Mainz

Mainz (German: [maɪ̯nt͡s] ( listen); Laitin: Mogontiacum, French: Mayence) is a ceety in Germany an the caipital o the German federal state o Rhineland-Palatinate. It wis a poleetically important seat o the Prince-elector o Mainz (see: Airchbishopric o Mainz) unner the Holy Roman Empire, an previously wis a Roman fort ceety which commandit the wast bank o the Rhine an formit pairt o the northmaist frontier o the Roman Empire. Mainz is locatit on the river Rhine athort frae Wiesbaden, in the wastren pairt o the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region; in the modren age, Frankfurt shares hintle o its regional importance.

Mainz
Mainz Auld Toun View frae the citadel (2003)
Coat airms
Mainz
Coordinates: 50°0′0″N 8°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)[1]
• 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 wis foondit as a militar post bi the Romans in the late 1st century BC. The first European beuks printit uisin movable type wur manufactured in Mainz bi Gutenberg in the early 1450s. Up till the twintiet century, Mainz wis uisually referred tae in Inglis as Mayence.

Internaitional relations

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

Mainz is twinned wi:

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