{"id":5775,"date":"2025-02-12T15:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rheinhessen.de\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:13:25","slug":"cathedral-mainz-dioezesanmuseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/en\/dom-mainz-dioezesanmuseum\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainz without cathedral is not Mainz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5775\" class=\"elementor elementor-5775\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-284eb9fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"284eb9fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbcdf17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbcdf17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This article was published on 18.02.2021 and updated on 12.02.2025.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4449de50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4449de50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With the director of the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum through the Mainz Cathedral<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5776\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_0190-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_0190-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_0190-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_0190-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_0190-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_0190-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Built the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rheinhessen.de\/der-dom-zu-mainz-rheinhessen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mainz Cathedral (opens in new tab)\">Mainz Cathedral<\/a> over a thousand years ago as the coronation church of the empire and the spitting image of the ancient St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Once designed as a three-nave Romanesque pillar basilica, it was the seat of the second man in the state in the Holy Roman Empire. The archchancellor and the head of the electoral college ruled from here. Mainz Cathedral is the highlight and centerpiece of the city of Mainz. I have an appointment with Dr. Winfried Wilhelmy, director of the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in Mainz. He will guide me through the church and the museum behind the reddish sandstone walls.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5777\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2382-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2382-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2382-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2382-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2382-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2382-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2382-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On the trail of history<\/strong> in Mainz<\/h3>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dommuseum-mainz.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cathedral Museum (opens in new tab)\">Cathedral Museum<\/a> is located in the former chapter rooms and the original cloister of Mainz Cathedral. Here in the cloister I meet Dr. Wilhelmy. We literally walk in the footsteps of history. The floor beneath our feet consists in part of old tombstones. They are witnesses to the former purpose of this place. The cloister was a burial place and at the same time a connection between the chapter houses and the church.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5778\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2394-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mainz Cathedral Cloister\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2394-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2394-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2394-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2394-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2394-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mainz Cathedral Cloister<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>The sandstone walls are open to the courtyard through large window arches, yet I can already feel the coolness and tranquility emanating from the thick walls. I have left the busy market on the other side of the stones completely behind me.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5779\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3699-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3699-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3699-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3699-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3699-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3699-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3699-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\"For centuries, things have somehow gone on\".<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>We approach the cathedral and enter Dr. Wilhelmy's favourite place, the Memorie, on the way. This is part of the west wing of the cloister. In the first years after 1200, this was a chapter house with the character of a meeting room. This room is much more present to Dr. Winfried Wilhelmy as a burial and memorial place for the dead.  Hence the name: memorial. Dr. Wilhelmy explains his fascination for this part of the cathedral: \"It breathes this commemoration of the dead, which I find so very touching because you can follow this sequence of life and death like in no other place within the cathedral.\" I follow his words and realize that the thought of death in this place is not so frightening. \"I find it a very comforting thought to stand in this room and know that you are part of a whole. But somehow life goes on,\" is how Dr. Wilhelmy describes it. I can only agree with him.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" class=\"wp-image-5780\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/memorie-mainzer-dom-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/memorie-mainzer-dom-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/memorie-mainzer-dom-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/memorie-mainzer-dom-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/memorie-mainzer-dom-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/memorie-mainzer-dom.jpg 1784w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>My gaze wanders through the almost square room. The architecture of the memorial symbolizes the fact that it goes on and on. On one side is a large Romanesque portal. This contemporary witness of the first hour has been bricked up in the meantime. On the opposite side, there is a Gothic portal that testifies to the next construction phase of the Mainz Cathedral and another era.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5781\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8589-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8589-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8589-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8589-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8589-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8589-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Mainz Cathedral is one of the three Rhenish imperial cathedrals, along with Speyer and Worms. As such, it documents over a thousand years of history of the German Empire. In its history it experienced several fires and destructions. The cathedral has been repeatedly renovated and supplemented with new architectural features. It is all the more impressive that Mainz Cathedral has preserved such a wealth of objects, tombstones, pulpits, statues and paintings. These collections make it something unique, Dr. Wilhelmy tells me.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5782\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8692-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8692-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8692-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8692-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8692-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8692-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5783\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8659-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8659-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8659-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8659-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8659-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8659-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8659-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>We enter the cathedral through the Gothic portal. Colored rays of sunlight fall through the stained glass windows onto the bright sandstone walls.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5784\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8664-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8664-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8664-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8664-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8664-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8664-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A guest in the hallowed halls<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>I am overwhelmed by the tranquility as well as the size and spaciousness of the cathedral. During the mass in the evening, these halls will be filled with life again.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5785\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8647-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mainz Cathedral nave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8647-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8647-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8647-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8647-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8647-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mainz Cathedral nave<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>We stroll through the cathedral and Dr. Wilhelmy tells me about the great importance of the cathedral for Mainz. When there is a weekly market, Mainz Cathedral gathers all the citizens and interested people around it. \"It is the heart of the city. Mainz without a cathedral, is not Mainz.\"<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-4298\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mainz-lebenslust-wochenmarkt-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mainz-lebenslust-wochenmarkt-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mainz-lebenslust-wochenmarkt-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mainz-lebenslust-wochenmarkt-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mainz-lebenslust-wochenmarkt-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mainz-lebenslust-wochenmarkt-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mainz-lebenslust-wochenmarkt-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>At every corner of the cathedral the long history and the connection with the city becomes clear. In the colorful windows I recognize from close up the naming of all previous archbishops. Each is mentioned in its own colorful square by name with dates and a small sketch.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5787\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8663-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8663-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8663-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8663-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8663-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8663-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>The main altar is the center and the eye-catcher of the cathedral. Rightly so, because it is a little special feature. Unusually, the main altar faces west and not east. This is due to its model, the papal altar in the old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5788\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8666-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mainz Cathedral West Choir\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8666-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8666-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8666-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8666-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8666-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mainz Cathedral West Choir<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The living cathedral treasure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Our way into the museum leads us past the cathedral treasury. The collection is displayed in well-lit glass cases. Black panels and backgrounds form a modern contrast to the reddish sandstone walls.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" class=\"wp-image-5789\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8638-scaled-1-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8638-scaled-1-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8638-scaled-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8638-scaled-1-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8638-scaled-1-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8638-scaled-1-2048x1427.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Dr. Wilhelmy explains to me that there are pieces here with centuries of history. Some objects are not so old and also still in use by the archbishops of the cathedral. This is also the reason why the cathedral treasure is called living and growing.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5790\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8637-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mainz - Cathedral Museum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8637-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8637-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8637-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8637-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8637-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mainz - Cathedral Museum<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>The Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum of the Mainz Cathedral sets out the almost 2000-year history of the Archbishopric of Mainz and displays paintings, sculptures, treasure art and tapestries. Among them are sculptures by the 13th-century Naumburg Master, 18th-century furniture by Abraham Roentgen or paintings by Lukas Cranach. Dr. Wilhelmy especially loves handling the impressive exhibits.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5791\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8632-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8632-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8632-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8632-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8632-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8632-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8632-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5792\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8575-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8575-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8575-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8575-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8575-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8575-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8575-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\"He'll know the right direction to go.\"<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Reverently, the director of the museum presents me with his favorite exhibit. It is a small fragment of hands, which was worked around 1239 by the Naumburg Master for the resurrection plate of the west rood screen in the cathedral. When the rood screen was dismantled, fragments got into the ground, including this fragment, which was only rediscovered years later.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5793\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8567-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8567-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8567-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8567-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8567-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8567-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8567-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Only with Dr. Wilhelmy's explanation do I understand the story behind the hand fragment. It shows two interlocking hands. The hand of a resurrected person, which is trustingly guided by the hand of an angel to the gate of paradise. \"He will already know the right direction,\" Dr. Wilhelmy interprets the exhibit. The trust and confidence that these hands carved in stone radiate are amazing and also draw me under the spell of the small exhibit.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5794\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8565-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8565-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8565-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8565-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8565-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8565-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>You can view the exhibit alongside many others in the newly designed Early and High Middle Ages section of the Diocesan Museum.<\/p>\n\n<p>As I leave the cathedral via the cloister, I look back once again and let the tranquillity sink in. I can now understand even more why Dr. Wilhelmy repeatedly emphasized in our conversation that the cathedral breathes history and is the heart of the city.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you would like to experience the tranquility of the cathedral outside of service times, you can find out more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/bistummainz.de\/dom-mainz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Website of the Diocese of Mainz (opens in new tab)\">Website of the Diocese of Mainz<\/a>when the cathedral is open. The opening hours and all other information about the collection and current exhibitions you will find on the website of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dommuseum-mainz.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum (opens in new tab)\">Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5795\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8684-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8684-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8684-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8684-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8684-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8684-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8684-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-5796\" src=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8699-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8699-scaled-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8699-scaled-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8699-scaled-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8699-scaled-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8699-scaled-1-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/rheinhessenblog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8699-scaled-1.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mainz Cathedral is the oldest monumental vaulted building in Germany after Speyer Cathedral and before Worms Cathedral. 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