Dackenheim
Although the municipality was first mentioned in the Lorsch Codex as "Dagatisheim" in 768, the village was settled centuries earlier. In the "Dackenheimer Liebesbrunnen" vineyard, for example, where Riesling and Silvaner grapes thrive today, archaeologists have found evidence of settlement as early as the time of the Celts (Hallstatt period 1200 to 800 BC). A grave site with a profane head relief dates from the late Celtic period (2nd to 1st century BC).
The Catholic parish church of St. Maria with its amazingly powerful structure and massive ashlar tower is particularly attractive from an art-historical point of view. Built in the 12th century, the church once belonged to the Höningen monastery. The three-storey choir tower, which was originally crowned by a gable roof, and the apse on the east side still date from the Romanesque period.
Connoisseurs consider the church to be one of the most beautiful monuments that bears witness to the art of the medieval Wormser Bauhütte. The stylistic relationship to Worms Cathedral is particularly evident in parts of the exterior construction and in the interior in the round and pointed arches and the round columns.