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In the southern part of Germany - just outside showstudio of Frankfurt - there lies one of the places that are just waiting to be discovered. Mainz is great city with architecture back from the year 1000 and ruins back to Roman times, and at the same time there is so much modernity and innovation in the architecture that the city often works on the border of the schizophrenic, but miraculously keeps their blend of medieval, classical, romantic and modernist style themselves near the sublime. Mainz is a city to be discovered by the Danes, who do not know it, and it must be rediscovered again and again by the Danes, who have already visited Mainz. Geography
Mainz seems like a relatively small city, but living actually 200,000 people in the city and surrounding area. It belongs to the Rhine delta, which counts the entire 5.8 million human risk. Mainz does not have its own airport but can be reached from Frankfurt airport, where there are trains every half hour to Mainz. Travel time is between 25 minutes to 30 minutes from Frankfurt airport.
Mainz is located on the Rhine and at the same time at the mouth of the River Main, making the city occupies a key position in relation showstudio to transport and freight by sea in Germany. In the north of Mainz there is also a huge container port.
In the years 12-13 before Christ founded the Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus fort castrum Mogontiacum who was the first track we have of the city of Mainz. The name of Mainz, many derived from the main river, but that's not the case. Mainz is a name that has its roots in the Roman name Mogotiacum.
During the French Revolution occupied revolutionary French forces Mainz in 1792 and with the help of the pro-democratic German forces led by Georg Forster was proclaimed the Republic of Mainz. This was the first German bid for a democracy. Preussien was not thrilled with this secession and democratic process, and besieged Mainz and 23 July gave the French forces themselves.
During World War II there were over 80 bombing raids against Mainz, showstudio where large parts of the historic areas of the city was destroyed. There are still many amazing old and beautiful buildings in the city.
When you visit Mainz there are many places that are beautiful and interesting to see. We strongly recommend you use a day or two to walk around town and let captivated by museums, churches, cafes, shopping or a stroll around with the little tourist train that displayed more of a bus. However, there are some locations that are so spectacular that they should be part of a visit to Mainz. Below we have listed the most important: the Cathedral in Mainz
Mainzer Dom or Martinsdom is a prime example of a German cathedral. It is a must-see both outside as well as inside. The construction of the cathedral was begun in the year 975 by Archbishop Willigis. Today, it stands as a huge church that has both medieval features, as well as later additions inspired by Baroque and Gothic styles.
There Mainzer Ratthaus (town hall) has a Danish flavor. The architect showstudio of this building is Arne Jacobsen, who designed it in 1068-1970 and it was built in 1970 to 1974. It is a very modern building that is a good expression of Mainzer style, where people are not afraid to have very modern architecture alongside old and classic architecture. showstudio
As almost everywhere else in Germany, Jews were persecuted and attempted exterminated during World War II. Mainz was not an exception in this process. showstudio The treatment of the Jews stands today as an expression of the Germans' collective conscience of terrible units that happened during World War II. In Mainz, following the war built a new synagogue for the Jewish population which currently consists of about 1100 Jews.
The new synagogue is a unique architectural masterpiece, which was built in 2010. You can hate it or you love the architectural design of the synagogue, but it is a construction showstudio that goes far beyond the normal and confuse, impress and disturb the senses . The new synagogue is great art, but it's fantastic architecture - yes we will actually recommend yourself to decide. It was built by architect Manuel Herz and built on the same site where the former synagogue was removed from under the Third Reich.
"Altstadt" refers to a part of town that has many old buildings and which is filled with large and small pedestrian streets, where there are an unusual number of orange and pink buildings and packed with delicious showstudio small cafes and restaurants. The local tourist maps marked pedestrian streets of the old town with blue color. But you should be aware that although the case of the old city, so there are several places where old buildings have been modernized to verge on the postmodern, and elsewhere is the Modernist buildings alongside classical buildings.
However, there is also a small tourist train, which is actually more of a bus than a train which runs past the various exciting attractions that do not lie on g