Speyer in Rhineland-Palatinate
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View from Altpörtel tower towards Speyer Cathedral © Roman Eisele/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Speyer is a city in
Rhineland-Palatinate in
Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river
Rhine , Speyer lies 25 km (16 miles) south of
Ludwigshafen and
Mannheim , and 21 km (13 miles) south-west of
Heidelberg . Founded by the
Romans , it is one of Germany’s oldest cities.
Speyer Cathedral (since 1981 a UNESCO World Heritage Site ), a number of other churches, and the Altpörtel (old gate ) dominate the Speyer landscape. In the cathedral, beneath the high altar, are the tombs of eight Holy Roman Emperors and German kings . The city is famous for the 1529 Protestation at Speyer . The Jewish sites of Speyer, together with those of the other two ShUM cities Mainz and Worms , became part of the UNESCO World Heritage in 2021.
Lufthansa Boeing 747-230 D-ABYM on display at Technik Museum Speyer © Bahnfrend/cc-by-sa-4.0
The first known names were
Noviomagus and
Civitas Nemetum , after the Teutonic tribe,
Nemetes , settled in the area. The name
Spira is first recorded in the 7th century, taken from
villa Spira , a Frankish settlement situated outside of
Civitas Nemetum (
History of Speyer ).
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