Hildegard von Bingen left her home monastery on the Disibodenberg between 1147 and 1151 and founded her monastery on the Rupertsberg near the Nahe. In her nearly 30 years on the Rupertsberg, she wrote her main works. During the Thirty Years' War, the monastery was destroyed. Only six pillars of the southern nave wall of the monastery church have survived. In the villa on the Rupertsberg, the vanished Hildegard monastery has "come back to life," starting from the original monastery arcades from the Hildegard church, and can be explored with all senses using digital technology: Experience how the lost choir is complemented by virtual reconstruction and a bit of optical illusion to such an extent that one finds oneself amidst the Hildegard church.

The "elevator to the past" takes you right into the monastery as it may have looked in the 12th or 13th century. First, it goes down to the floor level of the church in Hildegard’s time. Then you decide how to proceed: First a tour through the church, into the cloister, and then out to the monastery courtyard? Or would you prefer to go straight up to the church tower to enjoy the view of high medieval Bingen?