Mainz-Kastel is a district administered by the city of Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Mainz-Kastel was formerly a district of the city of Mainz

Mainz

Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

, until the public administration by the city of Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

 was decided on August 10, 1945. The reason for this had been the easy control of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany

Allied Occupation Zones in Germany

The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during 1945–49. In the closing weeks of fighting in Europe, US forces had pushed beyond the previously agreed boundaries for the...

, where the Rhine formed the border between the American sector and the French sector. Mainz-Kastel faces the city of Mainz on the opposite shore of the Rhine river, and connects Wiesbaden with downtown Mainz with a bridge. Adolphus Busch

Adolphus Busch

Colonel Adolphus Busch was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. His great-great-grandson, August Busch IV is now on the board of Anheuser-Busch InBev.-Biography:...

, founder of Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch

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, was born in Kastel (now Mainz-Kastel) in 1839.

CB&I Lummus operated an office in Mainz-Kastel which has been bought by Alstom

Alstom

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 as of 30 October 2009.

The letter processing center

Briefzentrum (Deutsche Post)

A Briefzentrum is a district center for the processing of letters for Deutsche Post.- History :Before 1993, there were more than 1,000 centers for the processing of letters....

 for Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post

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in the greater Wiesbaden area is located in Mainz-Kastel.

History

Mainz-Kastel was founded about 11 BC. At that time, the Romans built a wooden bridge across the Rhine connecting Moguntiacum (Mainz) with a castle on the right bank of the river. The wooden construction was replaced by a stone bridge in 71, which lasted until about 406. From this time the remains of a Roman triumphal arch were found in Mainz-Kastel, built around 19 A.D.