Schillerplatz & Carnival Fountain
Schillerplatz & Fastnachtsbrunnen
A baroque square ringed by aristocratic mansions, with a bronze fountain crowded with about 200 carnival figures, the opening venue of Mainz's carnival season.
Schillerplatz is a Baroque square in Mainz, surrounded by aristocratic mansions including the Osteinsches Palais, with a statue of Schiller at its center. In one corner stands the Carnival Fountain, built in 1967. Its bronze tower, about 9 meters high, is carved with roughly 200 clowns, musicians and carnival characters, and it is very entertaining to examine up close. Every year at 11:11 on November 11, the carnival season is officially opened here with the reading of the “Carnival Law,” drawing large crowds. Open all day, free of charge. It can be combined with the Carnival Museum and St. Stephen's Church.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Mainz Carnival Museum
- St. Stephan's Church (Chagall Windows)
- Sanctuary of Isis and Mater Magna
- Kupferberg Sparkling Wine Cellars
- Landesmuseum Mainz
- Natural History Museum Mainz
- Mainz Old Town & Kirschgarten
- Mainz Marktplatz & Weekly Market