Worth Seeing

"This cathedral above the Rhine Valley with all of its might and glory would have remained in my memory even if I had never seen it again“, wrote author Anna Seghers. This tremendous cathedral is a key feature of the cityscape even today, thousands of years after it was built.

The Cathedral: Further Information

A total of 200,000 visitors a year prove that St. Stephan is an attraction! Tourists from around the world make the hike up to the Stephansberg to see Marc Chagall’s sparkling blue windows.
 
St. Stephan: Further Information

Attractive squares, beautifully restored half-timbered houses and magnificent Baroque churches give the Old Town its charming character. Behind Rococo facades and in fine Baroque houses you will find elegant boutiques, cafés and wine taverns.
 
Explore the historic Old Town of Mainz

Today you can experience four thousand years of the history of writing from around the world in the Gutenberg Museum. Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz played one of the key roles in the process when he invented printing with moveable type and the printing press.

Further information on the Gutenberg Museum

Mogontiacum, the Mainz of Roman times, was an important place in antiquity. The city’s roots were in the Castrum, the camp of the Roman Legion, a strategic site on the hill across from where the Main flows into the Rhine. From here, Mainz developed into a military (and later also the civil) centre of the region.

Roman Mainz: Further Information