Welcome to Mainz !
We visited Mainz in Summer 2018 for 3 Days. Stayed at the Hilton Hotels.
Mainz is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The city is located on the Rhine river at its confluence with the Main river, opposite Wiesbaden on the border with Hesse. Mainz is an independent city with a population of 206,628 (2015) and forms part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region.
Mainz was founded as Mogontiacum by the Romans in the 1st Century BC during Classical antiquity, serving as a military fortress on the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire and as the provincial capital of Germania Superior. Mainz became an important city in the 8th Century AD as part of the Holy Roman Empire, becoming the capital of the Electorate of Mainz and seat of the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, the Primate of Germany. Mainz is famous as the home of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable-type printing press, who in the early 1450s manufactured his first books in the city, including the Gutenberg Bible. Historically, before the 20th century, the city was known in English as Mentz and in French as Mayence. Mainz was heavily damaged during World War II, with more than 30 air raids destroying about 80 percent of the city's center, including most of the historic buildings. Today, Mainz is a transport hub and a center of wine production.
Main Sights:
Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum). It is home to Roman, Medieval, and earlier artifacts.
Museum of Ancient Seafaring (Museum für Antike Schifffahrt). It houses the remains of five Roman boats from the late 4th century, discovered in the 1980s.
Roman remains, including Jupiter's column, Drusus' mausoleum, the ruins of the theatre and the aqueduct.
Mainz Cathedral of St. Martin (Mainzer Dom), over 1,000 years old.
St. John's Church, 7th-century church building
Staatstheater Mainz
The Iron Tower (Eisenturm, tower at the former iron market), a 13th-century gate-tower.
The Wood Tower (Holzturm, tower at the former wood market), a 15th-century gate tower.
The Gutenberg Museum - exhibits an original Gutenberg Bible amongst many other printed books from the 15th century and later.
The Mainz Old Town - what's left of it, the quarter south of the cathedral survived World War II.
The old arsenal, the central arsenal of the fortress Mainz during the 17th and 18th century
The Electoral Palace (Kurfürstliches Schloss), residence of the prince-elector.
The Marktbrunnen, one of the largest Renaissance fountains in Germany.
Domus Universitatis (1615), for centuries the tallest edifice in Mainz.
Christ Church (Christuskirche), built 1898-1903, bombed in 1945 and rebuilt in 1948-1954.
The Church of St. Stephan, with post-war windows by Marc Chagall.
Citadel.
The ruins of the church St. Christoph, a World War II memorial
Schönborner Hof (1668).
Rococo churches of St. Augustin (the Augustinerkirche, Mainz) and St. Peter (the Peterskirche, Mainz).
Churches of St. Ignatius (1763) and St. Quintin.
Erthaler Hof (1743)
The Baroque Bassenheimer Hof (1750)
The Botanischer Garten der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, a botanical garden maintained by the university
Landesmuseum Mainz, state museum with archaeology and art.
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) - one of the largest public German TV-Broadcaster.
New synagogue in Mainz
Kunsthalle Mainz - museum for contemporary art
Mainz ist die Landeshauptstadt des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz und mit 217.118 Einwohnern zugleich dessen größte Stadt. Mainz ist kreisfrei, eines der fünf rheinland-pfälzischen Oberzentren und Teil des Rhein-Main-Gebiets. Mit der angrenzenden hessischen Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden bildet es ein länderübergreifendes Doppelzentrum mit rund 490.000 Einwohnern.
Die zu römischer Zeit gegründete Stadt ist Sitz der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, des römisch-katholischen Bistums Mainz sowie mehrerer Fernseh- und Rundfunkanstalten, wie des Südwestrundfunks (SWR) und des Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehens (ZDF). Mainz ist eine Hochburg der rheinischen Fastnacht.
Kirchen:
Dom St. Martin, St. Stephan (Chagallfenster), St. Quintin, Augustinerkirche, St. Peter, St. Ignaz, Christuskirche, Johanniskirche, Antoniterkapelle, Karmeliterkirche, St. Emmeran, Auferstehungskirche, Altmünsterkirche, St. Christoph
Profanbauten:
Kurfürstliches Schloss, Deutschhaus (heute Landtag), Neues Zeughaus (heute Staatskanzlei), Erthaler Hof, Osteiner Hof, Bassenheimer Hof, Schönborner Hof, Zitadelle, Älterer Dalberger Hof, Jüngerer Dalberger Hof, Gästehaus des Bentzelschen Hofs, Algesheimer Hof, Eisenturm, Holzturm, Zum Römischen Kaiser, Rathaus
Plätze und Sonstiges:
Schillerplatz, Kirschgarten, Ballplatz, Karmeliterplatz, Römersteine,
Sektkellerei Kupferberg, Stadtpark, Lennebergwald, Naturschutzgebiet Mainzer Sand, Botanischer Garten, Hauptfriedhof Mainz, Römisches Theater Mainz (Ausgrabungen), Kriegsmahnmal St. Christoph, Dativius-Victor-Bogen, Theodor-Heuss-Brücke, Höfchen, Liebfrauenplatz