Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Mainz, Germany
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6.8 km
123 m
Explore Mainz in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in MainzIndividual Sights in MainzSight 1: St. Rabanus Maurus
St. Rabanus Maurus is a Catholic church dedicated to the Archbishop of Mainz, Rabanus Maurus, in the district of Hartenberg, Germany. Together with the parish of St. John the Evangelist in Münchfeld, it is one of two places of worship in the parish of Don Bosco.
Sight 2: Denkmalzone Königliche Conserven-Fabrik
The Army Cannvial Factory is a former infrastructure facility of the Mainz fortress.
Sight 3: Peter-Cornelius-Platz
Peter-Cornelius-Platz is a square and street in Mainz-Neustadt, Germany. Both the square is designated as a monument zone and the surrounding and adjacent buildings are designated as cultural monuments.
Sight 4: David Julius Levi
The list of Stumbling Stones in Mainz contains all Stumbling Stones that were laid by Gunter Demnig in Mainz and the AKK suburbs. They are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism who had their last known residence in Mainz before they were deported, murdered, expelled or driven to suicide.
Sight 5: Säulenreste der alten Hauptsynagoge
The New Synagogue of Mainz is in use since 2010 as a community center at the location of the former main synagogue on the Hindenburgstraße of Mainz Neustadt. Due to controversial discussions regarding the street name, the location in the Hindenburgstraße was renamed as Synagogenplatz.
Sight 6: Gartenfeldplatz
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.
Sight 7: St. Bonifaz
The parish church of St. Boniface in Mainz's Neustadt district at the foot of the Boniface Towers named after it is the center of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Bonifaz in the pastoral area of Mainz-City in the Rheinhessen region of the Diocese of Mainz.
Sight 8: 117er Ehrenhof
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)
Sight 9: Christuskirche
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.
Sight 10: Dativius-Victor-Bogen
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.
Sight 11: Jupitersäule
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.
Sight 12: Sankt Peter
St. Peter's Church is located beneath Deutschhaus Mainz in the northwest of the historical center of Mainz, Germany. It is one of the most important rococo buildings in Mainz. Originally it was a collegiate church monastery of ″St. Peter before the walls″, which had existed since the 10th century and is dedicated to the apostle Peter as patron. Today it serves as a parish church for the parish of St. Peter / St. Emmeran.
Sight 13: Landesmuseum Mainz
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 14: Naturhistorisches Museum
The Natural History Museum State Collection of Natural History Rhineland-Palatinate (nhm) in Mainz is the largest museum of its kind in Rhineland-Palatinate. The focus of the exhibitions and collections is on the biosciences and geosciences in Rhineland-Palatinate and its partner country Rwanda. Since 1 August 2019, Bernd Herkner has been the director, succeeding Michael Schmitz.
Sight 15: Karmeliterkirche
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.
Sight 16: Deutschhaus
The Deutschhaus or Deutschordenskommende is a historical building in Mainz, western Germany, which is the seat of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag.
Sight 17: Kurfürstliches Schloss
The Electoral Palace of Mainz is the former city residence of the Archbishops of Mainz, who as such were also Electors and sovereigns of the Electorate of Mainz.
Sight 18: Grüne Brücke
The Green Bridge has been a small art and natural landscape in Mainz-Neustadt, which had existed since 1981, which was designed in 1977 by the environmental artist Dieter Magnus, who lived in the Neustadt at the time. The planning civil engineer was Horst Waldmann. The Green Bridge has become a much -observed model for natural design in public space. Among other things, Dieter Magnus received the Federal Cross of Merit for this work in 2012.
Sight 19: Kunsthalle Mainz
The Kunsthalle Mainz is an exhibition center for contemporary art. It is located in 1887 by Eduard Kreyßig planned boiler and machine house in the Mainz Zollhafen. The building was rebuilt by the Mainz municipal utilities in 2006. The former energy center of the duty has been served as a art hall since the opening on March 1, 2008.
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