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Mainz

Mainz is the capital city of the state of in . Mainz is notable as a transport hub, for wine production, and for its many rebuilt historic buildings. In 2019, it was home to about 219,000 people.
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  • Type: City with 227,000 residents
  • Description: capital of the federal state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Also known as: “Maguncia”, “Mayence”, and “Mogontiacum”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mainz Cathedral and Bruchwegstadion.

Church
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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.

Stadium
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The is a multi-purpose stadium in Mainz, . It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 18,700 people and was built in 1929.

Railway station
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is a railway station for the city of Mainz in the German state of . It is used by about 60,000 travelers and visitors each day and is therefore by far the busiest station in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hartenberg-Münchfeld and Gonsenheim.

Suburb
is a borough of the state capital Mainz, . is known for the former home of first league football club of 1.

Suburb
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is a borough in the northwest corner of Mainz, Germany. With about 25,000 inhabitants, it is the second-most populated borough of Mainz, before Oberstadt and after Neustadt.

Suburb
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is a borough of the city of , , . With over 38,000 inhabitants, it is the most-populated of Wiesbaden's boroughs. It is located south of the city center on the Rhine River, opposite the Mainz borough of .

Mainz

Latitude
49.9995° or 49° 59′ 58″ north
Longitude
8.2736° or 8° 16′ 25″ east
Population
227,000
Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DE MAI
Open location code
8FXCX7XF+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240116263
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2874225
Wiki­data ID
Q1720
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Mainz” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mainz”
  • Albanian: “Majnci”
  • Amharic: “ማይንጽ”
  • Arabic: “ماينتس”
  • Aragonese: “Maganza”
  • Armenian: “Մայնց”
  • Asturian: “Maguncia”
  • Asturian: “Mainz”
  • Asturian: “Mayence”
  • Asturian: “Moguntiacum”
  • Aymara: “Mainz”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mayns”
  • Balinese: “Mainz”
  • Basque: “Maguntzia”
  • Basque: “Mainz”
  • Bavarian: “Mainz”
  • Belarusian: “Майнц”
  • Bengali: “মাইজ”
  • Bosnian: “Mainz”
  • Breton: “Mainz”
  • Bulgarian: “Майнц”
  • Catalan: “Magúncia”
  • Catalan: “Mainz”
  • Cebuano: “Mainz”
  • Central Bikol: “Meguncia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ماینتس”
  • Chechen: “Майнц”
  • Chinese: “Mainz”
  • Chinese: “緬恩斯”
  • Chinese: “美因茨”
  • Chinese: “美茵茨”
  • Chuvash: “Майнц”
  • Cornish: “Mainz”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Maynts”
  • Croatian: “Mainz”
  • Czech: “Mainz”
  • Czech: “Mohuč”
  • Danish: “Mainz”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mainz”
  • Dutch: “Mainz”
  • Dutch: “Ments” (historical)
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماينتس”
  • Esperanto: “Mainz”
  • Esperanto: “Majenco”
  • Estonian: “Mainz”
  • Faroese: “Mainz”
  • Finnish: “Mainz”
  • French: “Mainz”
  • French: “Mayence”
  • French: “Mogontiacum”
  • Galician: “Maguncia”
  • Galician: “Mainz”
  • Georgian: “მაინცი”
  • German: “Mainz”
  • German: “Mogontiacum”
  • Gothic: “𐌼𐌰𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌶”
  • Gothic: “𐌼𐌰𐌾𐌽𐍄𐍃”
  • Greek: “Μάιντς”
  • Gujarati: “મેન્ઝ”
  • Haitian: “Mayens”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Mainz”
  • Hausa: “Birnin Mainr”
  • Hausa: “Mainz”
  • Hebrew: “מגנצא”
  • Hebrew: “מיינץ”
  • Hindi: “मैन्ज़”
  • Hungarian: “Mainz”
  • Icelandic: “Mainz”
  • Icelandic: “Meginsborg”
  • Ido: “Mainz”
  • Indonesian: “Mainz”
  • Interlingua: “Mainz”
  • Interlingue: “Mainz”
  • Irish: “Mainz”
  • Italian: “Maganza”
  • Italian: “Magonza”
  • Japanese: “マインツ”
  • Javanese: “Mainz”
  • Kannada: “ಮೇನ್ಜ್”
  • Kazakh: “Майнц”
  • Kirghiz: “Майнц”
  • Kongo: “Mainz”
  • Korean: “마인츠”
  • Kurdish: “Mainz”
  • Ladin: “Mainz”
  • Latin: “Magontia”
  • Latin: “Mogontiacum”
  • Latin: “Moguntiacum”
  • Latvian: “Mainca”
  • Ligurian: “Mainz”
  • Lithuanian: “Maincas”
  • Lombard: “Magunza”
  • Low German: “Mainz”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Mainz”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mainz”
  • Macedonian: “Мајнц”
  • Malagasy: “Mainz”
  • Malay: “Mainz”
  • Maltese: “Mainz”
  • Marathi: “माइंत्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mainz”
  • Mongolian: “Майнц”
  • N'Ko: “ߝߑߙߊ߲ߞߑߝߐߐߐߙ ߙߍ߲ߣ ߡߍ߲ߖ߭ ߞߎߓߋߛߏ”
  • N'Ko: “ߡߊߦߍ߲ߛ”
  • N'Ko: “ߡߍ߲ߖ߭”
  • Nepali: “मैन्ज़”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mainz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mainz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mainz”
  • Norwegian: “Mainz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Maiança”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Moguntceaster”
  • Ossetian: “Майнц”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Meenz”
  • Persian: “ماینتس”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Määnz”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Mainz”
  • Piemontese: “Magonsa”
  • Polish: “Moguncja”
  • Portuguese: “Mainz”
  • Portuguese: “Mogúncia”
  • Pushto: “ماینڅ”
  • Quechua: “Mainz”
  • Romanian: “Maiența” (historical)
  • Romanian: “Mainz”
  • Romansh: “Magonza”
  • Russian: “Майнц”
  • Sardinian: “Mainz”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Mainz”
  • Scots: “Mainz”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mainz”
  • Serbian: “Мајнц”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mainz”
  • Sicilian: “Magonza”
  • Silesian: “Mainz”
  • Sinhala: “මෙයින්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Mainz”
  • Slovak: “Mohuč” (historical)
  • Slovenian: “Mainz”
  • Slovenian: “Mogontiacum”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماینتس”
  • Spanish: “Maguncia”
  • Spanish: “Mogontiacum”
  • Swahili: “Mainz”
  • Swedish: “Mainz”
  • Swiss German: “Mainz”
  • Tagalog: “Maguncia”
  • Tagalog: “Mainz”
  • Tamil: “மெயின்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Майнц”
  • Telugu: “మైంజ్”
  • Thai: “ไมนซ์”
  • Thai: “ไมนทซ์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Mainz”
  • Tumbuka: “Mainz”
  • Turkish: “Mainz”
  • Ukrainian: “Майнц”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Mohuč”
  • Urdu: “مینز”
  • Uzbek: “Mainz”
  • Venetian: “Magonsa”
  • Veps: “Mainc”
  • Vietnamese: “Mainz”
  • Volapük: “Mainz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mainz”
  • Welsh: “Mainz”
  • Western Frisian: “Mainz”
  • Western Panjabi: “مائنز”
  • Wu Chinese: “美因茨”
  • Yiddish: “מיינץ”
  • Yoruba: “Mainz”
  • Yue Chinese: “緬恩斯”
  • Zeeuws: “Mainz”
  • “Mainz”

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