Assmannshausen is, since its incorporation in 1977, a quarter of

Rüdesheim am Rhein Rüdesheim am Rhein is a German winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in this region. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt, Hessen. Know ...

in the

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, located on the

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in the state of

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, Germany. The village has a

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spring, spa and a Kurhaus, and is famed for its

red wine Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-colored grape varieties - (red grapes.) The color of the wine can range from intense violet, typical of young wines, through to brick red for mature wines and brown for older red wines. The juice fro ...

(Assmannshäuser) made from

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(''German:'' Spätburgunder), which resembles red

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. The ''Hessische Staatsweingüter Kloster Eberbach'' are running their VDP red wine estate (Einzellage: Höllenberg, 23.1 ha under vine) in the village. From Assmannshausen a

chairlift An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers. They are the primary on-hill tran ...

ascends the Jagdschloss Niederwald where a 30 minutes hike leads to the Niederwalddenkmal. The heritage-listed former winery Assmanshausen Winery in

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, Australia, was named after this region. Image:Assmannshausen fg02.JPG, Aerial view of Assmannshausen Image:Assmannshausen 1900.jpg,

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print of Assmannshausen in ~1900 File:Assmannshausen Km532 20393.jpg, View from Rhine, in April, with the famous Höllenberg Lage Image:Assmannshausen fg01.jpg, A

in Assmannshausen, view to a Castle Rheinstein on the opposite bank of river

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Image:Fachwerkhaus Assmannshausen.JPG, Historic half-timbered house

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* Villages in Hesse Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Rheingau {{Hessen-geo-stub