Gau Gate

Gau Gate is a gate 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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gau Gate and St. Stephan.

Gau Gate

City gate

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Gau Gate is a city gate.

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 150 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 320 metres north of Gau Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siedlung am Fichteplatz and Altstadt.

Siedlung am Fichteplatz

Neighborhood

Siedlung am Fichteplatz

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Siedlung am Fichteplatz is a neighborhood.

Altstadt

Suburb

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Altstadt is a suburb.

Bonifazius-Türme

Locality

Bonifazius-Türme

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Bonifazius-Türme is a locality.

Gau Gate

Type: Gate
Location: Mainz, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.99467° or 49° 59′ 41″ north

Longitude

8.26741° or 8° 16′ 3″ east

Elevation

123 metres (404 feet)

Open location code

8FXCX7V8+VX

GeoNames ID

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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”
Finnish: “Mainzin linnoituksen Gau-portti”
French: “Porte Gau de la forteresse de Mayence”
German: “Gautor”
Italian: “Porta Gau della fortezza di Magonza”
Spanish: “Puerta de Gau de la fortaleza de Maguncia”
Swedish: “Gau porten av Mainz fästning”

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