Mainz

Mainz
Mainz Auld Toun View frae the citadel (2003)
Coat airms
Mainz
Coordinates:50°0′0″N8°16′16″E
Kintra	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Destrict	Urban destrict
Foondit	13 BC
Subdivisions	15 burghs
Govrenment
•Laird Mayor	Michael Ebling(SPD)
Area
• Total	97.75 km2(37.74 sq mi)
Population (2021-12-31)
• Total	217,556
• Density	2,200/km2(5,800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST(UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55001–55131
Diallin codes	06131, 06136
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.mainz.de

Mainz(German:[maɪ̯nt͡s](listen);Laitin:Mogontiacum,French:Mayence) is a ceety inGermanyan the caipital o the Germanfederal stateoRhineland-Palatinate.It wis a poleetically important seat o thePrince-electoro Mainz (see:Airchbishopric o Mainz) unner theHoly Roman Empire,an previously wis aRomanfort ceety which commandit the wast bank o theRhinean formit pairt o the northmaist frontier o the Roman Empire. Mainz is locatit on the riverRhineathort fraeWiesbaden,in the wastren pairt o theFrankfurt Rhine-Main Region;in the modren age,Frankfurtshares hintle o its regional importance.

Mainz wis foondit as a militar post bi theRomansin the late 1st century BC. The first European beuks printit uisin movable type wur manufactured in Mainz biGutenbergin the early 1450s. Up till the twintiet century, Mainz wis uisually referred tae in Inglis asMayence.

Internaitional relations

Main airticle:Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Germany

Mainz istwinnedwi:

• Watford,Unitit Kinrick, syne 1956
• Dijon,Fraunce, syne 1957
• Longchamp,Fraunce, wiMainz-Laubenheim,syne 1966
• Zagreb,Croatie,syne 1967
• Rodeneck,Italy, wiMainz-Finthen,syne 1977
• Valencie,Spain, syne 1978
• Haifa,Israel,syne 1981
• Erfurt,umwhileEast Germany,syne 1988
• Baku,Azerbaijan,syne 1984
• Louisville, Kentucky,Unitit States, syne 1994

Freemit airtins

• The offeecial wab steid o the ceety o Mainz
• "Mainz".Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.