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Mainz is the capital of the state Rhineland-Palatinate Land in Germany. It is located in west-central Germany and has a population of 209,779.
The city is very famous for the inventor of the movable-type printing press, Johannes Gutenberg, he printed the first book, the Gutenberg-Bible.

The city was founded by the Romans in the 1st Century BC. Mainz was raised to archbishopric in 782. Until 1462 was Mainz a free city and these time was the highlight of the city's history. In 1792 was the city eoccupied by the French. It was successfully besieged by the Prussians and Austrians but was ceded to France by the Treaties of Campo Formio and Lunéville in 1801. 15 years later, the French power ended in Mainz, when the city passed to Hesse-Darmstadt and became the capital of the newly formed Rhenish-Hesse province. It was a fortress of the German Confederation and later of the German Empire.

During the WWII, the city was heavly damaged with more than 30 air raids. About 80 percent of the city center was destroyed.