List of sacred buildings in Speyer
The list of sacred buildings in Speyer includes the churches , monasteries , chapels , synagogues and mosques in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Speyer . The Roman Catholic churches belong to the Deanery Speyer in the Diocese of Speyer , the Protestant ones to the church district Speyer of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate . Another table contains the churches that existed before 1689, broken down according to their location in the city at that time.
Preserved religious buildings
The table can be sorted by name, denomination, location, architect and year of construction (several years with extensive extensions).
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Churches and monasteries before 1689
Until it was destroyed in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689, Speyer had countless churches, monasteries and chapels, of which only a few, like the cathedral, were preserved ( see table above ). Details of the former monasteries, churches and chapels can be found in the following table, broken down according to their location in the city at that time.
| Church / monastery / chapel | founding | reconstruction | Existing remains / current use |
Location in the then city | history |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral pin | 1030 (according to the legend) | after 1697 | the church (after various construction and renovations) and the Mount of Olives / Church: only rarely as a parish church, often large masses such as the consecration of chrism oils and other special occasions, concerts |
inner city ( location ) |
Founded in 1030 by Konrad II, consecration of the crypt in 1041 , the burial place of the Salians is located at the crypt , rebuilt several times under Konrad's successors, destroyed in the city fire in 1689 despite the assurance of the French commanders and plundered beforehand, after resettlement: the east part of the nave is with a Wall separated, western building partially demolished, the cloister as well as severely damaged chapels demolished, renewed looting after the invasion of the revolutionary army, cathedral is spared from the planned demolition at the request of the bishop, after 1815 rebuilding of the remaining nave with baroque western facade, painting of the cathedral below Ludwig I of Bavaria, establishment of a neo-Romanesque west part and acceptance of the frescoes, approaching the appearance to that of the medieval building, 1981 inclusion in the UNESCO - world heritage Site was the second German cultural monument, the largest today Romanesque structure in the world (in the middle ages it was the now destroyed church the Cluny Abbey ) |
| Cathedral - Afra Chapel | 1106 | after 1697 | almost complete (the furnishings were lost in various lootings and in the town fire in 1689) / chapel |
inner city, on the north side of the cathedral | the chapel belonged to the cathedral monastery and was laid out for 5 years from its completion for the banned Heinrich IV, extended by a yoke during the reconstruction of the cathedral (previously belonged to the so-called Little Paradise) |
| Cathedral - St. Emmeran's Chapel | 1050 | after 1697 | almost complete (the furnishings were lost in the various looting and city fire in 1689) / baptistery |
inner city, on the south side of the cathedral | belonged to the cathedral monastery, ground floor of a two-storey chapel, today various relics are stored in the overlying Katharinenkapelle, in former times also the sketches for the frescoes and at times the removed frescoes themselves |
| St. Nicholas Chapel | before 1242 | no, remained in ruins | none, just the street name Nikolausgasse and the name Nikolausbrücke (today Sun Bridge) for the bridge over the Speyerbach below the chapel / - |
inner city, at the Domstaffelturm ( former location ) |
1456 New construction of the chapel in Gothic style, it was located directly next to the bishop's palace on the cathedral staggered tower of the city wall, from there a staircase led to Nikolausgasse and Nikolausbrücke, the chapel burned down in 1689, in 1825 the ruins were demolished for the construction of the antiquities hall in 1826 |
| Jesuit College | 1598 | after 1697 | the crypt, a portal, the school (Stuhlbrudergasse 5) / former school is now a residential building |
inner city, north of the cathedral ( former location ) |
In 1572 the already existing Jesuit college received the St. Nicholas Chapel, in 1598 the church with residential buildings was built next to the cathedral, as can be seen in the so-called Cologne drawing from 1610; was rebuilt after the destruction of Speyer in 1689; The church passed to the Catholics in 1773. The college and the church were looted and devastated by revolutionary troops at the end of 1793 after the conquest of Speyer, the church was profaned and the buildings leased. On February 4, 1807, on the instructions of the prefect, the church was sold for 3,150 francs and finally demolished for the construction of the canons' houses. |
| St. Stephen's Chapel | 12th Century | after 1697 | none / - |
inner city ( former location ) |
12th century construction of the chapel south of the cathedral, possibly as a successor to the St. Stephen's Church, which was demolished at the beginning of the 11th century and in the place of which the cathedral was built, in 1220 or 1321, the chapel and the associated hospital from the possession of the Germanstift into the possession of the order of the German rulers about 1318 Spital is mentioned for the last time, the chapel is integrated into the house of the German rulers and later the center of the parish "zu St. Stephan im Teutschen Hauß", in the 16th century the hospital building is converted by the German rulers themselves into the parish church of St Stephan transformed, destroyed in the city fire, rebuilt after 1689, after the revolution the building was confiscated, leased and then sold, later the building was demolished, 1893/94 the Protestant consistory was built on this site |
| All Saints' Day pen | around 1040 | after 1697 | none, just the street name Allerheiligenstrasse | inner city, at the Schmiedeturm ( former location ) |
around 1040 foundation of the monastery, Romanesque collegiate church: 50 m long and 25 m wide with a 35 m high crossing tower, 14th century Gothic alterations to the church, devastation of the church during the French Revolution, demolition of the church and leasing of the area, 1803 sale of the Areal together with the church ruins of St. Peter, the church was not, as one would assume, directly on Allerheiligenstrasse, but was on today's Lindenstrasse between the intersection of St.-German-Strasse / Lindenstrasse and the intersection of Allerheiligenstrasse / Lindenstrasse |
| Augustinian monastery | 13th Century | 1697 | Part of the Gothic cloister from the 15th century, the street name Augustinergasse and the name Augustinersaal for an event hall in the main office of the Sparkasse Vorderpfalz / - |
inner city ( former location ) |
1290 consecration of the church, destruction of the complex by fire, then reconstruction of the monastery and consecration in 1310, 1583–1689 church is used by Protestants, 1689 destruction in a town fire except for the choir, 1697 to 1714 reconstruction, 1733–1737 expansion to a regular four-wing complex , 1793 secularization of the convent and leasing of the buildings, 1804 auctioning of the buildings to private individuals, use as poor houses, 1855 the city acquires the buildings while retaining the poor houses, 1866–1867 construction of a school building according to plans by Max von Siebert, with the exception of the demolition of the convent buildings of the cloister, 1985 construction of the main office of the then Kreis- und Stadtsparkasse Speyer (today Sparkasse Vorderpfalz), the cloister is rebuilt a little further away in a modified form |
| St. Bartholomew | 12th Century | no, remained in ruins | none / - |
inner city ( former location ) |
was on the street island between today's Gutenbergstrasse, Wormser Strasse and Luzerngasse near the Augustinian monastery, built in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 14th century in a Gothic style, destroyed in 1689, probably passed into the possession of the cathedral monastery when it was rebuilt, around 1800 during the occupation of Speyer Demolished by French troops, subsequent leasing of the area, 1803 Two attempts to sell the area |
| Dominican monastery | 1260 | after 1697 | Choir of the church / still seminary church St. Ludwig |
inner city ( former location ) |
In 1260 or 1265 the Dominicans came to Speyer at the instigation of Pope Alexander IV , the convent was completed in 1308, the convent was rebuilt after it was destroyed in the town fire of 1689, although the nave was dispensed with and only the choir was rebuilt in 1794 Revolutionary troops and the monks leave the monastery, 1804 abolition of the convent and auction of the buildings, the church temporarily serves as a restaurant, 1830 the diocese buys the building, the church receives the patronage of St. Ludwig , conversion to a seminary, 1839 to 1995 Episcopal Convict, from 1990 diocesan conference center, 2010 closure due to necessary renovation, in 2014 possible sale due to high renovation costs |
| Franciscan monastery | after 1221 | after 1697 | none, only the name Mönchsgasse reminds us that a monastery once stood here / - |
inner city ( former location ) |
1221 Franciscans come to Speyer and build a monastery, on the map of 1730 it is referred to as a barefoot monastery , the monastery was dissolved after the conquest of Speyer by revolutionary troops, after 1797 the empty buildings were demolished, the land was leased in 1804, monastery grounds ( Rekollekten monastery in Thiermaktgasse ) is sold to private individuals (mostly the previous tenants) as well as the monastery's land; the monastery was located between Ludwigstrasse, Herdstrasse, Allerheiligenstrasse and Mönchsgasse, today the building of the former foundation hospital is located there |
| St. George | before 1030 | after 1697 | an archway in St.-Georgen-Gasse, tower / bell tower for the Trinity Church |
inner city ( former location ) |
1260 Founding of the St. Georgsspital as a competitor to the hospital at the Stephanskapelle, the St. Georgskirche existed since 1516 at the latest, 1555 Church and hospital are evangelical Destruction of the church and the hospital 1689 in the city fire, reconstruction of the hospital after the resettlement of Speyer, 1799 amalgamation of the Charitable institutions and foundations in two foundations, Georgsspital belongs to the Bürgerspital, 1836 relocation of the Bürgerspital, 1822 reconstruction of the tower, installation of a bell consisting of three bells with a clock for which the roof turret of the Trinity Church was too small, July 2, 1891 destroyed by a fire , subsequent reconstruction of the tower and production of new bells, 1917 melting down of the bells for war purposes, 1924 new bells which were destroyed in the Second World War, 1964 new chimes |
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Stift St. Guido and St. Johannes (popularly Weidenstift or St. Weiden) |
1030 | after 1697 in parts | Church / since 2011 synagogue of Beith-Schalom |
inner city ( former location of the medieval monastery church ) |
1030 Conrad founded as St. Johannesstift . II not far from the place where the temple of Venus stood in Roman times; 1047 Heinrich IV brings the relics of St. Guido to Speyer, the monastery is renamed St. Guido; Expansion of the church in the 15th century; In 1689 the French troops set the town fire here; Reconstruction of the church after the return of the Speyer; 1794 looting by revolutionary troops; 1797 conversion to madder mill; 1801 dissolution of the pen; 1830 last part of the medieval church destroyed by fire, 1922 to 1991 mission house of the hospital order after the construction of the monastery building, 1935 new construction of the church, converted into the synagogue Beith-Schalom in 2011 |
| St. Jacob | 11th century | no, remained in ruins | none, only the Jakobsbrunnen on the corner of Heydenreichstrasse / Hellergasse, until 1889 the Heydenreichstrasse , now named after Ludwig Heydenreich , was called Jakobsgasse / - |
inner city ( former location ) |
was built in the 11th century as a 30 m long and 20 m wide hall church, was later given a 30 m high tower based on the cathedral, burned down in the city fire in 1689, remained a ruin during the reconstruction of the city, in 1830 a synagogue was built on the Grounds of the church, in 1938 the synagogue was destroyed during the Reichspogromnacht and later demolished, today the rear part of the Kaufhof stands there |
| St. John | 11th century | 1770 (only makeshift) | none, just the street name Johannesstraße / - |
inner city ( former location ) |
was built in the 11th or late 12th century as a parish church in the form of a Romanesque hall building with a choir and northern choir tower, destroyed in the town fire of 1689, in 1770 makeshift repair of the church now belonging to the cathedral monastery, devastated by revolutionary troops, then nationalized and leased, 1803 sold the church and the associated buildings, demolished at the beginning of the 19th century, today the location of the Speyer City Archives |
| St. Moritz | 9th or 10th century | no, remained in ruins | none / - |
inner city ( former location ) |
9th or 10th century construction of the Romanesque St. Moritz Church as a parish church, 14th century new building in the late Romanesque style with about 40 meters in length, 25 meters in width, 20 meters in height and a 60 meter high pointed western tower, between 1422 and 1468 St. German is relocated to this church and renamed Stift St. German and Moritz (also called St. Germanus and Maurizius), reconstruction of the church, destroyed in 1689 and not rebuilt, the monastery still exists formally, secularized and leased in the course of the revolution, sold in 1803 the former ownership of the monastery, demolition of the monastery in 1806 under French rule and construction of the Königsplatz on the area of the church |
| St. Peter | before 1157 | no, remained in ruins | A choir buttress and parts of the west wall in the house at Allerheiligenstrasse 21 | inner city, near the All Saints monastery ( former location of the church ) |
Founded by Hansen von Ernberg east of the All Saints' Monastery, inauguration of the early Romanesque church in 1157, 12th century renovation of the church, 30 m long, 12 m wide with a 30 m high tower, conversion in Gothic form, destruction in 1689, 1803 sale of the church ruins together with the building site of the Allerheiligenstift later demolished the ruins and integrated the remains into a residential building |
| Retscher | 13th Century | no, remained in ruins | Ruin next to the Trinity Church / venue at the old town festival |
inner city ( location ) |
The patrician house built in the 13th century by the Retschelinus family, first mentioned in 1241, sold by the cathedral capital to the city of Speyer on October 27, 1495, used by the city as an archive and library, from 1628 to 1648 used as a prayer room for the Lutheran congregation, the building burned in the city fire in 1689 The Trinity Church is being built in the area of the former garden, today only the ruins of one part of the building with two halls one above the other have been preserved |
| Aegidia Church | 1625 | no, undestroyed there | Walls of the hall church with Lorento chapel / since 1979 aegidia house next to the church of St. Joseph |
Gilgenvorstadt ( location ) |
originally built in 1148 as part of the Augustinian monastery, 1529 Johann Willing preaches to the reformist congregation, 1623 Capuchins received the church, 1625–28 the church was rebuilt as a hall church north of the original position and a new monastery, 1627 expulsion of the Capuchins, reformists kept the monastery, The church was spared from being destroyed in the town fire, the monks returned after 1697, the monastery was finally abandoned after the revolution, secularization in 1835 , then used as a tobacco store. |
| Carmelite monastery | 1294 | no, undestroyed there | none, just the street name Karmeliterstraße | Gilgenvorstadt ( location ) |
Founding of the monastery in 1294, destruction by the Swedes in 1632, it was spared from destruction in 1689, as the monastery served as the headquarters of the commandant of the French troops and the Ouardian of the Gerhardus monastery supported Marshal de Duras and General Montclar for its preservation, 1747 Demolition of the monastery due to dilapidation, new construction in 1749, dissolution of the monastery and leasing of the site after the revolution, 1803 sale of the monastery and its properties to the tenants, soon afterwards demolition of the buildings and construction of the royal salt store on the rubble, the monastery was on the area between Karmeliterstraße, Gilgenstraße and Großer Gailergasse |
| St. Magdalena Monastery | 1225 | 1697 | Church / a primary school (today Salierschule) used to be attached to the monastery, in whose rooms there is now a musical school |
Suburb over the Hasenpfuhl ( location ) |
1225 nuns from the Order of Reuerinnen from St. Leon receive all income from the citizen Walter von der Haardt and his wife Edelinde through a foundation, in 1304 at the request of the sisters they join the Dominican Order through Pope Benedict XI. , 1689 destruction of the monastery by the French, prioress Maria von Werdt flees to Strasbourg with 7 sisters and various valuables, the remaining nuns flee to other monasteries, 1697 reconstruction after the return of the prioress and some nuns, in 1792 monastery plundered by the French, nuns flee, Auction of the monastery for 700 guilders, 1807 repurchase by the nuns, 1828 re-establishment of the monastery, the monastery takes on the education of girls, 1937/1938 some nuns flee to Peru and Brazil and found schools, 2010 nuns give up elementary school convent school due to lack of new nuns, conversion of elementary school to Salierschule and at the same time relocating the school to Mausbergweg, from 2012 a musical school was set up in the rooms of the former elementary school |
| St. Mark | before 1195 | no, remained in ruins | none, just the name St.-Markus-Straße | in front of the Markustor of the Markusvorstadt ( location ) |
Built before 1159 outside the city on an arterial road near an arm of the Rhine as a 40 m long and 25 m wide parish church in Romanesque style, had a protective wall, 1159 church goes to Germanstift about the renovation of the church in the Gothic style in the 13th century Style and development of the St.-Markus-Vorstadt, which was walled a little later, along the street to the church (today St.-Markus-Straße), church is in front of the Marxentor (today corner of St.-Markus-Straße and Karl-Leiling-Allee) , 1317 handover of the church by Germanstift to Wilhelmiten, later abandonment of the monastery and collapse of the monastery buildings shortly afterwards, 1468 partial demolition of the ruins after the transfer of the Germanstift to the city and use of the material for the new buildings, 1546 demolition of the remaining ruins because " the Speyer citizens feared a siege because of the religious unrest ", the church remained undamaged in the Thirty Years' War and is only" celebrated annually on St. Mark's Day with an attends the procession until it was finally destroyed in the terrible fire that devastated the city in 1689 and turned into a sad heap of ash ”, according to Wolfgang Eger, the church was assigned to the Lutherans in 1555 and was not damaged in the city fire The poor structural condition of the church moved to St. Peter, demolished around 1800 |
| Cemetery chapel | 1515 | no, undestroyed there | complete / wedding chapel in Adenauerpark |
Altspeyer, near the Guido-Stift ( location ) |
Built 1515-16, received a mount of olives in 1520, no damage from the town fire or the French Revolution, the chapel was awarded to the Lutherans after the Reformation, was the only Lutheran church in Speyer until the inauguration of the Trinity Church in 1717, the St. Bernard Church was built in the immediate vicinity of the chapel in 1953/54 |
| St. Martin | 12th Century | no, as it was torn down before 1689 | none, only street name Martinskirchenweg, formerly also the street name Martinsgasse (today southern part of St-Klara-Kloster-Weg) | Altspeyer ( former location ) |
emerged from a chapel from the 12th century, was located in the immediate vicinity of the Franciscan monastery in the district of Altspeyer, Beguins lived by the church, Beguinenklause first mentioned in 1439, 1482 Beguins received "a new order" by the Speyer bishop Ludwig , are dem Assigned to the Augustinian order, they are subordinate to the vicar general, but are allowed to choose themselves superior, who must swear allegiance to the bishop, and confessor themselves, 1492 episcopal order not to accept any instructions from the Augustinian prior to Höningen , 1514 Bishop Georg confirms the rules, 1524 preached in St. Martin Werner von Goldberg the new apprenticeship, destruction of Altspeyer including the monastery as a result of the Thirty Years' War by the Swedes, then construction of a makeshift house for the sisters in the ruins of the monastery, despite several attempts by the sisters and the bishop the money is not enough for a reconstruction, 1685 remaining sisters settle in cl ara monastery and are allowed to continue living according to their rules, foundations and land holdings are handed over to Klara monastery, ruins are leveled |
| St. Clare Monastery | 1222 or early 14th century | no, undestroyed there | none, only street name St.-Klara-Klosterweg / - |
Altspeyer, near the Nonnenbach ( former location ) |
Poor Clares moved from Oggersheim to Speyer in 1299 and a few years later, according to Fritz Klotz, founded the monastery on a farm in Altspeyer in 1310, and in 1688 the nuns were expelled on the orders of General Montclar, monastery buildings serve as accommodation for the soldiers, four nuns return and allowed to sleep in the choir of the church with the permission of the marshal, sparing of the monastery during the destruction of Speyer at the request of the nuns, who are allowed to stay in the monastery even after the destruction of Speyer, 1792 monastery spared from devastation at the request of the nuns, 1798 dissolution of the monastery and leasing the building, 1803 sale of the buildings to private individuals, later temporary housing for day laborers, the last buildings fell victim to a fire in 1870 |
| Holy Sepulcher Monastery | after 1149 | only the hospital | none, ruins fell victim to the expansion of Wormser Heerestrasse (today Wormser Landstrasse), today there is a gas station on part of the area | Altspeyer, at the Diebesbrücke ( former location ) |
parallel to Bernhard von Clairvaux's speech at Christmas 1148 in the Speyer Cathedral, in which he called on pilgrims to the Holy Land, two wealthy Speyer citizens set out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , after a successful return: construction of a “church and burial place entirely after the example of the holy Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem “at the end of the suburb of Altspeyer near the Thief's Bridge (today about the bridge of the Wormser Landstrasse over the Nonnenbach in front of the Rauschendes Wasser junction) and foundation of a convent for women, convention completes the church while already the pilgrims flock, pilgrims report this church is the same as that in Jerusalem, early 13th century: nuns have to give up monastery administration after they neglect the buildings due to the lack of money, 1207 monastery with complete ownership is given by the bishop with the consent of the cathedral chapter and citizenship to the monastery of Brothers passed from the Holy Sepulcher to Denkendorf near Stuttgart , according to Death or resettlement of the nuns: Founding of a convent of the Brothers of the Holy Sepulcher in the former nunnery, but which is under the control of the Speyr bishop.After its founding, the convent receives large donations from, among others, Emperor Friedrich II, who certifies that the canons are exempt from taxes and in 1214 Patronage of Kirchheimbolanden hands over, in 1565 the prior converts to the new faith and is deposed from Rome in 1574 at the request of the Bishop of Speyer, in 1630 at the urging of the Bishop of Constance the convent is dissolved and converted into a military hospital, in 1689 the building is destroyed and the subsequent reconstruction of the hospital, 1811 demolition of the buildings for the construction of the Wormser Heeresstraße |
| St. German in Campo | 11th century | no, as it was torn down before 1689 | none, just the name Germansberg for the elevation on which the monastery was located and indirectly the street name St.-German-Straße, since the outer Germanstor was in the street, more precisely at the intersection of St.-German-Straße and Lindenstraße , from which an arterial road led to the monastery ( former location ) |
"In Campo" (at the gates of the city) | was located at the gates of the city on the Germansberg near today's Speyer seminary , already existed at the time of the Merovingians, was then built on or near a Roman temple of Mercury, 1100 conversion into a canon monastery, owned several churches in Speyer, 1317 German monastery handed over in 1157 Markuskirche den Wilhelmitern, 1321 Stift hands over the Stephanskapelle to the German rulers, 1422 Stift destroyed by the citizens to clear the area in front of the city, 1462 Gothic new building burned down 1468 Relocation of the monastery to the then dilapidated St. Moritzkirche and there rebuilding of the monastery as Stift St. German and Moritz, 1485 clearance for demolition of the monastery buildings, the last remains were only removed in the 19th century |
literature
- Hans Caspary (edit.), Georg Dehio (start.): Handbook of German art monuments : Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland . Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 .
Web links
Commons : Sacred buildings in Speyer - collection of images, videos and audio files
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate: Informational directory of cultural monuments Free city of Speyer (PDF; 1.3 MB)
- Catholic Parish Association Speyer
- Total Protestant parish of Speyer
- Jewish community of the Rheinpfalz
- Methodist Church Parish Speyer
- Arche Speyer community center
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Joseph Mone : History and description of Speyer . Oswald, 1817, p. 93 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ A b c Franz Xaver Remling: History of the Bishops of Speyer . Kirchheim 1854, p. 787 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling : Modern history of the bishops of Speyer: Sammt deed book . Kleeberger, 1867, p. 212 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ↑ a b c d e Hans Ammerich: Brief history of the city of Speyer . 1st edition. G. Braun Buchverlag, Karlsruhe 2008, ISBN 978-3-7650-8367-9 , p. 33-34 .
- ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Eger : Speyer street names. A lexicon. Hermann G. Klein Verlag, Speyer 1985.
- ^ Wolfgang Kleinschmidt: Eating and drinking in the early modern imperial city of Speyer: The accounts of the St. Georg Hospital (1514–1600) . Waxmann Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8309-2587-3 , pp. 24 .
- ^ Franz Joseph Mone: History and description of Speyer . Oswald, 1817, p. 92 ( full text in Google book search).
- ^ Franz Joseph Mone: History and description of Speyer . Oswald, 1817, p. 103 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Hans Ammerich: Brief history of the city of Speyer . 1st edition. G. Braun Buchverlag, Karlsruhe 2008, ISBN 978-3-7650-8367-9 , p. 27 .
- ^ A b Hans Ammerich: Brief history of the city of Speyer . 1st edition. G. Braun Buchverlag, Karlsruhe 2008, ISBN 978-3-7650-8367-9 , p. 111-112 .
- ^ Wolfgang Kleinschmidt: Eating and drinking in the early modern imperial city of Speyer: The accounts of the St. Georg Hospital (1514–1600) . Waxmann Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8309-2587-3 , pp. 24 .
- ^ Franz Joseph Mone: History and description of Speyer . Oswald, 1817, p. 93 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Herbert Dellwing : Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 1: City of Speyer. Schwann Verlag, Düsseldorf 1992, p. 38.
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling: Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria . tape 2 . Christmann, Neustadt an der Haardt 1836, p. 219–221 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling: Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria . tape 1 . Christmann, Neustadt an der Haardt 1836, p. 304–305 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling: History of the Bishops of Speyer . Kirchheim 1854, p. 249 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling: Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria . tape 2 . Christmann, Neustadt an der Haardt 1836, p. 87–91 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling: Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria . tape 2 . Christmann, Neustadt an der Haardt 1836, p. 240 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling: Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria . tape 2 . Christmann, Neustadt an der Haardt 1836, p. 169–173 ( full text in Google Book Search).
Wolfgang Schieder (Ed.): Secularization and Mediatization in the Four Rhenish Departments 1803–1813. Edition of the data of the national goods to be sold. Part 4. Donnersberg Department . Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1991, ISBN 3-7646-1911-2 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Brief historical description of the ruins and main public buildings of the district capital Speyer . Lang, 1853 ( full text in the Google book search - in the Google Books version, pages 1 and 2 are at the end of the book).
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