Rüsselsheim Travel Guide
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Rüsselsheim Overview
Since 1961 Rüsselsheim participates in a programme of international town partnership. A regular exchange of culture and sports takes place between the four partner towns. Among other things, there are regular competitions between the four towns: Évreux, Rugby, Varkaus, and Kecskemét.
The car manufacturer Opel is in an ideal transportation location with many motorway connections and direct train connections to Mainz (Mainz vacation rentals | Mainz travel guide), Frankfurt (Frankfurt vacation rentals | Frankfurt travel guide) am Main, Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden vacation rentals | Wiesbaden travel guide) and Darmstadt (Darmstadt vacation rentals | Darmstadt travel guide). It has resulted in the establishment of many businesses and the attraction of many commuters in Rüsselsheim.
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Things to See in Rüsselsheim
The Rüsselsheim Theatre provides 865 seats in stalls and tiers. The theatre’s programming consists of plays, concerts, operas, operettas, musicals, ballets and dancing.
The Rüsselsheim Museum, which was designated in 1980 with the Council of Europe’s museum award as a "Model Museum," focuses in particular on the development of labor procedures and labor conditions from prehistory to the present.
The Fachhochschule Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden vacation rentals | Wiesbaden travel guide) is an advanced technical college which has a branch in the town of Rüsselsheim.
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Maps and Driving Directions to Rüsselsheim
The A 60 running from Bingen intersects Rüsselsheim along with the A 67.
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Related Sites
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- Homepage of Rüsselsheim: Rüsselsheim (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Rüsselsheim
More about the History of Rüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim emerged from a settlement of the Count of Katzenelnbogen. The name of the town evolved over the course of time evolving from Rucile(n)sheim to its current form. In the year 1435 the high noble Count John IV of Katzenelnbogen was first to cultivate Riesling in Rüsselsheim. His administrator bought new vines for 22 Schilling documented in the annual reports. in the following years Riesling showed up down the river Rhine and up the River Mosel. Rüsselsheim’s comeback in the history of wine took place in 18th. and 19th. century, when famous wine-growing estates in the Rheingau recultivated their vineyards with vines of the Rüsselsheim and Flörsheim Area (Allendorf, Rheingauer Weinbauverband EV 1980).
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