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Capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, West
Germany, on the Rhine, 37 km/23 mi WSW of
Frankfurt-am-Main; population (1988) 189,000.
In Roman times it was a fortified camp and
became the capital of Germania Superior.
Printing was possibly invented here about
1448 by Gutenberg.