Peters Heisje (Historic Vineyard Hut)
Peters Heisje (Historic Vineyard Hut)
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Recommended by 45 out of 48 hikers
Location: Westhofen, Alzey-Worms, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
The house is over 150 years old.
According to an anectode from rlp-tourismus.com/de/infosystem/infosystem/Peters-Heisje_Westhofen/infosystem.html:
Around 1950 there was a carpenter by the name of Dieter Fuchs, who also worked as a Wingertschütz that fall. At that time, muzzle-loading pistols were still in use. He had it, as they said, "fisted behind the ears". So he asked the little Peter buyer, then around 7 years old, if he didn't even want to scare his father. Since it was warm that day, Peter had short He took the pistol and carried it barrel down, slightly concealed on the right side, but before he could startle his father, a shot went off and little Peter shot himself in the right calf! ran away, because his father was not allowed to notice, but then the community nurse Sophie had to be fetched in the evening. The result was a treatment with clay and a strong lecture. The wall to the right and left of the house reflected the heat so well that the Buyer's children were the first to eat the grapes in the parallel row in autumn.
December 26, 2020
Peters Heisje Peters Heisje is over 150 years old, it was built around 1850. The wing on which it stands has changed hands several times over the years, including the little house. In the 1950s the property belonged to the Buyer family. The house has been owned by the Antony winery in Bechtheim since the 1980s. Height: 184 District: "Am Hinkelstein" History / stories / anecdotes: In 1935 the Westhofen buyer Heinrich-Jakob bought the Wingert.
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December 28, 2020
Make a detour to the town of Westhofen, very beautiful old houses and small alleys
January 10, 2021
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