Gau Gate
Gau Gate is a building in Mainz, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate. Gau Gate is situated nearby to the church St. Stephan, as well as near the public building Osteiner Hof.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: city gate in Mainz
- Also known as: “Gautor” and “Gautor (Mainz)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Stephan and Mainz Cathedral.
St. Stephan
Church
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The Collegiate Church of St. Stephan, known in German as St. Stephan zu Mainz, is a Gothic hall collegiate church located in the German city of Mainz. It is known for windows created by Marc Chagall. St. Stephan is situated 160 metres northeast of Gau Gate.
Mainz Cathedral
Church
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Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin's Cathedral is located near the historical center and pedestrianized market square of the city of Mainz, Germany. This 1000-year-old Roman Catholic cathedral is the site of the episcopal see of the Bishop of Mainz. Mainz Cathedral is situated 670 metres northeast of Gau Gate.
Osteiner Hof
Public building
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The Osteiner Hof is one of several Baroque-era palatial mansions along Schillerplatz square in the German city of Mainz. The mansion, along the southern edge of the square, was built in 1747-1752 by architect-soldier Johann Valentin Thomann for Franz Wolfgang Damian von Ostein, brother of Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, who was prince-bishop of Mainz at that time. Osteiner Hof is situated 340 metres north of Gau Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siedlung am Fichteplatz and Mainz-Altstadt.
Siedlung am Fichteplatz
Neighborhood
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Siedlung am Fichteplatz is a neighborhood.
Mainz-Kastel
Suburb
Mainz-Kastel is a district of the city Wiesbaden, which is the capital of the German state Hesse in western Germany. Kastel is the historical bridgehead of Mainz, the capital of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate and is located on the right side of the Rhine river.
Gau Gate
- Categories: city gate and historic site
- Location: Mainz, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.99458° or 49° 59′ 41″ northLongitude
8.2674° or 8° 16′ 3″ eastElevation
123 metres (404 feet)Open location code
8FXCX7V8+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 182751198OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesGeoNames ID
12122501Wikidata ID
Q1357980
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Gau Gate” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gau-poort van het fort van Mainz”
- Dutch: “Gau-poort”
- Dutch: “Gautor”
- Finnish: “Gaun portti”
- Finnish: “Gautor”
- Finnish: “Mainzin linnoituksen Gau-portti”
- French: “Porte Gau de la forteresse de Mayence”
- German: “Gautor”
- Italian: “Porta Gau della fortezza di Magonza”
- Russian: “Gautor”
- Russian: “Ворота Гау”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Gau de la fortaleza de Maguncia”
- Swedish: “Gau porten av Mainz fästning”
- Swedish: “Gauporten”
- Swedish: “Gautor”
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Restaurant Gautor and Häfner.
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