Editing Mainz (section)

==Administration==
[[File:Mainz-flags.jpg|thumb|Mainz Rad and FSV Mainz 05 flags on the Domplatz]]
The city of Mainz is divided into 15 local districts according to the main statute of the city of Mainz. Each local district has a district administration of 13 members and a directly elected mayor, who is the chairman of the district administration. This local council decides on important issues affecting the local area, however, the final decision on new policies is made by Mainz's municipal council.<ref name="Landeshauptstadt Mainz-2014-4">{{cite web |title=Stadtratsfraktionen und Ratsinformationssystem |website=Landeshauptstadt Mainz |date=19 September 2014 |url=https://www.mainz.de/verwaltung-und-politik/stadtrat-ratsinfo/stadtratsfraktionen-ratsinformation.php |language=de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131133214/https://www.mainz.de/verwaltung-und-politik/stadtrat-ratsinfo/stadtratsfraktionen-ratsinformation.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

In accordance with section 29 paragraph 2 Local Government Act of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], which refers to municipalities of more than 150,000 inhabitants, the city council has 60 members.<ref name="Landeshauptstadt Mainz-2014-4" />

Districts of the town are:<ref name="Landeshauptstadt Mainz-2014-5">{{cite web |title=Landeshauptstadt Mainz |website=Landeshauptstadt Mainz |date=22 September 2014 |url=https://www.mainz.de/leben-und-arbeit/stadtteile/stadtteile.php |language=de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131133135/https://www.mainz.de/leben-und-arbeit/stadtteile/stadtteile.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
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*[[Altstadt (Mainz)|Altstadt]]
*[[Bretzenheim (Mainz)|Bretzenheim]]
*[[Drais]]
*[[Ebersheim (Mainz)|Ebersheim]]
*[[Finthen]]
*[[Gonsenheim]]
*[[Hartenberg-Münchfeld]]
*[[Hechtsheim]]
*[[Laubenheim (Mainz)|Laubenheim]]
*{{interlanguage link|Mainz-Lerchenberg|lt=Lerchenberg|de}}
*[[Marienborn (Mainz)|Marienborn]]
*[[Mombach]]
*[[Neustadt (Mainz)|Neustadt]]
*[[Oberstadt(Mainz)|Oberstadt]]
*[[Weisenau]]
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Until 1945, the districts of [[Bischofsheim (Mainspitze)|Bischofsheim]] (now an independent town), [[Ginsheim-Gustavsburg]] (which together are an independent town) belonged to Mainz. The former districts [[Mainz-Amöneburg|Amöneburg]], [[Mainz-Kastel|Kastel]], and [[Mainz-Kostheim|Kostheim]] – (in short, ''AKK'') are now administered by the city of [[Wiesbaden]] (on the north bank of the river). The AKK was separated from Mainz when the [[Rhine]] was designated the boundary between the French occupation zone (the later state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]) and the U.S. occupation zone ([[Hesse]]) in 1945.<ref name="Focus-2016">{{cite web |title=Mainz oder Wiesbaden? Der lächerliche Kampf um Amöneburg, Kastel, Kostheim |website=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] |date=23 August 2016 |url=https://www.focus.de/regional/mainz/amoeneburg-kastel-kostheim-der-laecherliche-kampf-um-amoeneburg-kastel-kostheim_id_5838587.html |language=de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131133610/https://www.focus.de/regional/mainz/amoeneburg-kastel-kostheim-der-laecherliche-kampf-um-amoeneburg-kastel-kostheim_id_5838587.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden">{{cite web |title=Geschichte |website=Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden |url=https://www.wiesbaden.de/leben-in-wiesbaden/stadtteile/amoeneburg/geschichte.php |language=de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131133839/https://www.wiesbaden.de/leben-in-wiesbaden/stadtteile/amoeneburg/geschichte.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
{{Main|Wheel of Mainz}}
The coat of arms of Mainz is derived from the coat of arms of the [[Archbishopric of Mainz|Archbishops of Mainz]] and features two six-spoked silver wheels connected by a silver cross on a red background.<ref name="Landeshauptstadt Mainz-2014-6">{{cite web |title=Landeshauptstadt Mainz |website=Landeshauptstadt Mainz |date=19 December 2014 |url=https://www.mainz.de/kultur-und-wissenschaft/stadtgeschichte/stadtwappen.php |language=de |access-date=31 January 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131112201/https://mainz.de/kultur-und-wissenschaft/stadtgeschichte/stadtwappen.php |url-status=live }}</ref>