The best cycling routes in Mainz

An incredibly beautiful spot and worth every detour. A wonderful path leads directly along the water, and the water itself invites you to swim (but unfortunately it is forbidden).

The Hegbachsee was created in the mid-1960s through gravel extraction for the adjacent motorway. Before the current name caught on in 1987, six different names for the lake were in circulation, including Autobahnbaggersee and Nauheimer Waldsee. Today, the body of water serves as a flood retention basin and a recreational area. Although swimming is not permitted here, a walk around the lake is worthwhile in any season. The diverse birdlife, in particular, is something to marvel at here.

With a total length of around 1,233 kilometers, the Rhine is one of the longest, most historically significant, and economically important rivers in Europe. The river originates in the Swiss Alps, where it is formed from the two headwaters, the Vorder- and Hinterrhein. After flowing through Lake Constance, it plunges down at the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen and then, as the High Rhine, forms the border between Switzerland and Germany. Further on, as the Upper Rhine, it flows through the Upper Rhine Plain past major cities such as Karlsruhe and Ludwigshafen, as well as directly past the region of Mainz and Wiesbaden. In this area, the river makes a sharp turn west at the so-called "Rhine Knee" (Rheinknie) before reaching the spectacular Middle Rhine. This section between Bingen and Koblenz – known as the Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Obere Mittelrheintal) – has been protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2002 due to its density of castles, historic vineyards, and the legend of the Loreley rock. Via the Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) and the metropolitan regions of Cologne and Düsseldorf, the Rhine finally continues into the Netherlands. There it divides into a widely branched delta and finally flows into the North Sea near Rotterdam. As an international waterway, the Rhine is the logistical backbone of Western Europe. It connects major industrial centers and seaports directly with the hinterland, and is used annually by tens of thousands of cargo ships for the transport of coal, ores, containers, and chemical goods. In addition to its industrial function, the Rhine Valley serves as a lifeline for tourism, as a rich source of energy through hydropower plants, and as a valuable natural and recreational area for millions of people.

A wonderful place, great view of the water and a rush down to Nierstein to a nice cafe on the market square. A piece of vacation

nice place to take a break

beautiful cycle path through the romantic Selztal valley

A beautiful cycle path along the Selz river through the Rhine-Hessian hill country, passing several renaturalized areas of the Selz and many structural features of the "Mainz Basin" that make the Rhine-Hessian hill country unique.

In 1951, the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament convened in the Deutschhaus in Mainz. In 1999, the so-called Abgeordnetenhaus (House of Representatives) was built, which unites the offices of the representatives and the parliamentary group offices. Part of the building is used by the state government. The two complexes are separated by a construction joint that symbolizes the separation of powers between the legislature and the executive. The state parliament is located at Platz der Mainzer Republik 1, the state parliament administration at Diether-von-Isenburg-Straße 1, and the Abgeordnetenhaus at Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 3. History Edit Since the founding state of Rhineland-Palatinate did not have sufficient administrative buildings in the designated capital Mainz due to war damage and destruction,[1] the constituent session of the Consultative State Assembly took place on November 22, 1946, in the Koblenz Theater, where a draft constitution was drawn up. On May 18, 1947, the constitution for Rhineland-Palatinate was adopted in a referendum by 53 percent of the eligible voters. The constituent session of the first Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament took place on June 4, 1947, in the large town hall of Koblenz. Koblenz was thus the administrative seat of the state government. On May 16, 1950, the state parliament decided to rebuild the Deutschhaus in Mainz and to relocate the state government and the state parliament to Mainz, which took place in 1951. From December 2015 to September 2021, the Deutschhaus was extensively adapted to modern infrastructure, so the interim quarters for the plenary hall were set up in the Steinsaal of the Landesmuseum Mainz, while the state parliament administration moved into the new Isenburg-Karrée.[2] Since May 2020, the state parliament has been meeting in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On September 8, 2021, the return of the state parliament to the renovated building was celebrated with a ceremony.