Mainz Postcard Pics circa 1900 -- Start and Stop slideshow
One of 21 -- Main Rhine Dock Two of 21 -- View from Main Street Bridge Three of 21 -- Main Street Bridge Four of 21 -- Rhine Departures (Ferry) Five of 21 -- City from afar in the new Garden Six of 21 -- Ludwig Strasse (Street): Gutenberg statue near St. Stephens church Seven of 21 -- A View of Market Square Eight of 21 -- Government Offices Neun of 21 -- Another City Intersection Dix of 21 -- The Cathedral from Leich Square (an old graveyard) Elf of 21 -- The Cathedral (Dom) from "Our Lady" Square 12 of 21 -- Dom from the Market Square (Christmas Market)-looking North 13 of 21 -- More distant view of the Cathedral from the Gutenberg Place 14 of 21 -- City Theatre 15 of 21 -- Main Train Station 16 of 21 -- The Kaiser Bridge (note Eagle) 17 of 21 -- Christ Church 18 of 21 -- The Holzturm (Wooden Tower), a 15th century City-gate 19 of 21 -- City Hall 20 of 21 -- Roman-German Museum (former Palace of Electors) Last of 21 -- Booklet Cover New 1 of 4 -- Dom und Höfchen (Courtyard): added 09/15/09 New 2 of 4 -- Gutenbergplaz: added 09/15/09 New 3 of 4 -- Rheinquai: added 09/15/09 Last of 4 -- Marktbrunnen (Market fountain): added 09/15/09

On my visit to Mainz (with a kind host), we saw some of the buildings in the postcards, for example, the tower of picture 18 (Holzturm). During the second world war, Mainz was almost completely destroyed. Thus, many of these former, schönsten views of the city look much different today. The buildings lining the Marketplace (Nr. 7) were reconstructed and look very nice. Also, the cupola of the Christuskirche (Nr. 17) is again a city landmark. The Dom (the Cathedral) is one of the three Rhine-oriented romanischen Kaiserdomen (vis Diözese Mainz, Worms and Speyer) and it looks almost the same as it did at the turn of the century. See and search for Doms here.

Click for the same individual Postcard Pics (circa 1900-1910) below