Mombach, with 13,875 inhabitants (Apr. 2021), is a borough in the northwest corner of

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

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. Mombach can be reached via Mainz-innenstadt (downtown) or

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Location

Mombach is located on the southern (left) bank of the river

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, flowing from east to west after converging with the Main. The Rhine is the northern border. Mombach lies in the Mainz basin below the

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Plateau.

Climate

, Mombach is protected by

Hunsrück The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced mountain range, upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle (river), Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued ...

Taunus The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is '' Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are '' Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and '' Altkönig'' (798 m). The Taunus range spa ...

Odenwald The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Location The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...

and

Donnersberg The Donnersberg ("thunder mountain") is the highest peak of the Palatinate (german: Pfalz) region of Germany. The mountain lies between the towns of Rockenhausen and Kirchheimbolanden, in the Donnersbergkreis district, which is named after the ...

. The average yearly temperature of Mombach is 11.5 degrees Celsius (53 °F). The annual rainfall is below 500 liters per square meter (19.7 in) and comes near to a

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. There are around 1,665 hours of sunshine per year.

History

In 2006 Mombach celebrated its 750-year jubilee. Mombach had been originally a location of

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s and

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Prehistory to Middle Ages

Archeological excavations prove that the site of Mombach had been already settled in prehistoric times. A flat hatchet dated to the early Bronze Age has been found in Mombach as well as many discoveries from Roman times. The formation of the locality happened most likely during the

Frankish realm Francia, also called the Kingdom of the Franks ( la, Regnum Francorum), Frankish Kingdom, Frankland or Frankish Empire ( la, Imperium Francorum), was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Franks duri ...

. The name Mombach is derived most likely from the Frankish name ''Muno'' (Munno). The 750-year jubilee dates back to a document of 1256 mentioning the city, but the locality is surely older.

France's urge to the Rhine

During the

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, with the change of occupying forces of Mainz and surroundings (also Swedish and imperialists), the French troops deployed up to Mainz in the year 1644. During the first period of the war

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held the position as ''

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'' of the village named by the

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. As soon as the

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had been weakened by the

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, the French returned again. They devastated and occupied the left bank of the Rhine up to its natural border in 1688 including Mainz without a declaration of war. Not much later in 1689 Mainz had been reconquered by imperial forces in the war of the Palatinian Succession.

During the Electorate

The location had been surrounded by a wall during the electoral times. Parts of this wall are components of old buildings to this day. The historical core of Mombach is the Lindenplatz. Most of the important buildings of that time grouped round the old

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, the first chapel of

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, the common bakery oven and the schoolhouse. In 1703 the first Saint Nicholas church had been consecrated. Mombach has been independent from the town's clerical nobility

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since then. The vicar of

de la Roche had been given the necessary funds. Shortly after this, a new municipality and schoolhouse could be erected. During the 18th century an ardour for the countryside occurred and Mombach could benefit from this. The buildings Walderdorfsche Anlage, Kesselstadtsche Anlage and the Rondell had been erected during this time.

Second French occupation

In 1792

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abolished the electoral administration. With the repeated occupation of the left bank of the Rhine by the

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, the collegial administration of Mombach by St. Peter had been terminated. After the collapse of the

First Coalition The War of the First Coalition (french: Guerre de la Première Coalition) was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797 initially against the constitutional Kingdom of France and then the French Republic that succ ...

, the

Treaty of Campo Formio The Treaty of Campo Formio (today Campoformido) was signed on 17 October 1797 (26 Vendémiaire VI) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of the French Republic and the Austrian monarchy, respectively. The trea ...

and the confirmation in the

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Mombach was added to French territory. Since 1801 ''

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governed the ''départment'' of

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and laid down the old village gates, as well as some saints' memorials in Mombach.

Grand duchy Hesse-Darmstadt

After the failing of

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and the

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, the region around Mainz, Bingen,

Alzey Alzey () is a ''Verband''-free town – one belonging to no ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fifth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, Ingelheim am Rhein and Bingen. ...

and

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came to the Grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt. Ever since that the region is called

. Mainz turned into a

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. Numerous fruit growing areas, vineyards and forests were converted into military property. In 1845 the Waggonfabrik Gebrüder Gastell was forced to leave Mainz city and settled in Mombach. Due to safety reasons, such big fire processing production sites were no longer allowed to produce within the fortress's walls. The site of Count von Walderdorf at the fringe of Mombach was chosen. With the completion of the railway track on the left bank of the Rhine, the village received the first railway station in 185

This fostered the rural as well as the industrial production. The founding of a chemical production site, today INEOS, INEOS Paraform in 1856 contributed significantly to this increase. In 1869 the first gymnasium and the school house in the main street were built. The increasing industrialisation of the

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after the Franco-Prussian War 1871/71, fostered again the immigration of workers' families. Another railway track, the

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, led towards Gonsenheim along the Gastell production site in 1871. There was an additional railway station. In 1885 the population increased to 2822 persons, including 485 Protestants. Today's industrial

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had been constructed between 1882 and 1887 as a

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port. In August 1890 the boiler and pressure vessel producer Schmahl founded his company.

20th century

At the beginning of the 20th century Mombach received

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and water supply as well as sewer connection. A coal gasification plant and a

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emerged, and the electric

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connected Mombach to Mainz. The most important contemporary Gasometer of Germany was in Mombach. In 1907 Mombach was suburbanised as one of the first suburbs of Mainz, under the reign of Lord Mayor Karl Göttelmann. With Mombach, Mainz grew to a real large city, defined to have more than 100,000 inhabitants then. Concurrent with the rapid growth of the industrial revolution came their social effects, which were heavily discussed. Mombach as a workers' suburb was chosen as a site for a

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with a

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of bishop

Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler Baron Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (25 December 181113 July 1877) was a German theologian and politician who served as Bishop of Mainz. His social teachings became influential during the papacy of Leo XIII and his encyclical ''Rerum novarum''. ...

. The

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often watched the

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s which took place in the

Mainz Sand Dunes The Mainz Sand Dunes (german: Großer Sand) are a small geological and botanical supra-region and important nature preserve in Mainz, Germany. Within this protected area rare plants and animals can be found. Some of the species represented here, suc ...

over many years. These Kaiser-manoeuvres or –parades finally took place in 1913. Another historical break in the development of the suburb was

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. In 1918 French troops occupied Mainz again and did not leave it before 1930; the economic situation got worse. In 1937 new barracks were built named after

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, the last military governor of the Mainz fortress. In the cause of the

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Mombach was subject to air raids. Until the end of

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Mombach was located on two

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s and had access to a natural Rhine

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. But after Mainz lost its properties on the right bank of the Rhine, the suburbs Amöneburg, Kostheim and Kastel, as well as Bischofsheim, together with the biggest contemporary freight

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, due to the

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of the

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, Mombach changed to an industrial site. Mainz had not only lost the suburbs, but concurrently 50% of its property and the biggest part of its industrial capacities. Nevertheless, Mombach still has a historical core, with old houses such as the old administration building.

Official emblem

Displays of old

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are no longer seen in Mombach. So there is no trace back to older history and affiliation with former proprietors. Early in the Middle Ages Mombach belonged to the estate of the

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, who assigned the location as a ''Manslehen''. In the 14th century the property rights changed over to the chapter of Mainz and belonged to

up to Napoleonic times. Due to this the colors of the chapter silver (white)/red, may be found in most of the depictions. Around 1500 three

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balls on the right side of the CoA can be found added to the chapter's colours. These refer to the dowry affair of

, the patron saint of mariners. Also on a court of law seal of 1741, silver/red bars are the focus. The typical

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seal shows

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, the patron saint of the parish church built in 1703, hovering above the clouds with his

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. In order to identify the bishop, three resurrected children climbing out of a wooden barrel are shown as

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. Mombach did not have its own CoA since the French occupation. As the new Mainz town hall had been erected between 1971 and 1974, a full set of coat of arms of all suburbs should be shown in chronological order of the incorporation in the lobby. Due to this a new CoA was drawn up. The traditional depiction with the saint was not regarded as contemporary. The

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expert Dr. Leitermann was charged with the creation of a new CoA. The field of the

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is divided by a cross. The four partitions show themes in relation to the history of Mombach and the current Mombach. *the above partitions are related to the history of the parish: **right, the escutcheon of the chapter with his characteristic red bars on silver (today white) background, a hint at the former property. **left on blue shield a golden crosier with three golden balls can be seen, referring to the patron saint St. Nicholas. * the below partitions are related to the presence of the year 1974: **right, crossed silver

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and

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, on green shield symbolizing farming at that time. **left, a black, toothed wheel on silver shield, indicating the importance of industry.

Sights

* Historical waterworks (1904) * House Kleiststraße 30 * House Hauptstraße 47 *

Herz-Jesu-Kirche The Herz-Jesu-Kirche ( en, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is the largest church in Graz, Austria. It was designed down to the last detail by architect Georg Hauberrisser and constructed from 1881 to 1887. The church was designed in the Ne ...

(Sacred Heart Church, Cath., 1911) by Ludwig Becker * Catholic parish Saint Nicholas (1955) * Protestant Friedenskirche (Peace Church, 1911) * historical Protestant house of prayer of 1891 * historical school house with teachers' flats of 1869 * historical Jahn school house (1894) *

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school house (1912) * historical hospital of the Gastell brothers, later Rochus hospital, today Caritas-Centre * historical village museum in the old pump station * Villa Hänlein * Eiskeller (old ice storage) * Municipality (1875) * industry memorial Waggonfabrik with Halle 45 * Chapel with cross (1814)

Parks

*De La Roche Park *Park in the old cemetery *Am Mahnes *Public park Heilig Geist *Unique nature playing ground of Mainz at Köppelstraße :According to a social study for the town of Mainz, the district ''Am Westring'' has the best relation of greenery to housing.

Nature preserves

*Dunes in the Mombach Sand Dunes *

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around the old water works * Nature preserve between Plantage and Erzbergerstraße

Prominent people of Mombach

Paul Haenlein Paul Haenlein (17 October 1835 in Cologne – 27 January 1905 in Mainz) was a German engineer and flight pioneer. He flew in a semi-rigid-frame dirigible. His family belonged to the ''Citoyens notables'', those notabilities who led the econom ...

, aviation pioneer * Julius Buckler, First World War fighter ace *

Eduard David Eduard Heinrich Rudolph David (11 June 1863 – 24 December 1930) was a German politician. He was an important figure in the history of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and of the German political labour movement. After the German Revo ...

first president of the national assembly of the

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. Lived between 1898 and 1900 in Mombach. *

Werner Kohlmeyer Werner Kohlmeyer (19 April 1924 – 26 March 1974) was a German footballer who played as a full back. He was part of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 22 caps for West Germany. He also played for 1. FC ...

, German

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er * Jens Beutel, Lord Mayor of Mainz from 1997 to 2011 *

Michael Ebling Michael Ebling (born 27 January 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as State Minister of the Interior in the government of Minister-President Malu Dreyer of Rhineland-Pa ...

, Lord Mayor of Mainz since 2012

Transport

Mainz-Mombach station is one of two railway stations in the suburb. Due to its central location it is the primary station of the suburb besides the halt “Waggonfabrik”. The station is a part of the West Rhine Railway and borders the Wye: Gleisdreieck Mainz, leading to the Kaiserbrücke (Mainz) and the main station Mainz.

Economy

Presence

* INEOS Paraform,

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INEOS-Paraform/Sites/
*

lacquer Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or metal. It is most often made from resin extracted from trees and waxes and has been in use since antiquity. Asian lacquerware, which may be c ...

fabrication Albrecht *

dairygold Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited is an Irish dairy co-operative based in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland. With its catchment area mostly in the Golden Vale, Dairygold processes an annual volume of approximately 1.43 billion liters of gra ...

* RIGA MAINZ GmbH & Co. KG: mobile cranes and heavy transportations * Kistenpfennig AG: Industry service **Autocenter Heinz: Ford Motor Company, Ford, Volvo, Kia, Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai, Toyota **Others: Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Honda, Opel, Citroen

References

*
Mombach Family Registers in the Mainz Archive (en)
*

Documents

Painting of Mombach, J.F. Dielmann, A. Fay, J. Becker (painter): F.C. Vogels Panorama des Rheins, Bilder des rechten und linken Rheinufers, Lithographische Anstalt F.C. Vogel, Frankfurt 1833
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