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Speyer is located in Rhineland-Palatinate and is home to around 50,000 inhabitants.. <9> It is culturally and historically significant, offers many attractions and a beautiful recreational area on the Old Rhine.. <9> <9> <994/1638949> <994/1115470> <994/1298289> <9> <9> Historical <9> <9> <1001> Great Treatise on the History of the City} - here is a brief outline: <9> * Founded in Roman times as Civitas Nemetum (capital of the tribe of the Nemeter) <9> * 506 victory of the Franks over the Alemanni, Speyer becomes part of the Frankish kingdom <9> * around 500 first mention of the name ´ Spira ´<9> * from the 7th cent.. Episcopal see <9> * 969 Emperor Otto the Great confers immunity, jurisdiction and control over customs and the coin to the episcopal church <9> * 1030 the first works on the cathedral of Speyer under emperor Konrad II begin <9> * in the 11th century settlement one of the first Jewish communities in the Holy Roman Empire;. Thus Speyer applies to Worms and Mainz as one of the SCHUM cities (Worms, Mainz, Speyer, abbreviated in Hebrew, SCHUM results as the seat of the Ashkenazi Jews, a flow of faith within Judaism) <9> * 1111 Heinrich V.. grants profound privileges by awarding the Great Letter of Freedom <9> * 13. Jhrdt.. - fierce clashes between city and bishop <9> * 14. Jh.. - strengthening the power of the bishops with the support of Emperor Charles IV and the Palatine <9> * 1434 10-year protection contract by Elector Ludwig III <9> * 1439 threat of marauding French mercenaries, in consequence <9> * 1439 merger and formation of an army Speyrern, Wormsern and Mainzern <9> * in the following decades there were always friction between the city and the church for supremacy <9> * 16. Jahr.. Speyer moves into the center of German history as the venue of 50 court days and many imperial days <9> * 30. 4. 1525 peasant uprising against the church (Lutheran influence) <9> * between 1539 and 1574 it comes again and again to terrible plague epidemics During the Thirty Years´ War (1618-1648) Speyer was mainly a troop camp, sanitation and supply city under changing occupying powers (French, Spaniards, Swedes ...) after the end of the war the city found itself impoverished, in debt and plagued by epidemics.. <9> * 1689 Speyer is completely destroyed by French troops under General Melac in connection with the Palatinate War of Succession.. At the beginning of 1. 2. 1689 beginning demolition work the inhabitants had to participate also themselves.. It was rumored that the French wanted to completely destroy the city by fire, which happened in May.. <9> Only the dome was excluded.. <9> * 1792 Conquest by French revolutionary troops - until 1814 under French rule <9> * 27. 6. 1815 Meeting of Tsar Alexander of Russia, Emperor Franz I and Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III.. in the Allied headquarters in the city <9> * 1816 Speyer becomes the capital of the so-called Rhine Circle <9> * January 1, 1838 PFALZ district replaces the Rhine district.. <9> * 1837 Speyer´s Rhine port is ready <9> * 1847 Speyer is connected to the railway network <9> * 1918 the French are moving into Speyer once again <9> * In 1930 the French occupying power moved from <9> * 1938 to the Speyer synagogue in the Heydenreichstraße is burned in the November pogroms and demolished shortly thereafter.. <9> * 1945 Speyer is conquered by the Americans and occupied French after the war.. <9> The occupation regime ends on 6 May 1955, but troops remain for some time and make friends with the Speyrs.. <9> <9> <994/1005780> <994/1005779> <994/1005778> <9> <9> Attractions <9> <9> * The Cathedral - Started in 1030, is considered the largest Romanesque structure in the world.. UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981 <9> * the Altpörtel, a 55m high city gate.. Western main gate in the Middle Ages, built from 1230. Upper floor and roof were added in 1514 and completed.. Today permanent exhibition about the city fortification of Speyer <9> * the Judenhof, the oldest preserved German Mikwe, a ritualistic, Jewish bath from the 12th century.. <9> * Gedächtniskirche, 20th century. commemorates the Speyr protests in 1529 <9> * Trinity Church <9> * Heiliggeistkirche <9> * Josephskirche (Catholic, edification in response to the construction of the Gedächtniskirche) <9> * Bernhardskirche (1953 to 1954), the German-French Peace Church was built.. <9> * Town Hall <9> * St. Magdalenen Monastery <9> * Alte Münze <9> * the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, Roman and medieval exhibits from the region, especially remnants of the old cathedral furnishings and one of the most important finds of the Bronze Age Golden Hat found in Schifferstadt, a cult cone adorned with circular ornaments and made of gold.. <9> * Technikmuseum Speyer, highly interesting with masterpieces from the vehicle and aircraft construction among other things the well-visible Boeing 747-230 ´Schleswig-Holstein´ and the Russian space shuttle ´Buran´ shows.. <9> * Museum SchPIRA, archaeological exhibits from the Jewish life of Speyer in the Middle Ages.. <9> * many libraries of secular and ecclesiastical contents, as well as many archives such as the Palatine State Archives, the Central Archive of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate, the Catholic Diocesan Archives and the city archives.. <9> * Theater, Children´s and Youth Theater, Music Centers <9> <9> <9> Events <9> <9> * Speyerer Weihnachtsmarkt.. The cathedral is especially festive during this time. <9> * Speyrer Pretzel Festival (always on the 2nd weekend of July, Friday to Tuesday) <9> * Speyer Kaisertafel (always on the 2nd weekend of August) in Maximilianstrasse <9> * Speyrer Altstadfest (always on the 2nd weekend in September) <9> * Spring and Autumn Fair <9> * Easter is the biggest psychobilly festival in Germany with the Satanic Stomp in Speyer.. <9> <9> <994/1639253> <994/1639252> <994/1638956> <994/1638955> <994/1638953> <994/1638951> <9> <9> <1002>