Images - The Revolutionary Republic of Mainz, 1792/93, and the French Occupation of the Rhineland

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1.	The Siege of Mainz on October 22, 1792 (1793) In October 1792, the French laid siege to and conquered the city of Mainz. The image below shows a few solitary figures watching the fiery scene from a safe distance. Aquatint by Johann Friedrich....
2.	Capitulation Negotiations in Mainz in October 1792 (19th Century) The capitulation and French occupation ushered in the start of the short-lived “Mainz Republic,” the first of its kind on German soil. It was established by the local German Jacobin club, the Society....
3.	Erecting a Liberty Pole in Speyer (1798) In the fall of 1792, French occupied portions of the German Rhineland, including the cities of Mainz and Speyer, where pro-French Jacobin clubs built and erected “liberty poles” to signal the political....
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