Rheingaucamping Geisenheim today – across the lawn to the wooden pavilion, pitches with motorhomes behind

About us

The Franke family and the Rheingaucamping campsite

How we welcome guests

Nobody is merely checked in here. Arrivals are greeted and walked to their pitch – and when the manoeuvring gets tight, someone stands there and guides you in. It takes a few minutes longer, but it is the difference between a number on a slip of paper and a place where you were expected.

Many guests have been coming back for decades. Some camped here as children and now park their own caravan on the meadow. The short chat at reception soon turns into a longer one – we take the time, because that is exactly why most of them return.

Walk between the pitches and you will hear several languages at once. Guests from all over Europe, and now and then from far beyond it, come together here, often for a few days, sometimes for the whole summer. What they share is the wish to leave everyday life behind for a while.

What matters to us

Personal, not processed

A welcome at reception, an escort to your pitch, a hand with parking. We know our regulars by name.

Quiet by the water

The bank of the Rhine is a few steps from the site. Ships pass by, the vineyards begin behind them – a holiday day needs no more of a programme than that.

In family hands

The site is run by the Franke family. Decisions are made here on site, not at a head office.

The site in earlier days

Some things in these photographs are instantly familiar, others are long gone. The caravans have changed, the cars certainly have – the vineyards behind and the Rhine beside them have not. On the old picture postcard the site is still called simply “Campingplatz der Wein- und Lindenstadt Geisenheim a. Rh.”

Historic aerial view of Geisenheim on the Rhine – vineyards, old town and the campsite on the bank

Wide view across the campsite in earlier years – a cyclist on the path, caravans and tents, vineyards behind

View across the campsite in earlier years with caravans and awnings, the hills of the Rheingau behind

Caravans and a car from the seventies at the campsite, trees and a church tower behind

The campsite playground in earlier years – slide, climbing frame and swings, caravans behind

A caravan with awning and parked cars at the campsite in earlier years

Black-and-white photograph of Rheingaucamping in earlier decades – caravans on the lawn, shot through foliage

Caravans behind a wooden fence at the campsite in earlier years, a residential building in the background

Vintage picture postcard with several images, captioned “Campingplatz der Wein- und Lindenstadt Geisenheim a. Rh.”

Piffche, the Rheingaucamping mascot, in a toga and laurel wreath, raising a glass of white wine and holding a bunch of grapes in his other hand

A word from Piffche

I am Piffche, the wine goblet of Rheingaucamping – and if you have questions about the site, do ask me. I know every corner: where the morning sun lands first, where the bread rolls come from, and why the manoeuvring on the slope is worth it. And when I do not know something, I say so.

Send Request