Mainz Tour vom Zollhafen ins Zentrum

(Cover photo by Prof.hc Dr.-Ing.Philipp Meuser - we thank you for making it available)

Customs port (Zollhafen), Neustadt, banks of the Rhine, center

Proposal for an architectural tour for first-time visitors to Mainz who are interested in architecture and love flat paths.

It is the Rhine that we roughly follow on this architectural tour, in which direction is up to you. This Mainz by ZZ tour, as well as the Mainz by WW architectural tour, can also be seen as a suggestion and can be individually varied and combined.

The system of red and blue street signs in Mainz can be checked on this architectural tour, red perpendicular to the Rhine, blue parallel to it. The tour begins (or ends) at the Zollhafen, a former commercial port that will in future be lined mainly with residential buildings but also some office buildings. An existing building was converted into an art gallery. The nearby, architecturally remarkable synagogue is a reminder of Mainz's great Jewish tradition as a 'Shum city', which was Speyer, Worms and Mainz. Through the Neustadt, where the urban planning and individual buildings are worth explaining, we reach the center on the architectural tour via the banks of the Rhine. In the partially redesigned riverbank area, it is praiseworthy that the railway line that once ran here has been moved to the other side of the city. In the center, the varied mixture of rebuilt historical buildings, dominated by the cathedral, 1950s projects and striking buildings from various decades is explained during the architectural tour.

Duration: from 3 hours architectural tour
Getting around: on foot
Services: Architect or architectural historian as a guide, choice of meeting point, the exact course of the tour and desired breaks
Languages: German, English, Italian

project selection

'Zollhafen' - Customs port