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Mainz is a major transport hub in southern Germany. It is an important component in European distribution, as it has the fifth largest inter-modal port in Germany. The Port of Mainz, now handling mainly containers, is a sizable industrial area to the north of the city, along the banks of the Rhine. In order to open up space along the city's ...
- Mainz Cathedral
- Gutenberg Museum
- Markt
- Stephanskirche
- Kirschgarten
- Schillerplatz
- Rheinufer
- Augustinerkirche
- Landesmuseum Mainz
- Museum of Ancient Seafaring
With a millennium of history in its walls, Mainz’s immense sandstone cathedral radiates religious and political power. The design is still mostly Romanesque from the High Middle Ages, but there’s also some Gothic and Baroque design in the chapels and roof. The interior has the largest set of funerary monuments to Prince-Archbishops in the former Ho...
The Gutenberg Museum was inaugurated in 1900 on the 500th anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg’s birth, and in 1927 moved into the delightful Renaissance townhouse, “Zum Römischen Kaiser” across the way from the cathedral. There are quite a few wonders to wow visitors in its galleries, including two of the 29 remaining copies of the Gutenberg bible, t...
The largest of the four squares around the cathedral, Markt is on the north side and developed with the cathedral in the 10th century. There’s a market trading here on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday mornings. You can also go in for a closer look at some of the monuments on the square: The Marktbrunnen (Market Fountain), is a highly ornamented Renaiss...
Atop the highest hill in the old city, Stephanskirche was founded in 990 and has mostly Gothic architecture from the 1300s. A later extension was the beautiful Gothic cloister, added in the 15th century, with marvellous vaults on its south wall. And although the style of the building is much as it was in the Middle Ages, the church has come through...
One of the prettiest scenes in Mainz is this small rectangular square enclosed by tall half-timbered houses. The square itself dates back to before 1329, while its houses are from the 16th to the 18th centuries. One, Zum Aschaffenberg is the oldest preserved half-timbered house in Mainz, built around 1500. In front of another fine old house, Zum Be...
A grand tree-lined square, Schillerplatz was already a public plaza in Mainz’s Roman era and was used as a marketplace in the Middle Ages. The square is fringed by regal palaces in the Baroque and Rococo styles housing state government offices. There’s a bronze statue of the poet and playwright Friedrich Schiller, put up on his 100th birthday in 18...
If you’re in the mood, you can walk beside the Rhine for hours, from Mainz’s Neustadt in the north to the railway bridge that marks the southern limit of the city in the south. In summer you won’t have to take more than a few steps before coming to a Biergarten with riverside views, an ice cream stand, or long lawns where you watch one of the world...
Built between 1768 and 1771, the Catholic Augustinerkirche is a Baroque masterpiece unaffected by the Second World War. Above the portal on Augustinerstraße look for the group of sculptures depicting the coronation of Mary between Augustine of Hippo and his mother Monica of Hippo. As the church was funded by wealthy patrons, the interior has almost...
A museum of archaeology, art and culture, the Landesmuseum Mainz has a collection that begins in prehistory and comes right up to the 21st century. The attraction is in a Baroque former barracks building that was given a modern glass annexe in 2010. If you love Gothic and Renaissance art there’s much to uncover, like a cycle of paintings of Mary by...
In the early 1980s the well-preserved remains of several Roman war ships from the 4th century were found during construction work by the Rhine. These five vessels are the core of this museum’s exhibition and are from two different designs. There are also full-sized replicas to show what these boats would have looked like 1700 years ago. There are a...
Mar 21, 2024 · Mainz, city, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), west-central Germany. It is a port on the left bank of the Rhine River opposite Wiesbaden and the mouth of the Main River. It was the site of a Celtic settlement where the Romans established (14–9 bce) a military camp known as Mogontiacum.
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Mainz WeinUfer 2024. Wine enjoyment, a view of the Rhine and a live program: This year sees the second edition of the Mainzer WeinUfer. In addition to live music and wine tastings in a convivial atmosphere, you can also expand your knowledge of wine here. Look forward to exciting talks by wine experts and passionate wine lovers in the direct ...
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Mar 11, 2021 · Tucked away in the southwest of Germany, close to wine country, Mainz is one of the oldest cities in Europe dating back to the 1st century A.D.Mainz has much to offer from superb food and drink, to is its 1,000-year-old Roman Catholic Cathedral.
217.118. Federal state: Rhineland-Palatinate. Area in square kilometres: 97,74 square kilometres. In contrast to the lively Old Town, the view of Mainz from the banks of the Rhine is somewhat austere. The Renaissance and Baroque periods are reflected in the New Arsenal, the Commandry of the Teutonic Knights and the Electoral Palace.
