Growing together - 75 years of Rhineland-Palatinate and Mainz
The federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate was founded in 1946. The Mainz City Archives took the state's 75th anniversary as an opportunity to trace the history of the relationship between the federal state and its capital, Mainz, in a photo exhibition.
The photo exhibition chronicles Mainz's post-war history from 1946 to the present day. The outstanding photographs taken by Mainz press photographer Klaus Benz, whose estate has been preserved in the city archives since 2022, are of particular historical value.
We tell the story of Mainz as the state capital in 17 chapters. This allows you to select individual chapters or work through them chronologically.
Text and concept: Dr. Frank Teske and Jonas Burkei
The entire exhibition in 17 chapters
- 1. introductionPDF-File4,94 MB
- 2 Rhineland-Palatinate - the "state from the retort" needs a capital cityPDF-File1,42 MB
- 3. the country moves - reception with "Weck, Worscht un Woi"PDF-File1,67 MB
- 4. the two thousandth anniversary in 1962 - anniversary celebrations and urban developmentPDF-File1,28 MB
- 5 Mainz is growing - the LerchenbergPDF-File1,56 MB
- 6. television from Mainz - the ZDFPDF-File1,71 MB
- 7 Mainz grows - the 1969 incorporationsPDF-File1,43 MB
- 8. the Landesmuseum MainzPDF-File1,48 MB
- 9. the Mainz State TheaterPDF-File2,73 MB
- 10 "... for services to the artistic word" - the Carl Zuckmayer MedalPDF-File2,18 MB
- 11. university city of MainzPDF-File5,37 MB
- 12. university and collegePDF-File2,45 MB
- 13 "Du derfst net unnergehn" - carnival after 1945PDF-File2,34 MB
- 14 Our politicians - sometimes for the city and sometimes for the countryPDF-File2,94 MB
- 15 High-ranking visitors - state guests in the state capitalPDF-File4,57 MB
- 16. royal splendor and papal blessingPDF-File1,45 MB
- 17. 75 years of Rhineland-Palatinate - with Mainz as the state capitalPDF-File1,83 MB