also the birthplace of Saint Hildegard von Bingen, an important polymath, abbess, mystic and musician, one of the most influential medieval composers and one of the earliest Western composers whose music is widely preserved and performed. Bingen am Rhein was also the birthplace of the celebrated poet Stefan George, along with many other influential figures.
caption: Bingen – excerpt from Topographia Hassiae from Matthäus Merian the Younger, 1655
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