Mainz Sights

  1. Augustinerkirche

    Part of the local Catholic seminary, the classically baroque Augustinerkirche, built in 1768, features an elaborate organ loft and a delicate ceiling fresco by Johann Baptist Enderle. Unlike so many other such structures in Germany, it has never been destroyed.

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  2. Dom

    Mainz' famed cathedral, entered from the Marktplatz, is one of Germany's most magnificent houses of worship. The focal point of the Altstadt, this richly detailed 'mountain' of reddish sandstone, topped by an octagonal tower, went through a literal 'baptism by fire' when the original burned down just one day before its consecration in 1066. Most of what you see today is quintessential 12th-century Romanesque.

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  3. St Peterskirche

    St Peterskirche shows off the sumptuous glory of the rococo style and is noted for its richly adorned pulpit and altars.

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  4. St-Ignatius-Kirche

    St-Ignatius-Kirche marks the transition from rococo to neoclassicism. The sculpture outside is a copy of one made by Hans Backoffen (the original is in the Dom- und Diözesanmuseum).

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