Domane Mechitildshausen

 On the far east end of Wiesbaden, you come to farming territory and the US Army post.  Next to the Army post.....is Domane Mechtildshausen.

Years ago, this was all farming property, and the bricked up farmyard....was the home and barn property of a local guy.

Things progressed over the years.....and house and barn property were no longer required.  The state, with the local school system, and the cultural guys.....went into a planning session.  They got funding, and developed an odd idea for use of the property.

First, they would take the whole interior of the bricked area....several buildings....and renovate them.  They would put up a fairly decent hotel with a dozen rooms....for upscale guests and hint of it being a bio-operation.
Then they took most of the other buildings and transformed them into a class atmosphere.  They wanted kids who desired bio agricultural backgrounds.  When that wasn't enough, they desired the troubled-kids of Wiesbaden, and used 'the farm' as a motivational tool.

Around this, they built a butcher shop operation, a cheese operation, a bakery, and a bio-grocery. It's geared to train, and to operate on a profit (of sorts).

Added to this is a full upscale restaurant and a fairly good cafe.

So you park out on the main road and walk into 'the farm'.  About a 2-minute walk.

My advice?  It's a place that you can spend two hours.  The bakery is top-notch, and has a cheese area to it as well.

The bio-grocery has just about everything, from soap to bio-foods on the shelves.

I'd pause at that point and walk into the cafe.  The goulash soup is five-star by my book.  The coffee is pretty good.  And the cheesecake is better than four-star.

Pricing?  Well....yeah....it's probably ten percent higher than normal.  But bio stuff is always that way.

It's a nice atmosphere, with a great setting for pictures.  End the day with a walk by the butcher, and pick up some decent duck or goose, and head on home.

Note, the bus stop is right out front and you can ride over.....but there's only one bus per hour going to Mainz, or one bus toward Wiesbaden.  So you might want to time your episode a bit careful if going by bus.

Listed in the top ten places of Wiesbaden?  No.  This would rank near number forty of the things in town to go and spend an afternoon at.  Little kids won't care.  Adults might be fascinated, and enjoy an afternoon in country-like atmosphere.