St. Stephan
St. Stephan rises on Mainz’s highest hill as a Gothic hall collegiate church with a history reaching back to 990. Its present structure dates from 1267 to 1340. A double-choir plan, triple nave, and flat wooden ceiling preserve its late-medieval character.
Marc Chagall created the luminous blue stained-glass windows between 1978 and 1985, showing scenes from the Old Testament. They are Chagall’s only windows in Germany. Blue light fills the interior, while the windows evoke Jewish-German reconciliation through their biblical imagery.
War damage prompted extensive restoration, yet the thirteenth-century altar mensa and a tabernacle from around 1500 survived. A late Gothic cloister appeared between 1462 and 1499 and was rebuilt between 1968 and 1971. An octagonal bell tower, a 1330 baptismal font, and a sculpture of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne complete the setting. A ramp integrated into the square makes the church fully wheelchair accessible.
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