Bingen am Rhein, or Bingen, or "Bingen on the Rhine" is a modern-day city located at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Nahe in western Germany near the city of Mainz. Bingen is a busy river port and railroad junction, noteworthy for its premium wine production. It is the seat of administration of, but not administered by the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Nahe. The city was first fortified during the pre-Roman era by Drusus during the 1st century B.C.
