Mainz

Country

Germany

Coordinates

49.9994, 8.2736

History

• Mainz (–780)
• Mainz (780–1244), Electorate of Mainz
• Mainz (1244–1462), Holy Roman Empire
• Mainz (1462–1793), Electorate of Mainz
• Mainz (1793–1800), Kingdom of Prussia
• Mainz (1800–1815), France
• Mainz (1815–1871), Grand Duchy of Hesse
• Mainz (1871–1919), German Empire
• Mainz (1919–1933), Weimar Republic
• Mainz (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Mainz (1945–), Germany

Composers

• Gaspar van Weerbeke (1445–1516), died in Mainz
• Bartay András (1799–1854), died in Mainz
• Peter Cornelius (1824–1874), was born and died in Mainz
• Bernhard Scholz (1835–1916), was born in Mainz
• Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), died in Mainz
• Volker David Kirchner (1942–2020), was born in Mainz
• Theo Brandmüller (1948–2012), was born in Mainz