Rheingoldhalle Mainz Schedule

Did You Know?

After the founding of the German Empire in 1871, Mainz no longer was as important a stronghold, because in the war of 1870/71 France had lost the territory of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, and this defined the new border between the two countries.For centuries the inhabitants of the fortress of Mainz had suffered from a severe shortage of space which led to disease and other inconveniences.

Martin (Mainzer Dom), over 1,000 years old.The Iron Tower (Eisenturm, tower at the former iron market), a 13th-century gate-tower.The Wood Tower (Holzturm, tower at the former wood market), a 15th-century gate tower.The Gutenberg Museum - exhibits an original Gutenberg Bible amongst many other printed books from the 15th century and later.The Mainz Old Town – what's left of it, the quarter south of the cathedral survived World War II.The Electoral Palace (Kurfà¼rstliches Schloss), residence of the prince-elector .Marktbrunnen, one of the largest Renaissance fountains in Germany.Domus Universitatis (1615), for centuries the tallest edifice in Mainz.Christ Church (Christuskirche), built 1898–1903, bombed in 1945 and rebuilt in 1948–1954.The Church of St.

Patton used the ancient strategic gateway through Germania Superior to cross the Rhine south of Mainz, drive down the Danube towards Czechoslovakia and end the possibility of a Bavarian redoubt crossing the Alps in Austria when the war ended.

The city consists of 15 districts: Altstadt, Neustadt, Mombach, Gonsenheim, Hartenberg-Mà¼nchfeld, Oberstadt, Bretzenheim, Finthen, Drais, Lerchenberg, Marienborn, Hechtsheim, Ebersheim, Weisenau, and Laubenheim.

They hoisted the swastika on all public buildings and began to denounce the Jewish population in the newspapers.

From 1816 to 1866, to the German Confederation Mainz was the most important fortress in the defence against France, and had a strong garrison of Austrian and Prussian troops.In the afternoon of 18 November 1857, a huge explosion rocked Mainz when the city's powder magazine, the Pulverturm, exploded.