Mainz-Oberstadt
District of Mainz
Rhineland-Palatinate - Germany

Gutenberg Museum

The Gutenberg Museum is one of the oldest museums of printing in the world, located opposite the cathedral in the old part of Mainz, Germany. It is named after Johann Gutenberg, the inventor of printing from moveable metal type. The collections include printing equipment and examples of printed materials from many cultures.

Located at 49.9997, 8.27528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Rhineland-Palatinate, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg, Libraries in Germany, Literary museums in Germany, History museums in Germany, History of printing

Mainz Cathedral

Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin's Cathedral (in German Mainzer Dom, Martinsdom or - officially - Der Hohe Dom zu Mainz) is located near the historical center and pedestrianized market square of the city of Mainz, Germany. This 1000 year-old Roman Catholic cathedral is the site of the episcopal see of the Bishop of Mainz.

Located at 49.9989, 8.27389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Germany, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Romanesque architecture in Germany, Imperial cathedrals, 10th-century church buildings, Churches in Rhineland-Palatinate

Mont-Tonnerre

Mont-Tonnerre is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Germany. It is named after the highest point in the Rhenish Palatinate, the Donnersberg. It was the southernmost of four départements formed in 1798, when the west bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. Prior to the French occupation, its territory was divided between the Archbishopric of Mainz, the Bishopric of Speyer and the Electorate of the Palatinate.

Located at 50, 8.26667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Former departments of France in Germany

Mainz Central Station

Mainz Central Station (Mainz Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station for the city of Mainz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is used by about 80,000 travelers and visitors each day and is therefore by far the busiest station in Rhineland-Palatinate. The station was a trial area for a CCTV scheme using automated face recognition.

Located at 50.0013, 8.25865 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rhine-Main S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hauptbahnhof in Germany, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Transport in Mainz, Renaissance Revival architecture in Germany

Deutschhaus Mainz

The Deutschhaus or Deutschordenskommende is a historical building in Mainz, western Germany, which is the seat of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag.

Located at 50.0053, 8.27167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1740, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Baroque architecture in Rhineland-Palatinate, Buildings and structures of the Teutonic Knights, German Landtag buildings

Mainz Citadel

The Mainzer Zitadelle is situated at the fringe of the Old Town near Mainz Römisches Theater station. The fortress was constructed in 1660 and was an important part of the Fortress Mainz.

Located at 49.9931, 8.27417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Forts in Germany, Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Visitor attractions in Rhineland-Palatinate, Museums in Rhineland-Palatinate, Local museums in Germany, Military and war museums in Germany

Electoral Palace, Mainz

The Electoral Palace in Mainz (German: Kurfürstliches Schloss zu Mainz) is the former city Residenz of the Archbishop of Mainz, who was also Prince-Elector of his electoral state within the Holy Roman Empire. It is one of the important Renaissance buildings in Germany.

Located at 50.0067, 8.27056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rhineland-Palatinate, Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate

St. Stephen's Church, Mainz

The Collegiate Church of St. Stephan, known in German as St. Stephan zu Mainz, is a Gothic hall collegiate church located in the German city of Mainz.

Located at 49.9956, 8.26861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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990s architecture, 1340s architecture, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Romanesque architecture in Germany, Churches in Rhineland-Palatinate, Collegiate churches, 10th-century church buildings, Gothic hall churches in Germany

Walk of Fame of Cabaret

The Walk of Fame of Cabaret is a sidewalk between Proviant-Magazin and Schönborner Hof in Mainz, Germany, which is embedded with more than 40 seven-pointed irregularly shaped stars featuring the names of cabaret celebrities selected by a group of experts and honored by several sponsors for their contributions to the cabaret culture.

Located at 49.9989, 8.26556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Kabarettists, Cabaret, Walks of fame, Mainz

Jupiter Column

A Jupiter Column (German: Jupitergigantensäule or Jupitersäule) is an archaeological monument belonging to a type widespread in Roman Germania. Such pillars express the religious beliefs of their time. They were erected in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, mostly near Roman settlements or villas in the Germanic provinces. Some examples also occur in Gaul and Britain.

Located at 50.005, 8.271 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Archaeology, Ancient Roman religion, Roman sites in Germany, 2nd-century Roman sculptures, 3rd-century Roman sculptures

Bassenheimer Hof

The Bassenheimer Hof (Bassenheimer Palace) is an historic building in Mainz, western Germany. At present (2009) the large structure is the seat of the Ministry of the Interior and Sports of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Located at 49.9978, 8.26778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1750, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Baroque architecture in Rhineland-Palatinate

St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz

St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz (Stift St. Alban vor Mainz) originated as a Benedictine abbey, founded in 787 or 796 by Archbishop Richulf (787–813) in honour of Saint Alban of Mainz, located to the south of Mainz on the hill later called the Albansberg. It was turned into a collegiate foundation (Herrenstift) in 1442. The buildings were entirely destroyed in 1552, although the foundation retained a legal existence until its formal dissolution in 1802.

Located at 49.99, 8.28 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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10th-century architecture, 1340s architecture, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Romanesque architecture in Germany, Monasteries in Rhineland-Palatinate, Churches in Rhineland-Palatinate, Christian monasteries established in the 8th century, History of Mainz

Osteiner Hof

The Osteiner Hof ("Court of Ostein") is one of several Baroque-era palatial mansions along Schillerplatz square in the German city of Mainz. The mansion, along the southern edge of the square, was built in 1747-1752 by architect-soldier Johann Valentin Thomann for Franz Wolfgang Damian von Ostein, brother of Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, who was prince-bishop of Mainz at that time.

Located at 49.9972, 8.26806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Mainz, Baroque architecture in Rhineland-Palatinate, Heritage sites in Rhineland-Palatinate, Palaces in Germany, Houses completed in 1752

Fortress of Mainz

The Fortress of Mainz was a fortressed garrison town between 1620 and 1918. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, under the term of the 1815 Peace of Paris, the control of Mainz passed to the German Confederation and became part of a chain of strategic fortresses which protected the Confederation with the dissolution of the Confederation control of the fortress passed to the German Empire.

Located at 50, 8.27111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz

Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz

The Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz (German Katholische Hochschule Mainz) is a university located in Mainz, Germany. It was founded in 1972.

Located at 49.9972, 8.25329 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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University of Mainz

Landesmuseum Mainz

The Landesmuseum Mainz, or Mainz State Museum, is a museum of art and history in Mainz, Germany. In March 2010 it reopened in full after an extensive renovation. The museum has its roots in a painting collection donated by Napoleon and Chaptal to the city of Mainz in 1803. It moved into its current location, in the former electoral stables, in 1937, by which time it had grown significantly. It received its present name in 1986, and was renovated and modernised from 2004 to 2010.

Located at 50.0039, 8.26778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums established in 1937, Art museums and galleries in Germany, Mainz, Museums in Rhineland-Palatinate, 1937 establishments in Germany

Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Mainz)

The Romano-Germanic Central Museum (German: Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum) is an archaeological and historical research institution for pre-history and early history headquartered in Mainz. It is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany and its states and is a member of the Leibniz Association of German research institutions. The institution studies the Old World and its contact zones from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages.

Located at 50.0061, 8.26972 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Archaeological research institutes, Archaeological museums in Germany, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Mainz, Museums in Rhineland-Palatinate

Iron Tower

The Iron Tower is a mediaeval tower dating to the early 13th century, and modified in the 15th century, which with the Wood Tower and the Alexander Tower is one of three remaining towers from the city walls of Mainz, Germany. Its name derives from the Iron Market (Eisenmarkt), which was held in the immediate vicinity until the 19th century. The Iron Tower served as a watchtower and gate to the city, and later as a gaol. It was badly damaged in World War II and reconstructed in the 1960s.

Located at 50.0011, 8.27556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Mainz, 13th-century architecture

Wood Tower

The Wood Tower is a mediaeval tower in Mainz, Germany, with the Iron Tower and the Alexander Tower one of three remaining towers from the city walls. Its current Gothic appearance dates to the early 15th century. It is so named because wood used to be piled next to it on the bank of the Rhine. Like the Iron Tower, the Wood Tower was used as a watchtower and gate-tower and later as a gaol.

Located at 49.9847, 8.27806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Mainz, 15th-century architecture

Christuskirche, Mainz

The Christuskirche (Christ Church) is a Protestant church located in Mainz. The Christuskirche was built between 1896 and 1903 designed by Eduard Kreyßig. It was consecrated on 2 July 1903. After demolition during the air raids of World War II the church was reconstructed between 1952 and 1954. In the predominantly Catholic Mainz of 1802, only some hundred Protestants could be traced at the end of the Ancien Régime.

Located at 50.0072, 8.26639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Churches in Rhineland-Palatinate, Buildings and structures in Mainz, Protestant churches, Renaissance Revival architecture in Germany

Trams in Mainz

The Mainz tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Mainz, the capital city of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Opened in 1883, the network has been operated since 2001 by Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG).

Located at 50, 8.26667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Transport in Mainz, Tram transport in Germany

Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium

The Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium is a classical gymnasium school in the Neustadt district of Mainz.

Located at 50.0074, 8.2652 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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High schools in Germany, Buildings and structures in Mainz

Drususstein

The Drususstein (Drususstone) is a nearly 20 meters high, masonry block of Roman origin on the grounds of the citadel of Mainz, Germany. It was originally cast in marble. Researchers now largely accept that this is the structural remnant of the cenotaph mentioned by writers like Eutropius and Suetonius, erected in 9 BC by Roman troops in honour of the deceased general Drusus, in Mogontiacum.

Located at 49.9922, 8.27417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Mainz

Mainz Römisches Theater station

Mainz Römisches Theater station is a station in the city of Mainz, the capital of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on the Main Railway from Mainz to Frankfurt am Main. It is the most important station in the city after Mainz Hauptbahnhof. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. The station is served by S-Bahn and regional trains.

Located at 49.9933, 8.27778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rhine-Main S-Bahn stations, Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate, Transport in Mainz

Marktbrunnen (Mainz)

The Marktbrunnen in Mainz is a renaissance fountain located at the ″Markt″ (market place) of Mainz. It was donated by elector Albert of Mainz and crafted in the workshop of the Mainz sculpturer Hans Backoffen. The Marktbrunnen represents one of the first architectural formed decorated fountains of the renaissance.

Located at 49.9994, 8.27417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Mainz, Fountains in Germany