Mainz: Gutenberg's Press, ZDF Television, and the Rhineland-Palatinate Capital Across From Wiesbaden
Mainz is the capital of Rheinland-Pfalz with a population around 217,000. Johannes Gutenberg invented movable-type printing here around 1440, arguably the most consequential technological development of the second millennium. The Gutenberg Museum on Liebfrauenplatz houses two original 42-line Bibles. ZDF, Germany's second public television network, has been headquartered on the Lerchenberg since 1964. The Mainzer Dom (cathedral), consecrated in 1036, combines Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque elements across a thousand years of construction.
Mainzer Fastnacht (carnival) is one of Germany's three biggest alongside Cologne and Duesseldorf, with the Rosenmontagszug parade drawing hundreds of thousands. The Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet has over 30,000 students. Mainz and Wiesbaden face each other across the Rhine but sit in different Bundeslaender: Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen respectively. The Theodor-Heuss-Bruecke connects them. Adult companionship in Mainz follows Rheinland-Pfalz's regulatory framework, separate from Wiesbaden's Hessian approach despite the short crossing.
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Mainz is the capital of Rheinland-Pfalz with a population around 217,000. Johannes Gutenberg invented movable-type printing here around 1440, arguably the most consequential technological development of the second millennium. The Gutenberg Museum on Liebfrauenplatz houses two original 42-line Bibles. ZDF, Germany's second public television network, has been headquartered on the Lerchenberg since 1964. The Mainzer Dom (cathedral), consecrated in 1036, combines Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque elements across a thousand years of construction.
Mainzer Fastnacht (carnival) is one of Germany's three biggest alongside Cologne and Duesseldorf, with the Rosenmontagszug parade drawing hundreds of thousands. The Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet has over 30,000 students. Mainz and Wiesbaden face each other across the Rhine but sit in different Bundeslaender: Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen respectively. The Theodor-Heuss-Bruecke connects them. Adult companionship in Mainz follows Rheinland-Pfalz's regulatory framework, separate from Wiesbaden's Hessian approach despite the short crossing.
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