The Walk in Mainz
October 12, 2014.
It was around 10am when my publisher friends and I reached the Mainz Hauptbahnhof. We had travelled by train from Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof 38 minutes earlier. The air was cool and windy, and the sun was hiding. We had anticipated the weather and each of us wore thick jackets.
Not one of us were sure how to get to Gutenberg Museum and so we decided to depend on GPS on my mobile phone. I had bought a local sim card with data plan on the first day I arrived in Frankfurt. From my past travels to Frankfurt, I figured that it is a whole lot easier to get local card and get in touch with other people online while on the move. Besides, I am an avid Instagrammer and posting photos with the current location seemed more fun.
*For more info on the local sim card, read my post here.
Basically, we walked about 20 minutes and en-route the museum, I had captured a lot of photos that appealed to me. I am reliving the moment and invite you to take the walk with me now. Interested? Let’s walk.
This is Hotel Königshof Mainz, just opposite the train station.
Chairs opposite the hotel.
Berliner Gemüse Kebap, Große Bleiche. This was where we had our late lunch on the way back.
Somewhere at Steingasse Street.
Pandora outlet at Schusterstrasse.
Löwen Apotheke am Dom at Markt Square.
Dom Cafe at Markt Square.
Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin’s Cathedral at Markt Square. This 1000 year-old Roman Catholic cathedral is predominantly Romanesque in style, but later exterior additions over many centuries have resulted in the appearance of various architectural influences seen today.
La Maison du Pain, Markt Square that serves French pastries.
Overall, I have a total of 209 photos from Mainz but it is impossible to share all. Hehe. So let’s skip to the basic information about Mainz.
Mainz is famous for its university, its Roman heritage, its status as a media hub and regional capital, and its three most defining features: the Romanesque cathedral, the Gutenberg printing press and the Rhineland carnival. The people of Mainz have good reason to be proud of their city’s history spanning almost 2,000 years.
For over 1,000 years the city’s skyline has been dominated by one building, Mainz Cathedral. Towering majestically in its central location, the cathedral is one of the most important churches in Germany. Its foundation stone was laid in 975 AD under the aegis of Bishop Willigis. In its shadows lie the medieval and early modern quarters of Mainz.
The city is dominated by two architectural periods: the modern age, as evidenced by the town hall, the Hilton hotel and Rheingoldhalle complex, and the Renaissance-Baroque with the Neues Zeughaus, the Deutschordenshaus and the Electoral Palace. According to some art historians, the unusually ornate, nuanced design of the Electoral Palace’s facade surpasses even that of Heidelberg Castle.
Mainz also offers a wealth of fascinating museums. The Gutenberg Printing Museum and the Central Romano-Germanic Museum in the Electoral Palace stand out as the best in the city. The palace’s pre-history and early history collections, along with those on Roman and early medieval history, are complemented by large restoration workshops that enjoy an international reputation – even Ötzi the Iceman, found in the Alps, has paid a visit. An even broader spectrum, from the Stone Age to modern times, is explored at Mainz State Museum, founded in 1803 with 36 paintings donated by Napoleon.
The Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in the cathedral provides information about the history of the episcopal church and the bishopric. The Museum of Municipal History gives an extensive insight into the development of Mainz, while the Natural History Museum is the largest of its kind in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Kunsthalle Mainz art gallery rounds off the museum highlights in impressive fashion: the strikingly redesigned building at the former customs port is now encased in glass and even features a sloped exhibition floor on a seven degree incline.
Source: http://www.germany.travel/en/towns-cities-culture/towns-cities/mainz.html
28 Comments
jaja
wah.. seronoknya jalan-jalan….
yang map chart tu Kak Em buat sendiri or memang dah exist….
mudah nak faham.. hehehe..
insyaallah kalau ada kesempatan… suatu hari nanti… akan saya jejakkan kaki ke sini…..
glory jane
I also love to flipping tru your photo in Instagram Kak Em. ^__^
209 photo of Mainz, wow that quite a lot 🙂
Mainz is an old town town, right Kak Em? I do love the old architecture design and glad that they restore most of the old historical building.
Wish to go there too one day.
glory jane
saya pun nak pergi juga la jaja kalau berpeluang 🙂
emila
Jaja, yes the map I buat sendiri based on my travel that day.
emila
Jom!
emila
Yes, ada old town part, ada commercial part.
Libby
best kalau pergi trip dengan member member yang rapat…huhu
Libby
..semua boler dilukis…best best…..
glory jane
Early morning memang tak ramai org lagi ke Kak Em? Tengok mcm sunyi je. Ke memang masa ni kurang pelancong?
jaja
Senang nak faham Dan info free fare yang caught my eyes… he he he… saya ni memang pantang kalau bab free
imaisha
kalau jaja dgn jane pegi, saya nak ikut sama ya 😉
imaisha
betul2.. tau je apa2 yg free, excited jadinya.. haha.. nasib baik free je masuk book fair.. 🙂 tapi kalau dpt buku free jugak, lagi best kot 😛
imaisha
Löwen Apotheke am Dom tu bangunan apa sebenarnya? kedai buku ke? cantiknya exterior deco.. tak mcm kedai biasa..
glory jane
kalau nak pergi, kena save duit awal2 ni 🙂
glory jane
ada ukiran-ukiran dan lukisan-lukisan kat dinding bangunan dia tu, sangat menarik kan?
glory jane
betul tu… ada map ni lebih senang nak faham perjalanan kak em, dan lebih seronok nak baca
jaja
Kak Em buat illustrate map tu guna app ape ye?
jaja
kalau kamu semua pergi…. semua kena bagi sponsor kat saya…
saya ni belajar lagi… hehhehee
jaja
semua boleh dilukis sekelip mata kalau tangan yang melukis tu milik Emila Yusof… ehehhe
jaja
map yang dilukis oleh orang yang betul2 dah ke sana, merasai sendiri pengalaman naik public transports or jalan kaki memang senang nak faham…. sebab diolah berdasarkan minda seorang traveler bukan minda penduduk tetap… hehehee
jaja
tak ramai orang lagi seronok… hehehe… tenang..
imaisha
aik, mcm tu pula -_-” dah bekerja pun, duit habis bayar rumah, kereta, ASB bla bla.. miskin mengalahkan student rasanya.. biasa student kan ada loan ptptn la, or sponsor MARA & JPA.. jaja guna duit tu jela nak travel 😛
imaisha
kalau saya yg lukis, map tu tak blh dijadikan panduan.. lagi menyesatkan org ada la.. huhu.. kak Em punya map cantik bkn main lagi.. 😀
imaisha
org masih tidur lagi tu.. hehe.. mampu speculate je sebab kak Em tak jawap soalan 😛
Hafsah ahmad
Thank you for taking us for a walk 🙂
Hafsah ahmad
Really enjoy the walk through the pictures 🙂
Hazural
seronok nya dapat jalan2 d tempat orang kan..
Hazural
nak ikutttttt