Mainz is the capital city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and has about 220 000 people. Mainz is home to the Baseball and Softball Club Mainz Athletics(founded 1988), a German baseball and softball club. They play in the Baseball-Bundesliga Süd , or the southern division of Baseball-Bundesliga. Both the  Süd  and Nord have eight teams each and play a total of 28 games, usually on weekends.  The Mannheim Tornados dominated in the 1980s and 1990s winning 10 champions. Paderborn Untouchables won six German titles in seven seasons between 1999 and 2005. Mainz has won the Baseball-Bundesliga twice - 2007 and 2016. 

Mainz is the capital city of Rhineland-Palatinate and home to 218 000 people. It dates back to 13 BCE. The Roman's built a military fortress here as it was the northermost frontier of the empire and the provincial capital of Germania Superior. As part of the Holy Roman Empire in the 8 century, Mainz was the capital of the Electorate of Mainz and seat of the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, the Primate of Germany.  Johannes Gutenberg was born in Mainz. He, of course, was the inventor of a moveable-type printing press. Gutenberg manufactured his first books here, including the Gutenberg Bible, in the early 1450s.  Mainz was heavily damaged during World War II. Allies carried out more than 30 air raids destroying about 80% of the city centre, including most of the historic buildings.  The card is an oversized, cartoonish picture of some of Essen's tourist attractions. Let's have a look at some of the attractions in Essen found on the card: Schloss Borbeck (Borbeck Castle)  ...