St. Peter (Speyer)
The Peterskirche in Speyer was once the smallest Romanesque church there and was located northeast of the All Saints Monastery . Because of its small size, it was also called "St. Peter's Church" .
history
The church is said to have been built in 1157 by the cathedral scholaster Johannes von Erenberg. According to more recent findings, the church is probably older and was built in the 11th century in the immediate vicinity of the All Saints' Monastery as a church in the early Romanesque style. In the late 12th century the church was renovated. The church was only about 30 m long, 12 m wide and in the tower 30 m high. In the Speyer town fire of 1689, the church was destroyed except for the tower and the surrounding walls. It was not rebuilt and remained in ruins for over 100 years before it was auctioned off for demolition and demolished.
A remnant of St. Peters Church, the choir buttresses and parts of the west wall have been installed in the residential building at Allerheiligenstraße 21. The Peterskirche can be seen on the bird's eye view of the old Free Imperial City of Speyer by Philipp Stürmer in the Palatinate History Museum . In the city archives Speyer a drawing of the ruins of county archivist Peter Gayer received (1793-1836). According to this drawing, the designs were ultimately strongly influenced by the Gothic .
literature
- Fritz Arens : Plans of the Capuchin Monastery and St. Peters Church in Speyer . 1969.
- Fritz Klotz: Speyer: little town history . Historical Association of the Palatinate, Speyer, 1988.
Web links
- Informational directory of cultural monuments, district-free city of Speyer (PDF file; 1.10 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum SchPIRA - "Medieval city map of Speyer" (Overview) (museum-digital). In: museum-digital.de. Retrieved February 3, 2017 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 50 ″ N , 8 ° 26 ′ 17.3 ″ E