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Definition: Mainz from Philip's Encyclopedia

City at the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers; capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany. Mainz was founded as a Roman camp in 1 bc. In ad 1118 it became a free city. In the 15th century, Mainz flourished as a major European centre of learning. In 1792 it fell to the French. Restored to Germany in 1815, Mainz was rapidly fortified. Today, it is a vital transport and commercial centre. Pop. (1999) 185,600.


Mainz

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(mīnts), city (1994 pop. 185,487), capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, a port on the E bank of the Rhine River opposite the mouth of the Main River. Its French name, also sometimes used in English, is Mayence. The city is an industrial, commercial, and transportation center. Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, glassware, and musical instruments are produced; the city is also a trade center for Rhine wines. Mainz is one of the great historical cities of Germany. It grew on the site of the Roman camp of Maguntiacum, or Mogontiacum (founded 1st cent. B.C. ). The city was made (746–47) the seat of the first German archbishop, who was St. Boniface (c.675–754). The later archbishops acquired considerable territory around Mainz and in Franconia, on both sides of the Main, which they ruled as princes of the Holy Roman Empire. Very early they received a vote in the imperial elections and had precedence over the other electors ; they crowned the German kings. From the 16th cent., with…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(mīnts), city (1994 pop. 185,487), capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, a port on the E bank of the Rhine River opposite the mouth of the Main River. Its French name, also sometimes used in English, is Mayence. The city is an industrial, commercial, and transportation center. Chemicals, …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
River port and capital of Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany, on the left bank of the Rhine, 37 km/23 mi southwest of Frankfurt-am-Main; population (2005 est) 194,400. It is a major centre of the wine trade. Industries include computers (IBM), metal goods, precision instruments, chemicals, machinery, …
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop., 2002 est.: 185,293), west-central Germany. Situated on the Rhine River opposite the mouth of the Main River , it was established as a Roman military camp c. 14 bc on the site of an earlier Celtic settlement. It became an archbishopric in ad 775, a free city in 1244, and the head of the…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
City, ✽ of Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, on Rhine at mouth of Main River 20 mi. (32 km.) WSW of Frankfurt am Main; pop. (1992e) 182,867; river port; center of Rhenish wine industry; chemicals, machinery; university (1477, closed 1816, reopened 1946); 11th cent. Romanesque cathedral; 17th cent. …
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At the very same time Johannes Gutenberg was creating his historic first printed Bible, and perhaps in the very same town, one of the last great handwritten and illustrated Bibles was being inked near Mainz, Germany. It is even possible, say experts, that this written Bible was a direct influence on…
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Full text Article Moguntiacum (Mainz)

From Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome
A strategic site near the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers. In the early first century C.E., in preparation for an invasion of Germany, Emperor Augustus ordered a fortress to be constructed here large enough to accommodate two entire legions. Once constructed, Moguntiacum became the perennial…
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Full text Article Mainz Republic

From Chambers Dictionary of World History
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Germany, castrum of Mainz, Funerary stele of Gneo Misius
Credit: Germany, castrum of Mainz, Funerary stele of Gneo Misius / De Agostini Picture Library / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: 1st Century B.C., Germany, Mainz, Landesmuseum Mainz (Acrhaeological and Art Museum), Roman art Artwork-location: Mainz, Landesmuseum Mainz (Acrhaeological And Art…
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