on the fourth Sunday in September Outdoor theatre productions by the Carl Zuckmayer-Gesellschaft Mainz in summer Baked fish festival of the angling club on the idyllic angling pond Carnival sessions and parade on Carnival Thursday through the local streets with the Carnival club Entenbrüder ("Duck Brothers") Economy and infrastructure Winegrowing The Gunderloch Winery is a member of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatseingüter (VDP). Education Carl Zuckmayer Grundschule (primary school) Janusz Korczak Regionalschule (Gymnasium as of 2008) Transport 14 km south of Mainz, linked to the Autobahn network by the four-lane Bundesstraße 9. Mainz-Worms railway line with synchronized timetabling. A landing stage on the Rhine's bank allows passenger ships of all sizes to land. Cycle paths link Nackenheim with Bodenheim, Mainz and Nierstein. A path between Nackenheim and Lörzweiler was also newly built and opened between autumn 2006 and early 2007. Famous people Sons and daughters of the town Carl Zuckmayer, born here in 1896. In his play Der fröhliche Weinberg ("The Merry Vineyard") he gave his homeland a lasting memorial. A bust at the entrance to the municipal administration still recalls him today. Eduard Zuckmayer, pedagogue, composer, conductor and pianist Prof. Dr. Matthias Pier, was a chemist, above all in the fields of hydrogenation of coal. Regine Usinger, (b. 1958), later Usinger-Frank, German Wine Queen, 1980/1981 Famous people who have worked in the community Christine Darmstadt was a very well known midwife in the time of the Second World War. Her house stands at the foot of Christine-Darmstadt Straße, which leads to the "Am Sprunk" new development area. She was named an honorary citizen of Nackenheim in the 1960s. References External links Historical museum of Nackenheim in REMUS Mainz-Bingen Rhenish Hesse