Bundesländer, with Ginsheim-Gustavsburg in Hesse and Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate. Politics Partnerships Bouguenais, France, since 1989 Ballou, Senegal, since 1989 Economy and infrastructure Transport Ginsheim-Gustavsburg is directly reachable by motorways (German: Autobahn) A 60 and A 671. In Gustavsburg there is a railway station called Mainz-Gustavsburg (recalling Gustavsburg's former status as a Mainz constituent community) and a harbour on the Rhine. Culture and sightseeing Ginsheim The idyllic location on an oxbow lake of river Rhine with the offshore islands Nonnenau (reachable by the ferry Johanna), Langenau and Rabenwörth, and the picturesque Rheinauen (Rhine floodplains) have made Ginsheim into a well visited local recreation area. Worth seeing is the Evangelical church, which was built in 1746 as a Baroque hall with a three-sided end. The Altrheinfest (Old Rhine Festival) – on the first weekend in June, organized by local clubs – draws many visitors, even from outside. Other things to see include a yacht marina, a local history museum (Heimatmuseum) and an historical industrial crane. Gustavsburg Worth seeing in Gustavsburg are the two churches, the Main Sluice, the Mainspitze and the Cramer-Klett-Platz workers' neighbourhood, which now stands under protection as a monument. Every year, a Christmas Market is held there. The greatest yearly festival is the Burgfest ("Castle Festival"), held at Whitsun. There is also a new park built where King Gustav Adolf's fort once was. Personalities Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594-1632), King of Sweden, founder of the fortress and city of Gustavsburg References External links Ginsheim-Gustavsburg Groß-Gerau (district) Imperial Villages