Rhineland-Palatinate
Speyer
Speyer was an imperial cathedral city and one of medieval Ashkenaz’s intellectual centres before persecution, war and reconstruction repeatedly transformed it. This guide connects emperor burials, the SchUM Jewish heritage, city gates, Protestant memory, river trade and a modern technology museum without reducing Speyer to a single monument.
Stories in Speyer
- Speyer Cathedral — Empire in Romanesque Stone
- Judenhof — SchUM and Medieval Jewish Scholarship
- Altpörtel — A Gate, a Clock and a Standard Measure
- Trinity Church — Rebuilding After 1689
- Historical Museum — Building a Palatinate Identity
- Fish Market — The Economy Behind the Monumental City
- Memorial Church — Reformation Memory in Stone
- Technik Museum — From Imperial Memory to Machines