Tourist Attractions in Speyer, Germany

Speyer, Germany. Photo: Baden de/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Speyer is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities. Speyer is dominated by the Speyer Cathedral, a number of churches and the Altpörtel (old gate). In the cathedral, beneath the high altar, are the tombs of eight Holy Roman Emperors and German kings.

• Kaiser und Mariendom (Speyer Cathedral). The romanesque imperial cathedral, with crypta of the Salian Emperors.

Speyer Cathedral. Photo: Immanuel Giel/Wikimedia Commons (PD)

• Historic old town.

Old town. Photo: Thomas Lang 2013/Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

• Judenbad. Oldest Mikvah north of the Alps.

• Altpörtel. A 55 m high gate, part of the former fortification wall. 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.

Speyer, Altpörtel. Photo: BlueBreezeWiki/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

• Gedächtniskirche der Protestation. A protestant church with wooden interior from the 17th century. 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).

Gedächtniskirche der Protestation. Photo: AnRo0002/Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

• Historisches Museum der Pfalz. History museum. 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.

Historical Museum of the Palatinate. Photo: Dontworry/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

• Technik Museum (Technical Museum). Hall full of old cars and outside a number of aircraft and a small submarine you can walk through. Space exhibition which includes the Russian shuttle.

Technical Museum. Photo: Alexander Reuss/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

• Sealife. An aquarium, not as large as the ones in the USA but interesting nether the less. Can however be one long line of people at peak times. (Wikivoyage)

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