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Bingen

American  
[bing-uhn] / ˈbɪŋ ən /

noun

  1. Hildegard von Hildegard of BingenSibyl of the Rhine, 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.

  2. a town in W Germany, on the Rhine River: whirlpool; tourist center.


Bingen British  
/ ˈbɪŋən /

noun

  1. a town in W Germany on the Rhine: wine trade and tourist centre. Pop: 24 716 (2003 est)

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Sarah Kirkland Snider’s fascinating “Hildegard,” which had its New York debut at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater on Friday, explores the life and mind of the 12th-century Benedictine abbess, visionary and composer Hildegard von Bingen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Opera’s 40th anniversary season, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s sincere and compelling “Hildegard,” based on a real-life 12th century abbess and present-day cult figure, St. Hildegard von Bingen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Between the two versions of “Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita,” an antiphon by Hildegard von Bingen, for example, or between that antiphon’s simplicity and the angular density of George Enescu’s “Fantaisie concertante.”

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022

Divers in Bingen planned to examine the ship for damage, German news agency dpa reported.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2022

Wasn’t the great Hildegard of Bingen a woman?

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz