Events in the fortress town European Culture Route Fortified heritage Discover the diverse world of experience of the fortress Fortified Monuments town Mainz at numerous event highlights. Mainz major fortress F  T  system B   Summer in the City MU in the fortress landscape Diversely mixed program from international top stars at the and and national newcomers during the summer at different locations in Mainz www.summerinthecity-mainz.de European Culture Route Mainz Summer Lights Interesting music program, event area and fireworks on Fortified Monuments the last weekend of July Mainz www.mainzer-sommerlichter.de Europe has a rich and diverse fortification architec- Open-Ear Festival ture. The fascinating „architectura militaris“ repre- sents European history of different epochs. „from early-morning exercise to punk band“ - on Whitsun the citadel becomes an open-air arena for Fortified cities and citadels, fortified castles and pa- over 10.000 visitors www.openohr.de laces, fortified sacral buildings, major fortification Citadel Mainz systems and defence lines tell of European history, commander‘s house Citadel festival from empires and dynasties. Guided tours, culinary, children‘s fun and much more always at the beginning of September at the citadel Today these monuments are full of life which are www.zitadelle-mainz.de conquered peacefully by tourists. Fortresses are culture and tourism centres and offer a beautiful Experience the fortress town Mainz scenery for a number of experience offers. ▪ city tours and round trips The European Culture Route FORTE CULTURA® ▪ historic tours in the citadel Mainz takes you to culture events as classic concerts on ▪ Underground worlds and fortification architecture the (AT), ▪ Nature experience in the citadel trench, and many more Rock-Pop-Jazz festivals in the citadel Mainz (DE) or Information about tours and events in Mainz can be found children’s’ birthdays on the fortress Königstein (Sa- under www.mainz-tourismus.com. Fortress Town xony, DE). Visit modern museums with interactive exhibitions and multimedia shows in the fortres- ses of North and experience historic battles in FORTE CULTURA® contacts in Mainz Mainz . Cheer when mountain bikers, cross-coun- 2000 Years Culture and History try skiers, skaters, rowers or climbers compete in France’s fortresses. at the of Rhine and Main mainzplus CITYMARKETING Initiative Zitadelle Mainz e.V. Learn about the history of World War I and II at au- GmbH thentic locations or discover hidden secrets in the Zitadelle Mainz fortified buildings of the Cold War. Rheinstraße 66, 55116 Mainz Am 87er Denkmal, 55131 Mainz Telephone: +49 6131/242 - 888 Telephone: +49 6131 33311-30 FORTE CULTURA® travel recommendations for the [email protected] [email protected] culture tourism include visiting tours, study tours, www.mainz-tourismus.com www.zitadelle-mainz.de Station excursions or event trips. Active touristic routes lead on the European Culture Route to European Fortified monuments with bike, hiking Editing and layout: or boat tours. European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V. Fortified Monuments [email protected] www.forts-2-market.net +49 30 923 72 123 Enjoy the great experience offers along the Euro- Copyrights: - FORTE CULTURA - pean Culture Route FORTE CULTURA®. mainzplus CITYMARKETING/Dominik Ketz (titel picture), Stadt Mainz, Initiative www.forte-cultura.eu Zitadelle Mainz e.V., ECCOFORT e.V. (fortress map), OpenStreetMap contributors (city map), Hartmut Raible (picture ) member www.forte-cultura.eu Fortress Town Mainz Fortress history 2000 years of culture and fortress history at the confluence of Rhine and Main Present

Since its founding, Mainz experience a fortification his- Walking through Mainz today, shows you its military tory as almost no other place in Europe. Already 13 B.C. history in many places. Here a bastion, there a wall or the Romans built the military basis Mogontiacum at the a vault and of course the magnificent citadel on the Ja- confluence of Main and Rhine in order to secure the bor- kobsberg. ders of the empire and to conquer . Many of these fortress parts do not only have an inte- From the 3rd century a Roman city wall was developed resting history, but also offer tourists as very own world which was extended to a medieval city fortification from of experience. Whether concerts and theatres, romantic the 9th century. The Drusus Stone, the Roman theatre, Roman Drusus stone (9 B.C.) Oldest gate to citadel (1629) Details from the plan of the German Federal Fortification (1814-1866) dinners, interesting underworlds or museum or even a but also the Roman-Germanic museum show this im- gym and spa, there is something for everybody. pressive epoch until today. The citadel with its four bastions and the ar- From 1620 Mainz became a baroque fortress of the chitecture is the fortress highlight of Mainz. Interested electors. On the Jakobsberg the Schweickhardts castle visitors can expect a diverse experience offer, which gun emplacements and redoubts were built. During the shows all epochs of fortress history. Thirty Years‘ War the Swedish occupiers built more forti- During numerous guided tours of the Initiative Citadel fications like the Gustav castle. In 1655 elector Johann Mainz e.V. the Mainz Undergrounds e.V. and the mainz- Philipp von Schönborn had the citadel built instead of CITYMARKETING GmbH, or individually, fascinating the Schweickhardtsburg and had the bastion ring exten- N plus 1 details about the history of the citadel and its personell ded. can be experienced up close. Between 1792 and 1814 Mainz was a mostly French Did you know that was in Mainz nine times border and offensive fortress, which was constantly and that the legendary robber had enforced and extended. Many occupations and changes some illegal activities here? of government kept the city and country on tenterhooks. The visitor program on the citadel includes the After the transfer to the Germans in 1814 it was extended 2 Roman , the with the imposing to the Fortress of the German Federation until 1866. In Drusus Stone Garnison Museum model of the fortress Mainz, the , co-operation with other enforced federal fortifications city historic museum and the (only on gui- Rastatt, and Luxembourg a new attack of citadel trench underground maze ded tours). the French was to be prevented. Concerts and events, From 1870 to 1918 the imperial fortress Mainz was deve- the citadel festival, crea- loped with another fortification ring from more than 300 tive Christmas markets, bunkers and emplacements including the fortress train the for supplies. The citadel was used as a war prison. café “Citadelle” 3 and the city panorama The sealed the end of Mainz as forti- delights many visitors fied city and large demolitions began. every year. During World War II the citadel was again used as a war Discover the fortress town Mainz with FORTE CULTURA® prison and underground fortress halls served as air-raid and experience the city and fortification history of more shelters. than 2000 years. From 1945-1955 the French occupation force moved into the citadel and had the destructed building partly rebuilt. ©OpenStreetMap contributors 4

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