page_title: Ingelheimer Aue
section_title: Start of the 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Ingelheimer Aue / Development / Start of the 20th century
caption_attribution_description: Stadtplan (Umgebung) von Mainz, hier Zollhafen (Mainz)
context_page_description: Thee Ingelheimer Aue is a previous Rhine island, located on the left bank of the river by the city of Mainz, between 500 and 503,5 km from the river mouth. It forms the northernmost point of the city division Mainz-Neustadt and is used for commercial purposes.
context_section_description: The Ingelheimer Aue was originally an island. The construction of the port of Mainz starting in 1880 included the construction of a dam that connected the island with the mainland, creating the river harbour north of the tax port (see illustration). This new harbour was inaugurated on 6 June 1887.
  Starting at the end of the 19th century, an industrial area developed on the previous island. The first development was a gas and electric works, from 1899, as well as certain factories, for example the metal works of Wilhelm Hannss. In the subsequent years, a number of larger factories were built, for example Blendax (1931), Werner & Mertz (1908), and Römheld & Moelle (1906). Between 1906 and 1997 the Aue was connected to the Mainz tram network (Terminus: Ingelheimer Aue).
  The piers of the Kaiserbrücke bridge, which is part of the railway ring around Mainz, the Mainz bypass, stand on the embankment. The bridge was inaugurated in 1904 by Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Hessian Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig in the presence of Reich Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow.
caption: Port of Mainz
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