Mainz Facts for Kids

Mainz is on the left side of the river Rhine, on the right side is the city Wiesbaden. Mainz has about 203,000 people. Its main economic product is wine. It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

Education

Mainz has some universities:

Satellite view of Mainz (south of the Rhine) and Wiesbaden
View north along the Rhine with the old Winterhafen in the lower left and the former port facilities further north
Line showing 50° north latitude on the Gutenbergplatz
Remains of a Roman town gate from the late 4th century
The Drusus monument or Drususstein (surrounded by the 17th-century citadel) raised by the troops of Nero Claudius Drusus to commemorate him
Remains of the Roman aqueduct of Mogontiacum
Mainz Cathedral, western main tower
St. Stephan Mainz (St. Stephan Church in Mainz) is famous for its Marc Chagall windows
Monument to St. Boniface before Mainz Cathedral
St. Martin's Cathedral in Mainz, by Wenzel Hollar; pen-and-ink drawing 1632
Tombstone of Jeanbon Baron de St. André, Prefect of Napoleonic Mainz
Mainz towards the Rhine (around 1890)
Mainz including expansion zone the Rhine (1898)
Mainz skyline May 2007, from South Railway bridge over the Rhine looking north
Mainz May 2011, Schillerplatz, looking southeast
Market square and cathedral
Schusterstraße
Town Hall by Jacobsen
The Deutschhaus, the House of Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
Kaiserstraße ("Emperor Street") with boulevard and Christuskirche
Theodor Heuss Bridge
Interior of the Augustinian Church
Mainz Rad and FSV Mainz 05 flags on the Domplatz
Forum of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Mewa Arena
Bonifatius center building
View to the Rheinreede, container cranes 2007, laid down in 2010.
Aerial photograph of Mainz