Next stop on our trip was the small city of Speyer. This city was founded by the Romans and was saved from the ravages of the World War II bombings that occurred in many German cities Mary and Paul split up on separate walking tours, but both ended up seeing mostly the same things.
Mary’s tour was
guided by Herman Schmidt, a spry, 92-year-old native of Speyer. While he was certainly knowledgeable about
the town it was his stories of his life and experiences during the World War II
allied occupation of the town. Speyer did
not experience much in the way of bombings from World War II.
Photos of Speyer during the walking tour.
We visited the lovely protestant church, Trinity Church.
There was also a stop at the Jewish section of town.
We saw the ruins of the men’s synagogue…
and visited the Jewish baths, used for purification. They were accessed via long, steep stairs.
On the main road in town was a bronze statue of a pilgrim on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain (a distance of 1,270 miles). The statue was erected on the 2000th anniversary of the town’s founding.
After the tour we had free time to wander the city and we visited the St. Maria and St. Stephen Cathedral on our own. The building is made of sandstone, giving it a red and golden glow.
The interior had the same red and gold sandstone that was laid in patterns.
The organ.
Adjacent to the cathedral were some lovely gardens.
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