Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Mainz, Germany

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 60 m
Descend 49 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 Mainz

Sight 1: Schlüssel des Stundenschlägers

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On 6 March 2003, the square in front of the Mainz City Hall was renamed from Halleplatz to Jockel-Fuchs-Platz after Jakob "Jockel" Fuchs.

Wikipedia: Jockel-Fuchs-Platz (DE)

552 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Kunsthalle Mainz

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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.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Mainz (DE), Website

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Grüne Brücke

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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.

Wikipedia: Grüne Brücke (Mainz) (DE)

462 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Neue Synagoge Mainz

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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.

Wikipedia: New Synagogue (Mainz) (EN)

670 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Peter-Cornelius-Platz

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Peter-Cornelius-Platz Wikimedia-User Jivee Blau / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Peter-Cornelius-Platz (DE)

875 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Denkmalzone Königliche Conserven-Fabrik

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The Army Cannvial Factory is a former infrastructure facility of the Mainz fortress.

Wikipedia: Armee-Konservenfabrik (DE)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Neue Golden-Ross-Kaserne

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The New Golden Ross Barracks, named after the baroque Golden Ross Barracks in Mainz, was a barracks in what is now the Hartenberg-Münchfeld district. It was built as one of several new barracks for the 21st Division of the Prussian Army of the German Empire at the Mombach Gate of the Rheingau Wall. With the end of the First World War, the military use of the "New Golden Ross Barracks" also ended.

Wikipedia: Neue Golden-Ross-Kaserne (DE)

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