Bassenheimer Hof

At present (2009) the large structure is the seat of the Ministry of the Interior and Sports of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The Bassenheimer Hof was erected in 1750 per the plans of the electoral master builder (Oberbaudirektor) Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn (or Grünstein) on behalf of the prince-elector as a retirement home for his sister the widow, the countess of Bassenheim.

In 1792 Mainz was invaded and occupied by Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, at which time the clergy and nobility portion of the town's populace fled for safety.

As a result of this and other conversions, the original interior layout, as well as that of the surrounding gardens, is no longer in evidence.

After 1889 the interior space of the building was utilized as a coffee shop, then for the manufacturing of embroidered flags.