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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.
The fortress of Mainz was connected, by a bridge over the Rhine, with the strongly fortified village of Kastel. The extent of the works, which were much enlarged by the French while the city was in their possession, including the work called the Weisenauer Schanze or Fort Weisenau , but exclusive of Kastel and of the small redoubt, was two and ...
Mainz-Kastel Storage Station; USAG Wiesbaden Military Training Area, Mainz, Gonsenheim/Mombach; USAG Wiesbaden Training Area, Mainz Finthen Airport; USAG Wiesbaden Radar Station, Mainz Finthen Airport; Urlas Housing and Shopping Complex, Ansbach (converted from Urlas Training Area in early 2010s) Tower Barracks Dülmen, Dülmen; Wetzel barracks ...
Mainz-Kastel, Germany, 1 July 1995 – present; Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 1 July 1962 – 30 June 1992; Sembach Air Base, Germany, 2 May 1954 – 8 May 1955; Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, 8 December 1953 – 17 April 1954 [1]
Three of Wiesbaden's boroughs were part of the city of Mainz until 1945, and still bear the designation "Mainz" in their names—the so-called AKK-boroughs of Mainz-Amöneburg, Mainz-Kastel, and Mainz-Kostheim. This so-called AKK-Konflikt (de:AKK-Konflikt) is the main cause for the rivalry between Mainz and Wiesbaden.
The Via Regia ran west–east through the centre of the Holy Roman Empire, from the Rhine at Mainz-Kastel (Elisabethenstraße) to Frankfurt am Main, trade city and site of the election of the King of the Romans, continuing along Hanau, the Kaiserpfalz at Gelnhausen, the towns of Steinau an der Straße, Neuhof, Fulda and Eisenach to Erfurt, a centre of woad production.
Mainz-Kastel station is situated on the Frankfurt–Wiesbaden line (line number 3603; timetable section 645.1) in Mainz-Kastel, now a suburb of Wiesbaden, in the German state of Hesse. It was opened as part of the Taunus Railway, which was opened in 1839/40.
Theodor Heuss Bridge as seen from Kastel towards Mainz View of Mainz and the Theodor-Heuss-Bridge. The Theodor Heuss Bridge is an arch bridge over the Rhine River connecting the Mainz-Kastel district of Wiesbaden, capital of state Hesse and the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz. The main span of the bridge is 102.94 meters (337.7 ft) long.