Arens, Fritz: Mainz
Cathedral. Audiobook version of the book "Mainz Cathedral" by Fritz Arens.
Newly edited by Günther Binding. Narrator: Martin Falk.
Darmstadt: Auditorium Maximum, 2011. – 74 min.
ISBN 978-3-654-60219-6
€12.90
Call number in the city library: CD 1721

Arens, Fritz: Mainz
Cathedral. Newly edited and expanded by Günther Binding.
3rd edition, unchanged from the 2nd edition. Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges., 2007. – XII, 159 pp., ill., graph. ill.
ISBN 978-3-534-20192-1
€19.90
Call number in the city library: Mog 2215

Balzer, Wolfgang:
Mainz. Personalities in the city's history.
Ingelheim: Kügler, 19XX.

1. Honorary citizens of Mainz, princes of the church in Mainz, military figures, mayors of Mainz. – 1985. – 384 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-924124-01-4
€25.46
Call number in the city library: 90/1091, 1

2. People of religious life, people of political life, people of general cultural life, scientists, writers, artists, musicians. – 1989. – 384 p., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-924124-03-8
€28.02
Call number in the city library: 90/1091, 2

3. Businesspeople, epoch-making pioneers, builders, carnival revelers, eccentrics, originals. – 1993. – 416 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-924124-05-2
€29
Call number in the city library: 90/1091, 3

Balzer, Wolfgang; Benz, Klaus (photographer):
Mainz Underworlds. Discoveries of the Underground. Edited by Rupert Krömer.
2nd, expanded edition. Mainz: Vitruv-Verl., 2008. – 227 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-937562-04-4
€28.50
Call number in the city library: Mog:4º /1336

Basilica Nova Moguntina. 1000 years of Willigis Cathedral St. Martin in Mainz. Contributions to the cathedral anniversary 2009. Edited by Felicitas Janson and Barbara Nichtweis.
Mainz: Episcopal Ordinariate Mainz, 2010. 304 pp., numerous illustrations
(New Yearbook for the Diocese of Mainz 2009/10)
ISBN 978-3-934450-43-1
€5
Call number in the city library: Mog 2475

Baumgarten, Peter:
Baedeker's Mainz. City guide.
[7th ed.] Ostfildern-Kemnat [et al.]: Baedeker, 1998. – 149 pp., ill., graph. ill., map.
ISBN 3-87954-074-8
Call number in the city library: Mog 1904

Chagall, Marc; Mayer, Klaus:
The Chagall Windows at St. Stephan's in Mainz.
Würzburg: Echter-Verl., 19XX.
ISBN 978-3-429-01059-1
4 volumes 99.90 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog:4°/1109

1. The central window. The God of the Fathers.
12th edition. 1999. – 53 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-429-00573-3
24.50 euros

2. The flanking central windows. I set my bow in the clouds.
9th edition. 1994. – 81 pages, numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-429-00616-7
€24.50

3. The side windows. Lord, my God, how great you are!
7th edition. 2000. – 73 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-429-00739-3
€24.50

4. The transept windows. The heavens of heavens cannot contain you. Letter to my friend.
4th edition. 2001. – 61 pp., ill.
ISBN 978-3-429-01001-0
€24.50

National Socialism in Mainz 1933–45. Terror and everyday life. Catalog accompanying the exhibition of the Mainz City Archives in Mainz City Hall, March 6 to April 26, 2008. Published by the City of Mainz. Edited by Wolfgang Dobras.
Mainz: City of Mainz, 2008. – 152 pp., ill.
(Contributions to the History of the City of Mainz 36)
ISBN 978-3-924708-27-6
€12.50
Call number in the City Library: Mog 2260

The Disappeared Cathedral. Perception and Change of Mainz Cathedral over the Centuries. Catalog accompanying the exhibition at the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum Mainz from April 15 to October 16, 2011. Edited by Hans-Jürgen Kotzur. Edited by Karin Kreuzpaintner.
Mainz: Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum, 2011. – 584 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-935647-54-0
Call number in the city library: Mog:4º /1427

The Synagogues of Mainz. An overview of the synagogue buildings in Mainz with supplementary articles on important Mainz rabbis, the old Jewish quarter, and the libraries of the Jewish communities. Edited by Hedwig Brüchert.
Mainz: Verein für Sozialgeschichte, 2008. – 185 pp., ill.
(Mainzer Geschichtsblätter; special edition)
ISSN 1435-8026
12 euros
Call number in the City Library: Mog 2278

The writings of the Mainz Jacobins and their opponents (1792–1802). Revolutionary and counterrevolutionary proclamations and decrees, speeches, pamphlets, treatises, plays, poems and songs, travelogues, newspapers and magazines from the time of the Mainz Republic (1792/93) and the revolutionary movement on the left bank of the Rhine until the early French period in Rheinhessen and the Palatinate (1792–1802). Edited by Mainz City Library.
Munich [et al.]: Saur, 19XX.

1st microfiche edition.
1993. – 357 microfiches
ISBN 978-3-598-33034-6
1896 euros
Call number in the City Library: MF 24

2. Bibliography and accompanying volume to the microfiche edition
1994. – XI, 111 p.
(Publications of the Mainz City Library and the Public Library – Anna Seghers 49)
ISBN 978-3-598-33035-3
89.95 euros
Call number in the City Library: Mog 1701

The ShUM communities of Speyer – Worms – Mainz. On the way to World Heritage status. Published by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate. Editors: Pia Heberer and Ursula Reuter.
Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2013. – 480 pp., numerous illustrations, paperback.
ISBN 978-3-7954-2594-4
€49.95
Call number in the city library: 2013/31

Düsterwald, Erich:
A Brief History of the Archbishops and Electors of Mainz. 747–1802.
Sankt Augustin: Richarz, 1980. – 121 pp.
(Düsterwald series. Historical essays 8)
Call number in the city library: 42/4645, 8

Falck, Ludwig:
Mainz in the past, yesterday and today. A city in transition over the last 60 years.
Stuttgart: Steinkopf, 1984. – 128 pp., mostly ill.
ISBN 3-7984-0599-9
Call number in the City Library: Mog:4°/985

Funke, Bernd:
Great Names in Mainz. Who lived where.
Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei, 2011. – 98 pp., ill., pb.
ISBN 978-3-7973-1257-0
€12.80
Call number in the City Library: Mog 2540

Glatz, Ulrike; Glatz, Joachim: Mainz
Cathedral. The Cathedral of the Archbishops. An art history audio guide.
Bad Homburg: Verl. Kunst + Reise, 2008. – 68 min.
(An art history audio guide 6)
ISBN 978-3-940825-06-3
Call number in the city library: CD 1081

Gutenberg – adventure and art. From secret enterprise to the first media revolution.
Catalog accompanying the exhibition organized by the City of Mainz on the occasion of the 600th birthday of Johannes Gutenberg, April 14–October 3, 2000. Published by the City of Mainz. Catalog coordination and editing: Wolfgang Dobras.
Mainz: Schmidt, 2000. – 716 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 3-87439-507-3
Call number in the City Library: Mog:4°/1186

Handbook of Mainz Church History. Edited by Friedhelm Jürgensmeier.
Würzburg: Echter-Verl., 19XX.
(Contributions to Mainz Church History 6)

1. Christian Antiquity and the Middle Ages. (2 parts)
2000. – 1200 pp.
ISBN 978-3-429-02258-7
90 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog 1867, 1

2. Mainz Archdiocese and Archbishopric. Territorial and ecclesiastical structures
1997. – 645 pp.
ISBN 978-3-429-01877-1
49.90 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog 1867, 2

3. Modern and Contemporary Times. (2 parts)
2002. – 1792 pp.
ISBN 978-3-429-02425-3
128 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog 1867, 3

Hartmann, Peter Claus:
A Brief History of Mainz.
2nd revised and updated edition. Regensburg: Pustet, 2011. – 168 pp. Ill., graph. ill., map.
ISBN 978-3-7917-2310-5
€12.95
Call number in the city library: Mog 2569

Hüsch, Hanns Dieter; Pierre Ferrenbach (photographer):
Mainz. Gesichter einer Stadt (Faces of a City). Edited by Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs.
Mainz: Schmidt, 1993. – 192 pp., mostly ill. + suppl. (6 pp.)
ISBN 3-87439-253-8
Call number in the city library: Mog:4°/1061

Imhof, Michael; Kestin, Simone:
Mainz. Cathedral and City Guide.
3rd edition. Petersberg: Imhof, 2010. 64 pp., numerous illustrations, graphs, maps.
ISBN 978-3-937251-31-8
€4.95
Call number in the city library: Mog m 6341

Kornfeld, Heike:
The Development of the Printing Industry in Mainz from the Beginning of the 19th Century to the Outbreak of World War I (1816–1914).
Mainz: City Archives, 1999. – IX, 410 p., ill.
(Contributions to the History of the City of Mainz 31). Also: Mainz, Univ., Diss., 1996.
ISBN 978-3-924708-22-1
32 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog:4°/1178, 31

Cultural Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. 2, City of Mainz. Published on behalf of the Ministry of Culture by the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments.
Düsseldorf: Schwann, 19XX.
(Topography of Monuments in the Federal Republic of Germany)
ISBN 3-590-31033-2

1. Urban expansion in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Edited by Angela Schumacher and Ewald Wegner.
2nd edition 1997. – 260 pp., mainly ill., graph. ill., map + 1 map supplement.
ISBN 978-3-88462-138-7
39 euros
Call number in the city library: 54 A:4° /950, 2.1

2. Old Town. Edited by Ewald Wegner.
3rd edition. 1997. – 347 pages, mostly illustrations, graphic representations, map + map supplement.
ISBN 978-3-88462-139-4
44 euros
Call number in the city library: 54 A:4° /950, 2.2

3. Suburbs. Edited by Dieter Krienke.
1997. – 191 pp., illustrations and maps
ISBN 978-3-88462-140-0
30 euros
Call number in the city library: 54 A:4° /950, 2.3

[Kungstein, Johannes:]
Mainz Chronicle. 1346 to 1406. Festschrift for Anton Issel = Chronicon Moguntinum. Translated and introduced by Kurt Flasch.
Mainz: Schmidt, [2009]. – 111 pp., ill., map
(Lebendiges Rheinland-Pfalz)
ISBN 978-3-935647-43-4
49.80 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog:4º /1344

Lautzas, Peter:
Das historische Mainz (Historical Mainz).
Schwalbach/Ts.: bd ed., 2012. – 46 pp., numerous illustrations
(Stadtspaziergänge series)
ISBN 978-3-941264-11-3
€6.80
Call number in the city library: Mog m 6524

Life in the Ruins. Mainz 1945–1948. Published on behalf of the City of Mainz by Anton Maria Keim and Alexander Link.
Mainz: Krach, 1985. – 196 pp., ill.
(Mainz Edition 2)
ISBN 3-87439-113-2
Call number in the City Library: Mog 1505

Lehr, Helmut:
What the cathedral rooster hears... For Mainz residents, newcomers, and visitors to look up and discover.
Alzey: Published by Rheinhessische Druckwerkstätte, 2012. – 111 p., ill.
ISBN 978-3-86232-028-8
€19.50
Call number in the city library: Mog 2646

Lehr, Helmut; Schmelz, Reinhold (current photographer):
Mainz yesterday and today.
Gudensberg-Gleichen: Wartberg-Verl., 2012. – 70 pp., mostly ill.
ISBN: 978-3-8313-2251-0
€16.90
Call number in the city library: Mog 2632

Leiwig, Heinz:
Mainz 1933–1948. From the seizure of power to currency reform.
2nd, expanded edition. Mainz: Schmidt, 1987. – 176 pp., ill.
ISBN 3-87439-132-9
Call number in the city library: Mog:4°/994

Mainz – People, Buildings, Events. A City History. Edited by Franz Dumont and Ferdinand Scherf.
Mainz: von Zabern, 2010. – 392 pp., numerous illustrations, graphs, maps.
ISBN 978-3-8053-4247-6
€39.90
Call number in the city library: Mog:4º /1413

Mainz in the Middle Ages. Edited by Mechthild Dreyer and Jörg Rogge.
Mainz: von Zabern, 2009. – 256 pp., illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-8053-3786-1
€39.90
Call number in the city library: Mog 2334

Mainz, February 27, 1945. Eyewitness accounts. Documentation accompanying the exhibition at the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in Mainz from March 3, 1995, to September 2, 1995. Edited by Hans-Jürgen Kotzur on behalf of the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum. Compiled by Winfried Wilhelmy and Mechthild Reinelt.
Mainz: Schmidt, 1995. – 120 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 3-87439-344-5
Call number in the city library: Mog 1757

Mainz. Exterior views – interior views. Paintings and prints from 500 years of city history. Companion volume to the exhibition at the Mainz City History Museum, December 5, 2010 – April 25, 2011. Edited by Melanie Ehler and Hedwig Brüchert.
Mainz: Friends of the Mainz City History Museum, 2010. – 103 pp., numerous illustrations
(Series of the Mainz City History Museum 4)
ISSN 1868-3177
10 euros
Call number in the City Library: Mog 2520

Mainz. The History of the City. Published on behalf of the City of Mainz by Franz Dumont.
Mainz: von Zabern, 1998. – XVI, 1333 pp., numerous illustrations, graphs, maps.
ISBN 3-8053-2000-0
Call number in the City Library: Mog 1921

Mainz. Photographic Memories 1845–1945. Published by the City of Mainz. Edited by Hartmut Fischer et al.
Mainz: Der Verleger, 19XX
Call number in the City Library: Mog:4°/964

1st 4th edition 1993. – 205 pp., mostly ill.
ISBN 3-88193-010-8

2. 1993. – 228 pp., mostly ill., paperback.
ISBN 3-88193-017-5

Mainz. Paintings of a beautiful city. Views of Mainz – yesterday and today 1850–1950. Published by Kunstverein Eisenturm Mainz e. V., overall concept: Otto Martin.
Mainz: von Zabern, 2009. – 100 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-8053-4084-7
€19.90
Call number in the city library: Mog 2333

Pfotenhauer, Angela; Lixenfeld, Elmar:
Mainz.
Bonn: German Foundation for Monument Protection, Monuments Publication, 2012. – 144 pp., numerous illustrations, paperback
(Monuments Edition)
ISBN 978-3-86795-055-8
€19.80
Call number in the city library: Mog:4º /1443

Preßler, Karsten:
Mainz in the Age of Gutenberg. A walk through the late medieval city.
Alzey: Rheinhessische Druckwerkstätte Publishing House, 2000. – 56 pp., illustrations + city map under the title: Mainz 500 years ago and today
ISBN 978-3-87854-151-6
€5.01
Call number in the city library: Mog m 5238

Rödel, Walter G.:
Mainz and its population in the 17th and 18th centuries. Demographic development, living conditions, and social structures in a spiritual residence city.
Stuttgart: Steiner, 1985. – XV, 410 pp., graph. ill. + 11 supplements (
Geschichtliche Landeskunde 28). Also: Mainz, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1983/84.
ISBN 978-3-515-04419-6
75 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog 1920

Sachs, Birgit:
Memories of Mainz. Women and Children in the Postwar Period.
Mainz: Society for Folklore in Rhineland-Palatinate, 1994. – 107 pp., ill.
(Mainzer kleine Schriften zur Volkskultur 6). Also: Mainz, Univ., Master's thesis
ISBN 3-926052-94-5
Call number in the City Library: Mog 1755

Siste viator et lege – Stop, traveler, and read. The Latin inscriptions of the city of Mainz from antiquity to modern times. Texts with translations and brief explanations edited by Jürgen Blänsdorf.
Mainz: Blänsdorf, 2008. – 262 pp., numerous illustrations, paperback.
ISBN 978-3-00-025913-5
14.80 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog 2305

Stumme, Wolfgang:
The Mainz Main Cemetery. People and their final resting places.
Ingelheim: Leinpfad-Verl., 2010. – 103 pp., numerous illustrations.
ISBN: 978-3-942291-14-9
€12
Call number in the city library: Mog 2474

Hidden – Lost – Rediscovered. Places of Remembrance in Mainz from Antiquity to the 20th Century. Edited by Joachim Schneider and Matthias Schnettger.
Darmstadt: von Zabern, 2012. – 160 pp., 50 illustrations.
ISBN 978-3-8053-4527-9
24.99 euros
Call number in the city library: Mog 2643

From Blue, White, and Red to Black, Red, and Gold. Mainz from the beginning of Napoleonic rule in 1798 to the revolution of 1848. An exhibition by the City of Mainz Department of Culture and City Archives, City Hall Foyer, September 6 to October 18, 1998. Edited by Friedrich Schütz.
Mainz, 1998. – 400 pp., ill., map
(Contributions to the History of the City of Mainz 32)
ISBN 978-3-924708-23-8
14 euros
Call number in the City Library: Mog 1922

If stones could talk: Mainz buildings and their stories. Guided tours through an urban landscape. Edited by Günther Gillessen.
2nd, corrected edition. Mainz: von Zabern, 1992. – 205 pp., ill., pb.
ISBN 3-8053-1206-7
Call number in the city library: Mog 1614 a

Mainz. Quarterly journal for culture, politics, economics, history. Published by the City of Mainz.
Mainz: Krach, 1981–1985; Mainz: Schmidt, 1986–2003; Bodenheim: Bonewitz Communication GmbH, 2004–2009, Bodenheim: Agentur & Verl. Bonewitz, 2010–
ISSN 0720-5945
Call number in the city library: Z mog 10

Mainzer Geschichtsblätter. Publications of the Mainz Social History Association
Mainz: Verein für Sozialgeschichte, 1984–
ISSN 0178-5761
Call number in the City Library: Z mog 26

Mainzer Zeitschrift. Middle Rhine Yearbook for Archaeology, Art, and History. Published by the Antiquarian Society, the State Museum, the Archaeological Monument Preservation Society, the City Archives, and the City Library of Mainz.
Mainz: von Zabern 1906–
ISSN 0076-2792
Call number in the City Library: Mog:4°/86

Rhineland-Palatinate Bibliography. Published by the Rheinische Landesbibliothek Koblenz, the Mainz City Library, the Pfälzische Landesbibliothek Speyer, and the Trier City Library. Trier: Spee, 1991(1992)–
Preceded by: Middle Rhine-Moselle Bibliography
Preceded by: Palatinate Bibliography
ISSN 0943-4623
Call number in the City Library: Z 25/434

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