Prince-Bishopric of Mainz (747-1257), Electorate of Mainz (1257-1793, 1793-1803), Republic of Mainz (1793)
State of the Holy Roman Empire (747-1803)
Location: Central Germany
Capital City: Mainz
Government type: Prince-Bishopric (747-1793, 1793-1803), Jacobin Puppet Republic (1793)
Main languages: German
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Chronology
747: Bishop of Mainz raised to Archbishop and given territory from the Duchy of Franconia
1257: Archbishop of Mainz made an elector
1631-1636: Occupied by Sweden
1644-1650: Occupied by France
1793: French Occupy Mainz and establish a puppet republic lasting 4 months, then Electorate is restored by Prussian intervention
1801: France annexes western parts
1803: Prince-Bishopric disesteablished and superceded by the Principality of Aschaffenburg
Currency
Denier (973-1504)
1 Denier/Pfennig = 2 Heller • 1 Dreiling = 3 Pfennig • 1 Groschen/Schilling = 6 Pfennig • 1 Goldgulden = 20 Denier
Thaler (1504-1764)
1 Thaler = 24 Groschen = 36 Albus = 90 Kreuzer = 96 Dreier = 288 Pfennig • 1 Goldgulden = 3.25 Thaler • 1 Ducat = 3.5 Thaler
Conventionsthaler (1764-1803)
1 Conventionsthaler = 120 Kreuzer = 144 Kreuzer Land Münze = 576 Pfennig/p>
Coins from Mainz in the collection
•1 Albus, 1668 (Archbishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1647-1673), silver, Mainz mint, KM#117)