St. Guido (Speyer)
The second monastery of the city of Speyer after Allerheiligen was the Romanesque - Gothic monastery of St. Guido on the Weidenberg in the north of the old town at the former Weidentor.
The monastery, which was previously dedicated to St. John the Baptist , was founded by Emperor Konrad II around 1030 AD as the third Salier building in the Palatinate after the Limburg Monastery and the Speyer Imperial Cathedral . A Romanesque basilica with an early Romanesque westwork, which had a turret on the roof, and two east towers with a transept, choir and apse was built on a small elevation in the north of the city, the Weidenberg . The monastery buildings were added to the south. In 1046 Heinrich III. from his coronation as emperor in Italy, among other things, the bones of the blessed Guido von Pomposa as relics to Speyer, which were solemnly buried in 1047 in the still young St. Johannes Stift and gave its name to the monastery.
In the 15th century the late Gothic choir of the church was added and the southeast tower was raised. The collegiate dean Dionys Burckard († 1605) also officiated as Speyer Auxiliary Bishop and was one of the well-known local reformers as defined by the Council of Trent . On Pentecost Tuesday in 1689, the retreating French army on the orders of Louis XIV set the fire on the Weidenberg for the great city fire. The monastery was also completely destroyed and only partially rebuilt later. The last part of the once so important church fell victim to a fire around 1830.
The foundations of the medieval collegiate church lie beneath the present site. Memories of the old monastery can be found today in the Palatinate History Museum in Speyer.
Settlement of the Spiritans
In 1922, the site was given to the Spiritan Order, who first built a new guidostift as a mission convict by converting a tobacco magazine that had been built from the stones of the old church, and a new church was added in 1935. Wine was grown on the Weidenberg monastery grounds until the 1950s. In 1991 the church was given up, the few remaining Spiritans moved to the neighboring rectory of the St. Bernhard Church of Peace . A detailed description of the time of the Spiritans can be found in the article about the Spiritan Maria Joseh Weber .
Beith Shalom Synagogue
After the sale of the monastery, the foundation stone for the new synagogue Beith-Schalom ("House of Peace") was laid on November 9, 2008 , which was opened exactly three years later on November 9, 2011 in a festive ceremony in the presence of Federal President Christian Wulff was handed over to its destination.
At the inauguration, architect Alfred Jacoby explained: “ The building itself reflects the idea of this dialogue, because from today it is a connection between the former church of St. Guido and the new synagogue Beith-Schalom - House of Peace. If you stand here on Weidenberg, one of the oldest squares in the city, you also understand that you are visually related to the Salier Cathedral in Speyer and the St. Bernhard Reconciliation Church, which is oriented towards France and was consecrated in 1954. ... This synagogue is intended to raise awareness of the tension in which Jews lived and live here. From the Salier Cathedral to the Reconciliation Church, which the Speyerians built after the terrible war. Today is the day on which Speyer faces its history again. "
The Speyer Mobility Office is housed in the monastery building today .
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- ↑ Source: speech manuscript handed over by Alfred Jacoby for his key handover on November 9, 2011.
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 20 ″ N , 8 ° 25 ′ 55 ″ E