Good evening,


"Mainz is also on the right side of the Rhine" the people of Mainz have been calling in vain for decades to point out that three parts of the city on the right side of the Rhine were unjustifiably assigned to Wiesbaden after the war, but with similar fervor one can also exclaim that the same is true on the left side of the Rhine still be Rhine-Main.

In fact, Mainz is the bridgehead of the conurbation to the more rural Rhineland-Palatinate, which brings us to the topic: At the weekend, the 75th anniversary of the founding of this federal state was celebrated in the state capital with the best weather, and what can I say: it was a bit like a carnival parade.

Manfred Koehler

Head of department of the Rhein-Main editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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The last few days in Frankfurt were also a bit like carnival

, in any case the mood on the streets was similarly exuberant after Eintracht's triumph, but behind the scenes it wasn't always so cheerful.

Gradually it comes out that on Thursday there was a dispute between the city and the sports club about the parade from the airport to the city, and there were also disagreements as to who was allowed on the balcony and when to be celebrated by the fans.

In the middle, of course, always the mayor.

Otherwise everything was comparatively quiet

over the weekend, which gives us the opportunity to point out a new online event format: for the evening of June 2nd, the Binding brewery and the FAZ invite you to a discussion about the new ways of working that are dealing with the Corona -pandemic developed.

There will be practitioners from Deutsche Bank and Merck, among others, and it's also about the nice question of whether you can't just move your workplace to the beach in times of mobile work.

Details and registration for free participation in the new series "Mainstimme" here.

And

there is also a lack of blood donations in the region +++ due to the Ukraine war, all bunkers in Offenbach that are still bunkers should remain such for the time being +++ the Zoom music venue will reopen in Frankfurt on Wednesday.

I wish you a pleasant evening

Yours, Manfred Koehler

You can also read current reports from the region in Skyline-Blick, our live news blog for the Rhine-Main region, and on the Rhein-Main-Zeitung website.

The

weather

for Monday

Scattered rain showers in the morning, thunderstorms with heavy rain and squalls from the afternoon.

Plus 25 degrees.

Thunderstorms receding at night, but still showers at 14 degrees.

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, Professor Emeritus at the History Department of the Goethe University in Frankfurt (80);

Margarete Wiemer

(Die Linke), honorary city councilor in Frankfurt (68);

Viola Bittl

, Frankfurt-based artist (42);

Janine Wissler

, member of the German Bundestag, Federal Chairwoman of the Left Party, from 2009 to November 2021 leader of the parliamentary group in the Hessian state parliament (41).