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After the Second World War and the new reorganisation of the region, Hechtsheim became a municipality in the district of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate). In the 1950s, it benefited from the development of its commercial area. In 1969, Hechtsheim was incorporated into the city of Mainz as a district (Ortsbezirk) called Mainz-Hechtsheim. [5]
Mainz is a major transport hub in southern Germany. It is an important component in European distribution, as it has the fifth largest inter-modal port in Germany. The Port of Mainz, now handling mainly containers, is a sizable industrial area to the north of the city, along the banks of the Rhine. In order to open up space along the city's ...
Signpost of twin towns in Celle Map of Germany. This is a list of municipalities in Germany which have standing links to local communities in other countries, or in other parts of Germany (mostly across the former inner German border), known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
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. Kastel faces the historical center of Mainz and the two cities are connected ...
The only existing Pennsylvania German newspaper, Hiwwe wie Driwwe, was founded in Germany in 1996 in the village of Ober-Olm, which is located close to Mainz, the state capital (and is published bi-annually as a cooperation project with Kutztown University). In the same village one can find the headquarters of the German-Pennsylvanian Association.
The Republic of Mainz was the first democratic state in the current German territory [1] and was centered in Mainz. A product of the French Revolutionary Wars , it lasted from March to July 1793. Context
Drais is located atop a hill overlooking Mainz and the Rhine Valley. The village of Drais has maintained its historical boundaries, and is surrounded by apple, plum and strawberry orchards. [citation needed] Drais is surrounded by the larger more urban Mainz sub divisions of Finthen, Bretzenheim, Gonsenheim and Lerchenberg .
The Sawley map in the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The Sawley map, formerly known as the ' Henry of Mainz ' map, is the earliest surviving mappa mundi (world map) made in England. [1] It was made between about 1180 and the early 13th century. [2] The map is the frontispiece of a copy of the Imago mundi of Honorius of Autun.