The New Synagogue of Mainz is in use since 2010 as a community center at the location of the former main synagogue on the Hindenburgstraße of Mainz Neustadt. Due to controversial discussions regarding the street name, the location in the Hindenburgstraße was renamed as Synagogenplatz.
View from the street
New Synagogue Mainz
New Synagogue, entrance
In the foreground remains of the former Main Synagogue from 1912
Mainz is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 221,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region—Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr—which also encompasses the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, and Hanau.
Image: Mainzer Dom Blaue Stunde (37539430014)
Image: Mainz Markt BW 2012 08 18 16 11 28
Image: Mainz Kaiserdom St. Martin bei Nacht 1
Image: Mainz Osteiner Hof BW 2012 08 18 16 32 08