The first modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic">republic</a> in Germany, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Mainz" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Mainz">Republic of Mainz</a>, is declared by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Joseph_Hofmann" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Andreas Joseph Hofmann">Andreas Joseph Hofmann</a>.