Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Mainz, Germany

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.

Wikipedia: Dom- und Diözesanmuseum (Mainz) (DE), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Gutenberg Museum (EN), Website

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)

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

Wikipedia: Gutenberg-Denkmal (Mainz) (DE)

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

Wikipedia: Bassenheimer Hof (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Erthaler Hof (DE), Website

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

Wikipedia: Sanctuary of Isis and the Magna Mater, Mainz (EN), Website

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

Wikipedia: Jüngerer Dalberger Hof (DE)

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

Wikipedia: Kapellen in 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.

Wikipedia: Iron Tower (EN)

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

Wikipedia: Deutschhaus Mainz (EN)

The Great Mainz Jupiter Column is a civil monument erected in Mogontiacum in the second half of the first century in honor of the Roman god Jupiter. It is the oldest, largest and most elaborate Jupiter column that has been found in the German-speaking world so far. The Great Mainz Jupiter Column was the model for other Jupiter columns erected in the Roman provinces of Germania inferior (Lower Germania) and Germania superior (Upper Germania), especially in the second and third centuries. It was destroyed in the late period of the Roman Empire and rediscovered in 1904/05. Today, the reconstructed remains can be seen in the stone hall of the State Museum in Mainz. Copies of the Great Mainz Jupiter Column can be found not only in Mainz itself, but also at the fort of Saalburg, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and in Rome.

Wikipedia: Große Mainzer Jupitersäule (DE)

The Arch of Dativius Victor in Mainz is one of the most important rebuilt Roman monuments in Germany. The structure dates back to the middle of the 3rd century and was once the central passage of a portico (portico) of a public building in Mogontiacum.

Wikipedia: Dativius-Victor-Bogen (DE)

The Christuskirche 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 bombing of Mainz in World War II the church was reconstructed between 1952 and 1954. The congregation forms part of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche, Mainz (EN), Website

The 3rd Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 117 "Grand Duchess" was an infantry unit of the army of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was placed under Prussian command following the military convention of 1867. It belonged to the Mainz garrison and was mainly stationed there until 1918.

Wikipedia: Infanterie-Leib-Regiment „Großherzogin“ (3. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr. 117 (DE)

Gartenfeldplatz is a square in the Neustadt district of Mainz, which was created as part of the expansion of the city after the German-French War of 1870/71.

Wikipedia: Gartenfeldplatz (DE)

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 Görzsiedlung is a housing estate in Mainz built between 1903 and 1937, which dates back to a foundation of the merchant Adolf Görz (1857–1900). The entire complex has been a listed building since 1985.

Wikipedia: Görzsiedlung (DE)

The Jewish Cemetery Mainz is located in the Oberstadt district of Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The Jewish cemetery borders to the south of the general municipal cemetery, the main cemetery, on Zahlbacher Straße/Xaveriusweg. The 207.21-acre Jewish cemetery and the mourning hall are now designated as cultural monuments and are grouped together in the "Jewish Cemetery" monument zone.

Wikipedia: Jüdischer Friedhof (Mainz) (DE)