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Mainz
German words:
Mainz
keywords:
rhine valley
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tourist resort
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town
related topics:
Frankfurt
related web sites:
http://www.mainz.de
explanation: Situated at the confluence of the Rhine and the Main rivers near Frankfurt, Mainz originated from a Roman camp, Moguntiacum, built in 13 BC. After being devastated by barbaric invasions, Mainz had been reborn as a center of Germany christianisation. In 746, the first German archbishop was named and his successors were one of the 7 electors of Holy Roman Empire. Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing, was born in 1398 in Mainz. The French revolution gave birth to a Mainz republic in 1793 for a short period
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Japanese version
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