Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Mainz, Germany

The train station of the Mainz Central Station is an urban planning and historically significant place in Mainz-Neustadt. The square is designated as a monument zone and included and adjacent buildings as a cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Bahnhofplatz (Mainz) (DE)

The Erthaler Hof is an aristocratic court in Mainz, Germany. It was built as a family residence by the Mainz bailiff in Lohr am Main, Philipp Christoph von und zu Erthal. He belonged to the Elfershausen line of the von Erthal family, who came from Franconia. As a cavalier architect and court councillor of the Electorate of Mainz, he was also responsible for the design. The execution was in the hands of Johann Michael Schmitt and Franz Anton Hermann. Construction began in 1734 and was completed in 1739. At the end of 1739, the widower Philipp Christoph moved into the Erthaler Hof with his children, before his first wife Eva Maria died in Lohr after their tenth child. It thus joins the group of baroque aristocratic courts such as the Schönborner Hof, the Bassenheimer Hof and the Osteiner Hof around Schillerplatz.

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The Mainz Fastnachtsmuseum shows the history of Mainz Fastnacht since 1837 on about 350 m².

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The Mainz Ranzengarde was founded in 1837 by Johann Maria Kertell and is the oldest carnival corporation within the Mainz Carnival. This is why it is also known as the "Mother of all Mainz Guards". In 1838, with the help of the Ranzengarde, the Mainz Carnival Association (MCV) was founded, which is the oldest carnival club in Mainz.

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The Sanctuary of Isis and the Magna Mater was a sanctuary in Mainz, dedicated to Isis and Magna Mater.

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The Jüngere Dalberger Hof in Mainz is a manor house of the Barons of Dalberg, completed in 1718.

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This is a list of surviving and discontinued chapels in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.

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The Carmelite Church in Mainz is a listed Roman Catholic church. It has been used by the Carmeliter-Bettelor order since 1924. The three -aisled Gothic basilica with a roof rider is located in the old town at Karmeliterplatz 5.

Wikipedia: Karmeliterkirche (Mainz) (DE)

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.

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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 Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of printing from movable metal type in Western Europe. The collections include printing equipment and examples of printed materials from many cultures.

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The Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in Mainz, founded in 1925, houses works of art from two millennia in its historic rooms – the Hohenstaufen vaulted halls, the two-storey late Gothic cloister and the former chapter houses – which once belonged to the furnishings of Mainz Cathedral or the churches of the diocese. In addition, there is the treasury of the cathedral, which can be reached through the chapter houses and is located in the former chapel of St. Nicholas from the late Gothic period.

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The Nail Column in Mainz is a column erected during the First World War on Liebfrauenplatz in front of the east side of Mainz Cathedral, which was created as part of a German propaganda and fundraising campaign as a war nail.

Wikipedia: Nagelsäule (Mainz) (DE)

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

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The Heunensäulen, also known as Heune Columns, are round columns made of sandstone, which were originally intended for the reconstruction of the Willigis Cathedral in Mainz, which burned down in 1009. They were probably completed in the 11th century in a quarry in the Bullau Mountains near Miltenberg out of anticipatory business acumen, even before the order was placed. However, the client probably opted for other supports, so that the round columns were never needed. It is said that there were once 42 of the columns, in the 18th century 14 were still known, around 1960 only eight were known.

Wikipedia: Heunensäule (DE)

Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin's Cathedral 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.

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Monuments commemorating Johannes Gutenberg can be found in Mainz, Strasbourg and Frankfurt am Main, among others.

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The Bassenheimer Hof is an historic building in Mainz, western Germany.

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The Carnival Fountain in Mainz is located on Schillerplatz at the corner of Schillerstraße and Ludwigsstraße. The monument is supposed to symbolize the foolish season. After three years of construction, it was unveiled on January 14, 1967.

Wikipedia: Fastnachtsbrunnen (Mainz) (DE)

The Maria Mater Dolorosa Chapel is a chapel in Mainz, Germany. The former Capuchin Church is now the Motherhouse Church of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in the Bruder-Konrad-Stift in Weintorstraße.

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The memorial of German unity, also a memorial "shared Germany", as well as after the inauguration and before the reunification "memorial of the German East", was on June 16, 1961 on the Mainz Fischtor-Platz on the occasion of the anniversary of the popular uprising in the former GDR of June 17, 1953 with the inscription "Germany is indivisible" handed over to its destination. The majority contains the names of the former German cities east of Oder and Neisse and from cities in the then German Democratic Republic.

Wikipedia: Mahnmal der Deutschen Einheit (Mainz) (DE)