Assmannshausen - Municipal district of Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany

Assmannshausen is a town of about 1000 people (2018) in the Rheingau in Hesse, Germany, at the southern end of the Rhine Valley. The village is incorporated into the town of Rüdesheim.

Get in

By car

On the B42, 6 km north west of Rüdesheim

By train

Assmannshausen is served by the Rechte Rheinstrecke train line between Koblenz and Neuwied and Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. Trains are infrequent, with around one service per hour, but cheap towards Frankfurt/Wiesbaden/Mainz, as all towns lie in the RMV fare region.

By ferry

KD (dead link: March 2023) and BR boats cruising the Rhine also stop at Assmannshausen.

Ferry Rüdesheim – Bingen - You can also hop on a ferry across the river to Bingen and board there.

On foot

The Rheinsteig walking trail passes above and through Assmannshausen.

Get around

Assmannshausen is small enough to cover on foot.

See

• Red wine arbor (Rotweinlaube), 49.9946°, 7.8688°.

On the island in the Rhine

• Mouse Tower (Binger Mäuseturm). It is not open to the public.

On the other side of Assmannhausen

• Burg Rheinstein (Rheinstein Castle).

Do

• Chairlift Assmannshausen (Seilbahn Assmannshausen), Niederwaldstraße 34, 49.988394°, 7.868559°, +49 6722 2765. Chairlift ascends the Jagdschloss Niederwald where a 30-min hike leads to the Niederwalddenkmal above Rüdesheim.
• Hike part of the Rheinsteig

Events

• Rhine in Flames, Bingen. Month: early July. Trechtingshausen- Rüdesheim - Bingen

Buy

Wine

Eat

• Hotel Krone at the Rhine, Rheinuferstraße 10, 49.988741°, 7.864808°, +49 6722 4030.
• Zum Anker, Rheinuferstraße 7, 49.987535°, 7.865497°, +49 6722 497733.

Drink

Assmannshausen is the only spot in the Rheingau that grows red wine, and its Assmannshäuser Spätburgunder, a Burgundy-type Pinot Noir, is very well regarded.

Sleep

• Alte Bauernschänke, Niederwaldstraße 23, 49.988373°, 7.867616°, +49 6-72249990. Two old mansions converted into a hotel and run by a wine-growing family. Excellent food. About 500 m from the Rhine. €82-115
• Rheinhotel Lamm, Rheinuferstraße 6, 49.987456°, 7.865576°, +49 6722 90450. Three-star hotel on the Rhine, very close to train station. Modern, renovated rooms, friendly English-speaking staff. Note that only "Comfort" and above rooms actually have Rhine views, while the "Standard" rooms face the train line to the back and can be quite noisy; ask for a quiet room, and they'll bump you up if there's space. €70-90
• Jagdschloss Niederwald.
• Hotel Krone Assmannshausen. 450 years old.

Connect

Go next

• Rüdesheim
• Bingen
• Bacharach
• Kaub
• Loreley, the famous rock of Loreley near St. Goarshausen, an hour by ferry down the Rhine.
• St. Goar – look to the Loreley
• Eltville am Rhein – Kurfürstliche Burg, Kloster Eberbach
• Wiesbaden