Wiesbaden/Mainz fact sheet
City
Wiesbaden/Mainz (state capital)
Federal state
Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate
Number of inhabitants
278.000/217.000
Next airport
Frankfurt airport
Other cities nearby
Frankfurt am Main (about 40 km),
Darmstadt (about 45 km),
Rüdesheim (about 25 km),
Bad Homburg (about 40 km),
Heidelberg (about 90 km)
Highlights/excursions/social activities
Green parks in the city center, Nerobergbahn (mountain railway), museums (e.g. Gutenberg-Museum, Karnevalsmuseum), carnival capital Mainz, Hessian state parlament, Rhineland-Palatinate state parlament, Schiersteiner port, Saalburg, Hessenpark, university, cathetral, monastery Eberbach (UNESCO world heriitage),
Boat trip at the river rhine