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Kastel Riverside Promenade – Caponniere at Feldbergplatz loop from Mainz

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Hesse

Kastel Riverside Promenade – Caponniere at Feldbergplatz loop from Mainz

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Kastel Riverside Promenade – Caponniere at Feldbergplatz loop from Mainz

02:34

10.1km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 21, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 5.98 km for 62 m

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1.41 km

Bastion of Schönborn (Mainz-Kastel)

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The Schönborn bastion is a rebuilt blockhouse as part of the former Federal Fortress Reduit (Mainz-Kastel) on the right bank of the Rhine at Mainz Fortress.
The building was named after the builder of the former Mainz ship bridge built after the Thirty Years' War, Archbishop of Mainz Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1605-1673).
The bastion of Schönborn was built as an outwork at the same time as the reduit erected between 1830 and 1834. It served to provide additional protection for the south-eastern flank of the fortification and ship's bridge. At the same time, from 1861 it was briefly a landing stage for the train boats of the Royal Railway Directorate Frankfurt, which served the traffic between Mainz and the Kasteler station of the Taunus railway before the completion of the Mainz southern bridge for the onward journey to Frankfurt.[
Damaged during World War II, the facility was restored in the 1950s.[3] In 1998 the entire area of the Reduit was acquired by the local history association "Gesellschaft für Heimatgeschichte Kastel e.V. (GHK)" and has been further developed since then. Since 1999, a restaurant with a terrace has been in operation in the Schönborn bastion, as well as the Kasteler beach in the summer months, with a panoramic view of the city of Mainz across the way.
On the first floor of the building is the so-called raftsmen's room, a rafters' museum dedicated to this old profession with numerous exhibits. The profession of raftsman had a tradition in Kastel that went back more than 400 years. Tree trunks brought over the Main from the Bavarian Steigerwald and the Odenwald were rebundled here with regional timber and then carried further down the Rhine.
Source: Wikipedia

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1.44 km

Reduit, Mainz-Kastel

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At the beginning of the 19th century, the Mainz fortress was expanded. This also included the construction of the Reduit barracks on the strategically important bridge over the Rhine. In the immediate vicinity of the historic building, you can relax wonderfully today, stroll along the bank or stop in one of the restaurants such as Bastion Schönborn. Incidentally, the Mainz-Kastel district nowadays does not belong to Mainz, but to Wiesbaden, and thus to Hesse.

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2.60 km

Kastel Riverside Promenade

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If you can manage it in time, you should definitely visit the Castellum Museum in the Reduit. Opening hours: From March to November, every Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Comprehensive, well-documented finds from the local area and exhibits, from Roman times through the First Mainz Republic to modern times (craftsmen in Kastel), including the carnival cabinet, as well as the raftsmen's room in the Schönborn bastion.

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6.02 km

Bascule bridge Zollhafen Mainz

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To extend the existing riverside promenade, a double bascule bridge for pedestrians and cyclists was built on the old, listed bridge piers of the former swing bridge. The bridge consists of two fixed sections and two movable leaves in the middle.

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6.45 km

Nomade Horse Sculpture by Gustavo Aceves at Zollhafen Mainz

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A somewhat cool-looking residential area, but the horse sculpture is impressive

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6.63 km

Caponniere at Feldbergplatz

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The square was called Feldbergplatz from 1890 to 1940, Ludendorffplatz from 1940 to 1945, and Feldbergplatz from 1945 to today, named after the highest mountain in the Taunus Mountains, the Großer Feldberg.

This square was created during the Rhine bank expansion project at the confluence of Feldbergstraße and Rheinallee, with the Feldbergtor forming the Rhine's terminus. The square was named on April 23, 1890. In the 1940s, it was briefly renamed Ludendorffplatz. Since 1977, Feldbergstraße and Feldbergplatz have been connected to the Rhine bank by the so-called "Green Bridge" across Rheinallee. Part of the square is colloquially known as "die Gärtcher" (the gardeners). mainz-neustadt.de/feldbergplatz.html

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