Älterer Dalberger Hof
The Älterer Dalberger Hof stands in Mainz as a Renaissance residence with a late Gothic residential tower beside the Fechenbacher Hof. The surviving tower includes a former chapel with a cross-ribbed vaulted ground floor, dating from 1466.
The property belonged to the Freiherren von Dalberg from 1597 and served as their residence until 1718. Builders created the present structure between 1609 and 1614, adding corner oriels characteristic of Mainz architecture from that period. A Baroque main portal followed in 1710, with a staircase and rear terrace garden added soon afterwards. The Congregatio Jesu took over the property in 1846 and established the Maria-Ward-Schule, while later renovations created offices for the Catholic Diocese of Mainz.
Look above the portal for six silver lilies and an anchor cross, the two heraldic elements associated with the Dalberg family. The school still occupies the neighbouring historic buildings, so the interior is not open to visitors.
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