Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Mainz, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 3.4 km
Ascend 42 m
Descend 28 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: Jacob Goedecker

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Jacob Goedecker was a German aircraft designer.

Wikipedia: Jacob Goedecker (DE)

464 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: St. Petrus Canisius

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St. Petrus Canisius

St. Petrus Canisius is a Roman Catholic church in Mainz-Gonsenheim, Germany. It is part of the pastoral area Mainz-North-West of the Rheinhessen region in the Diocese of Mainz. As a modern post-war building of the 1950s, the church is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: St. Petrus Canisius (Mainz-Gonsenheim) (DE)

1253 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 3: Sankt Stephan

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The Catholic local church of St. Stephen in Mainz-Gonsenheim was first mentioned in a document in 1401. During several new constructions and conversions, most recently in 1906, the church in neo-Gothic style was given its present imposing form with a length of over 62 metres of the nave and the two almost 60-metre-high church towers. Since it was the largest country church in Rheinhessen, St. Stephen's was soon referred to as the "Rheinhessendom".

Wikipedia: Sankt Stephan (Mainz-Gonsenheim) (DE), Website

438 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Kriegerdenkmal 1914/18

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The list of cultural monuments in Mainz-Gonsenheim is a list of cultural monuments in the district of Gonsenheim in the city of Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is based on the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Mainz-Gonsenheim (DE)

938 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 5: Wildpark Mainz-Gonsenheim

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Wildpark Mainz-Gonsenheim Stefan Frerichs (Stefan) / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Mainz-Gonsenheim wildlife park is a wildlife park in the Gonsenheim district of Mainz in the immediate vicinity of the Lennebergwald nature reserve. The park is only a good three hectares, but is of great importance for the city as a local recreation area. According to the city of Mainz, it is visited by several hundred thousand people a year.

Wikipedia: Wildpark Mainz-Gonsenheim (DE)

333 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: 14-Nothelfer-Kapelle

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14-Nothelfer-Kapelle Stefan Frerichs (Stefan 22:34, 30. Mär. 2011 (CEST)) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Fourteen Helper Chapel of Mainz-Gonsenheim is a chapel on the edge of the Lenneberg Forest between the Mainz district of Gonsenheim and Budenheim in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is dedicated to the Holy Fourteen Helpers. The neo-Gothic construction was completed in 1895.

Wikipedia: Vierzehn-Nothelfer-Kapelle (Mainz-Gonsenheim) (DE), Url

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