Mainz

Mainz
Mainz Auld Toyn View frae the citadel (2003)
Mainz
Coordinates	50°0′0″N 8°16′16″E
Admeenistration
Kintra	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Destrict	Urban destrict
Ceety subdivisions	15 burghs
Laird Mayor	Michael Ebling (SPD)
Basic statistics
Aurie	97.75 km2 (37.74 sq mi)
Elevation	85–285 m  (279–935 ft)
Population	200,957 (31 Dizember 2011)
- Density	2,056 /km2 (5,325 /sq mi)
Foondit	13 BC
Ither information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MZ
Postal codes	55001–55131
Aurie codes	06131, 06136
Wabsteid	www.mainz.de

Mainz ( /ˈmaɪnts/; 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 of 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 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, with 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

Freemit airtins

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