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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 636979, member: 39&quot;]Nice piece; I like such city views. Keep in mind, however, that Mainz (the country or state) was quite a bit more than just the city. These maps show where the Electorate of Mainz was at about that time; look for &quot;Kurfürstentum Mainz&quot; (in the middle) here ...</p><p><a href="http://www.hoeckmann.de/imagesdeutsch/swhessen.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hoeckmann.de/imagesdeutsch/swhessen.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.hoeckmann.de/imagesdeutsch/swhessen.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>... and for &quot;Kfsm. Mainz&quot; (at the bottom) here:</p><p><a href="http://www.hoeckmann.de/imagesdeutsch/nhessen.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hoeckmann.de/imagesdeutsch/nhessen.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.hoeckmann.de/imagesdeutsch/nhessen.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And as Eduard mentioned, when the ducat was made, the city of Mainz was not even ruled by Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal (who is depicted on the piece). Shortly after the 1789 French revolution, he and his administration moved or fled to Aschaffenburg. The city of Mainz, which is shown on the other side, first became a (short lived) democratic republic, and later part of France for a couple of years ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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