SchPIRA Museum

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The museum building before the opening in 2009
Model of the Mikveh in Speyer by Otto Martin from 1911, Museum SchPIRA in the Judenhof Speyer . On permanent loan from the Historisches Museum der Pfalz , Speyer

The SchPIRA Museum is a museum in the Rhineland-Palatinate city ​​of Speyer .

It presents archaeological exhibits from Speyer's Jewish life in the Middle Ages , "Schpira" is the historical Hebrew name for the name Speyer's "Spira" one of the three ShUM cities . On 80 square meters, a round arch fragment from the 12th century, tombstones from the 14th century and a double-arched window from the years 1110/20 can be seen. Some of the exhibits are on permanent loan from the Historisches Museum der Pfalz in Speyer. The museum was opened on November 9, 2010, 72 years after the Reichspogromnacht , during which the synagogue in Speyer was destroyed. The exhibition sees itself as a supplement to the neighboring Judenhof , with which exhibits on the three most important pillars of the Jewish community can be viewed, the synagogue, the cemetery and the mikvah .

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  1. ↑ s. on this: Elmar Worgull : Views of the vita and museum works of the wood sculptor Otto Martin (1872–1950) who worked in Speyer . In: Pfälzer Heimat: Journal of the Palatinate Society for the Promotion of Science in conjunction with the Historical Association of the Palatinate and the Foundation for the Promotion of Palatinate Historical Research . Publishing house of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science, Speyer. Issue 1 (2009), pp. 19-26.

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 59.3 "  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 22.8"  E