In the center of Mainz, not far from the cathedral and the theater, is the Gutenberg Museum, which documents the invention of the printing press by the German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg in 1448. Gutenberg was a native of Mainz and did most of his major work here. The museum has Read More …
Here we are looking north, that is downstream, from the walkway up on the railroad bridge. The city of Mainz is spread out along the left bank of the river, and off in the distance on the right bank you might just be able to make out the city of Read More …
Right next to the south station in Mainz (where the InterCityExpress trains go through without stopping) there is an archaeological excavation site called Theatrum Mogontiacensium. With the help of numerous volunteers, including local school children and also some of the Americans who used to live in the area, archaeologists have Read More …
Mainz is right across the Rhine River from Wiesbaden. Both are state capitals and both have good opera houses, but what I never realized is that they are both just about the same distance from Frankfurt. I always had the feeling that Mainz was further away, since it is off Read More …