Speyer
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Speyer | |
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 Speyer: Maximilianstraße with cathedral in the background | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Speyer  Speyer | |
| Coordinates: 49°19′10″N 8°25′52″E / 49.31944°N 8.43111°ECoordinates: 49°19′10″N 8°25′52″E / 49.31944°N 8.43111°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Urban district |
| Government | |
| • Lord Mayor | Hansjörg Eger (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.71 km2 (16.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Population (2015-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 50,284 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 67346 |
| Dialling codes | 06232 |
| Vehicle registration | SP |
| Website | www.speyer.de |
Imperial City of Speyer Reichsstadt Speyer | |||||||||
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| 1294–1792 | |||||||||
| Status | Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Speyer | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded | ca 10 BC | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1294 | ||||||||
| April 19, 1529 | |||||||||
• Protestation at Speyer | April 20, 1529 | ||||||||
| 1688 | |||||||||
| 1792 | |||||||||
• Annexed to Bavaria | 1816 | ||||||||
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Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate with about 50,000 inhabitants on the Rhine river. It lies 25 km (15.5 mi) south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Around the year 500 the town gets the name Spira, named after the stream Speyerbach which flows into the Rhine river here.
The center of Speyer is dominated by the cathedral. Here are the tombs of several of the Salian emperors: the bodies, however, are believed to have gone missing during one of the French invasions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Speyer, Germany at Wikimedia Commons
- speyer.de the city website (partly in English)
- museum.speyer.de Historical Museum of the Palatinate (in English)
- dom-speyer.de website of Speyer Cathedral (in German)
- Model Map of Medieval Speyer
- Technical (Transport) Museum
