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Mainz
Määnz / Meenz | |
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City | |
View of the Mainz Old Town remains of a Roman aqueduct Fortress of Mainz Electoral Palace old town Mainz Cathedral | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Mainz  | |
  Mainz  Mainz | |
| Coordinates: 49°59′58″N 08°16′25″E / 49.99944°N 8.27361°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Urban district |
| Founded | 13/12 BC |
| Subdivisions | 15 boroughs |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2023–31) | Nino Haase[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 97.75 km2 (37.74 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 285 m (935 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 217,556 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55116–55131 |
| Dialling codes | 06131, 06136 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.mainz.de |
Mainz,[a] previously known in English as Mentz or Mayence, is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite the place where the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Mainz on the left bank, and Wiesbaden, the capital of the neighbouring state Hesse, on the right bank.
Mainz is an independent city with a population of 219,501[4] and forms part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region.[5]
Mainz was founded by the Romans in the 1st century BC as a military fortress on the northernmost frontier of the empire and provincial capital of Germania Superior. Mainz became an important city in the 8th century AD as part of the Holy Roman Empire, capital of the Electorate of Mainz and seat of the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, the Primate of Germany. Mainz is famous as the birthplace of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of a movable-type printing press, who in the early 1450s manufactured his first books in the city, including the Gutenberg Bible. Mainz was heavily damaged in World War II; more than 30 air raids destroyed around half of the old town in the city centre, but many buildings were rebuilt post-war.
Mainz is notable as a transport hub, for wine production, and for its many rebuilt historic buildings. One of the ShUM-cities, Mainz and its Jewish cemetery is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.[6]
- ^ Wahl der Oberbürgermeister der kreisfreien Städte, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
- ^ "Mainz definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary".
- ^ "Mainz in Zahlen". www.mainz.de (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Landeshauptstadt Mainz. "Einwohner_nach_Stadtteilen" (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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