19 Sights in Speyer, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Speyer, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Speyer. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Speyer1. Helmut Kohl
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl was a German politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990, Chancellor of Germany from 1990 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longest of any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union (EU). Kohl's tenure of 16 years, 26 days is the longest for any democratically elected chancellor of Germany.
2. Vickers Viscount 814
The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee, it entered service in 1953 and was the first turboprop-powered airliner.
3. Dom zu Speyer
Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg. The cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Mary, patron saint of Speyer and St. Stephen is generally known as the Kaiserdom zu Speyer. Pope Pius XI raised Speyer Cathedral to the rank of a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church in 1925.
4. Transall C-160D
The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft, produced as a joint venture between France and Germany. "Transall" is a German abbreviation of the manufacturing consortium Transporter Allianz, comprising the companies of MBB, Aerospatiale, and VFW-Fokker. It was initially developed to meet the requirements for a modern transport aircraft for the French and German Air Forces; export sales were also made to South Africa and to Turkey, as well as a small number to civilian operators.
5. Adolf von Nassau
Adolf was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298. He was never crowned by the pope, which would have secured him the imperial title. He was the first physically and mentally healthy ruler of the Holy Roman Empire ever to be deposed without a papal excommunication. Adolf died shortly afterwards in the Battle of Göllheim fighting against his successor Albert of Habsburg.
6. St. Konrad
St. Konrad is a church with a parish centre, parish hall, rectory, kindergarten, youth centre and an old nurses' house and is the centre of the Catholic parish of the same name in the Speyer-Nord district of Speyer.
7. Franz Hellinger und Ferdinand Wiesmann
The Autonomous Palatinate refers to the attempts to establish the Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine as an autonomous state independent of Bavaria after the First World War. During the period of French occupation after the First World War, separatist tendencies developed, first with the aim of an independent state within the German Reich, and later also for the creation of a state independent of the Reich and based on France.
8. St. Joseph Kirche
St. Joseph's in Speyer is a Catholic church and the center of a whole complex of buildings of the parish of St. Joseph. In the cathedral parish of Pax Christi, which covers the entire city area, it serves as a place for joint parish services, while the cathedral is the seat of the parish. The church, in its extraordinary size and magnificent furnishings, was built in response to the construction of the neighbouring Protestant Memorial Church of the Protestation.
9. Gedächtniskirche der Protestation
The Gedächtniskirche der Protestation is a United Protestant church of both Lutheran and Reformed confessions in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, that commemorates the Protestation at Speyer in defense of the evangelical faith, specifically Lutheranism. Built between 1893 and 1904, the church was constructed in memory of the protest that took place at the Diet of Speyer by the Protestant rulers of the Holy Roman Empire in 1529. The tower is the tallest bell tower in the whole Palatinate at 100 metres (330 ft).
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10. St. Bernhard
The Catholic Church of Peace of St. Bernard in Speyer, often referred to as St. Bernard's Church, was built between 1953 and 1954 and consecrated as a Church of Peace in the presence of French and German bishops, as it was intended to serve as a symbol of reconciliation between Germany and France.
11. Villa Körbling
The upper-middle-class Villa Körbling in Speyer, Bahnhofstraße 15, was built between 1911 and 1912 for the Speyer ophthalmologist Eberhard Körbling and his wife Anna Körbling née Pallmann. The villa has been preserved in its original condition and is registered in the list of cultural monuments in Speyer. In 2014/2015, a restoration was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the monument.
12. Dornier Emmen C-3605
The F+W C-3605, nicknamed Schlepp ("Tug") or "Alpine Anteater", was a target towing aircraft operated by the Swiss Air Force from 1971–1987. The aircraft was developed during the latter half of the 1960s by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (EKW), renamed Farner Werke (F+W) in 1972, as a conversion of the existing C-3603 ground attack/target towing aircraft. Following a successful prototype conversion in 1968, 23 aircraft were converted between 1971–1973 with 2 still flying in private hands.
13. Altpörtel
The Old Gate is the medieval west city gate of Speyer, and is one of the original 68 towers in the old walls and gates. Today it is one of the largest and most architecturally significant of the remaining city gates in Germany.
14. Fatih Camii
The Fatih Mosque Speyer is a prayer and meeting centre of the Turkish-Islamic Community and Cultural Centre Speyer at Brunckstraße 16, in the industrial area north between the Speyer districts of Speyer-Nord and Speyer-West. Since April 2012, the congregation has been using the building for prayer.
15. Speyer Jewry-Cout
The Jewish courtyard in Speyer, is an historic and archeological site located in the inner city of Speyer, Germany. Built in stages between 1104 and the 14th century, the courtyard contains some of the oldest and best-preserved Jewish community buildings. Along with the other ShUM-cities of Worms and Mainz, Speyer was the hometown of one of the most important Jewish communities in Middle Ages in northern Europe. Because of its historical importance and its testimony to the European Jewish cultural tradition, the Jewish courtyard was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.
16. Historisches Museum der Pfalz
The Historical Museum of the Palatinate is a museum in the city of Speyer in the Palatinate region of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated across the square from the Speyer Cathedral. The museum's focus is on the History of the Palatinate; it has a collection of about 1 million artifacts, the oldest being an approximately 190,000-year-old hand axe. The museum is among the most important in Germany, and is known for its special exhibitions. With over 200,000 visitors per year it is one of the major attractions of Speyer.
Wikipedia: Historical Museum of the Palatinate (EN), Website
17. Dreifaltigkeitskirche
The Dreifaltigkeitskirche is a late Baroque, Protestant parish church in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 1988 it has been a cultural asset worthy of protection within the meaning of Article 1 of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
18. Feuerbachhaus
The Feuerbachhaus is a museum dedicated to the Feuerbach family at Allerheiligenstraße 9 in Speyer. The property has a baroque garden and borders the old city wall. The archaeologist Joseph Anselm Feuerbach lived there with his family for 10 years. His son, the important painter Anselm Feuerbach, was born in this house.
19. Synagogue Speyer
The historic synagogue of Speyer was built at the beginning of the 12th century and was the second synagogue in Speyer. The community was expelled in the course of the 15th century and the building was destroyed except for the outer walls in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689. Today, the ruins are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the ShUM sites.
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