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Weisenau, Mainz — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Weisenau is an Ortsbezirk of Mainz on the Rhine, joined to the city on 1 January 1930. Roman soldiers and craftsmen worked here.
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Where to stay in Weisenau
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Weisenau is a working Ortsbezirk south of the Mainz Altstadt, close enough to walk in and quiet enough to sleep in. Mainz-Laubenheim lies south and Mainz-Oberstadt northwest. Ginsheim-Gustavsburg sits across the Rhine.
About Weisenau
What are the main landmarks in Weisenau?
The Kollegiatstift St. Viktor is the oldest foundation here. The Catholic parish church of Mariä Himmelfahrt gained a neoclassical west front and tower in 1912 and 1913 to plans by Ludwig Becker, and the Protestant congregation had built the Gustav-Adolf-Kirche at the end of the previous century.
What is the history of Weisenau?
Weisenau appears as Wizenowe. The oldest mention comes from a justification charter of the Mainz archbishop Konrad von Wittelsbach, datable only to between 1186 and 1190, and then from a document Henry VI signed in 1192 reading Dat Wizenowe iuxta Moguntia. The medieval name is more likely from the Latin vicus novus, a new settlement, than from any reading of Weisenau as a bright meadow.
Settlement here goes back to the sixth millennium BC. Mainz took the place in on 1 January 1930, and bombers struck the tunnels of the MAN works in the cement quarry in October 1944 and February 1945.
Where is Weisenau?
Weisenau lies on the Rhine's left bank, with the Weisenau cement works' quarry on its southern edge. Mainz-Altstadt touches it to the north, Mainz-Laubenheim lies south, Mainz-Hechtsheim southwest and Mainz-Oberstadt northwest. Ginsheim-Gustavsburg faces it across the river.
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Updated October 2026