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    Speyer
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    Speyer

    City

    Speyer is located on the Rhine, which here forms the border between Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg, just under 20 kilometers south of Mannheim.

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    Speyer is located on the Rhine, which here forms the border between Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg, just under 20 kilometers south of Mannheim. The city, with around 51,000 inhabitants, boasts two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Imperial Cathedral (Kaiserdom), consecrated in 1061, the largest preserved Romanesque church after the destruction of Cluny, and the Jewish Courtyard (Judenhof) with its synagogue ruins and Germany's oldest completely preserved mikveh.From Cathedral Square, Maximilianstraße, a pedestrian zone, leads to the 55-meter-high Altpörtel, the city's former western gate. Additionally, you'll find the Historical Museum of the Palatinate with its cathedral treasury, and the Technik Museum, where you can see, among other things, a Boeing 747 and the Buran prototype OK-GLI.

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    Altpörtel
    Attraction

    1Altpörtel

    The 55-meter-high former western main gate of the city at the end of Maximilianstraße. Its lower parts date from between 1230 and 1250, the uppermost storey from 1512 to 1514.
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    Speyer Minster
    Church

    2Speyer Minster

    The Imperial Cathedral, consecrated in 1061, is 134 meters long and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981. Its crypt holds eight emperors and kings. From the southwest tower, enjoy views of the city and Rhine from 55 meters up.
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    Jew Yard
    Museum

    3Jew Yard

    Synagogue ruin (consecrated 1104) and Germany's oldest fully preserved mikveh. Since 2021, the Judenhof, along with Mainz and Worms, has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage as a SchUM site.
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    Tech Museum Speyer
    Museum

    4Tech Museum Speyer

    Large-scale vehicle and aircraft construction: Highlights include the Boeing 747-230 "Schleswig-Holstein" and the Soviet space shuttle prototype Buran OK-GLI, plus an IMAX Dome Cinema.
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    Historical Palatinate Museum
    Museum

    5Historical Palatinate Museum

    The museum next to the cathedral exhibits from prehistory to modernity, including the cathedral treasury and the Golden Hat of Schifferstadt.
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    Restaurants in Speyer

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    At the Old Coin

    Half-timbered restaurant on two floors with a terrace, offering goulash, schnitzel, and vegetarian dishes.
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    Restaurant & Beer Garden Alter Hammer

    Bright restaurant with classic German dishes, local beers, and a large beer garden overlooking the Rhine.
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    BiancoRosso

    Italian restaurant with café and cocktail bar on Korngasse near Altpörtel.
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    Pfalz & German Wine Route

    Pfalz & German Wine Route

    The Palatinate in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate is Germany's second-largest wine region. Running through its heart since 1935 is the approximately 85-kilometer-long German Wine Route, stretching from the German Wine Gate in Schweigen on the French border to Bockenheim, always alongside the Haardtrand, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest.On your journey, you'll combine wine villages with rich history: By the Rhine, in Speyer, stands the Romanesque Imperial Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981; above Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Hambach Castle towers, the site of the Hambach Festival of 1832; and in Bad Dürkheim awaits the Giant Cask from 1934.
    Heidelberg

    Heidelberg

    Heidelberg is situated on the Neckar, precisely where the river exits the Odenwald and flows into the Upper Rhine Plain. The Old Town stretches narrowly between the river and the 568-meter-high Königstuhl, topped by the famous castle ruin, which French troops set ablaze in 1689 and blew up in 1693.Founded in 1386, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität is Germany's oldest university and continues to shape the city today. You can stroll along the approximately 1.6-kilometer-long Hauptstraße, one of Europe's longest pedestrian zones, cross the Alte Brücke, and look back at the castle and Old Town from the Philosophenweg on the opposite side of the Neckar.
    The Hambach Castle

    The Hambach Castle

    Hambach Castle stands at an altitude of 376 meters on the Haardtrand, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest, in the Hambach district of Neustadt. From May 27 to June 1, 1832, approximately 25,000 people gathered here for the Hambach Festival, a six-day "National Festival of the Germans."The permanent exhibition "Up, Up to the Castle" on the fifth floor, since 2008, tells the story of the events of 1832, their background, and consequences. Around 200,000 people visit the castle annually; it also features a restaurant with over 100 seats.
    Bad Dürkheim

    Bad Dürkheim

    In Bad Dürkheim, the German Wine Route was officially opened with a ceremony on October 19, 1935. Its most famous landmark is the Dürkheimer Riesenfass, which cooper master and winery owner Fritz Keller had built in 1934: 13.5 meters in diameter and with a capacity of around 1.7 million liters.However, wine is not stored in it; the cask is a restaurant in the style of a wine tavern with space for around 430 guests. The cask itself is open mainly during the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt, while the attached "Bütt" serves guests year-round.
    Heidelberg & Neckar

    Heidelberg & Neckar

    The Neckar links two distinct cities in Baden-Württemberg: Stuttgart, the state capital in its valley location, with the river flowing through its northeast, and Heidelberg, where it exits the Odenwald into the Upper Rhine Plain. Heidelberg's castle ruin above the old town attracts, according to its administration, around a million guests annually.Here, experience the romance of Germany's oldest university city, alongside car city Stuttgart with its Mercedes-Benz and Porsche museums. Stuttgart's vineyards reach right into the city centre, and Wilhelma in Bad Cannstatt ranks among Germany's most visited zoos.