Speyer to Gemersheim
Église Sankt Jakobus à Germersheim
Église Sankt Jakobus à Germersheim - Wikimedia Commons P170 - Eigenes Werk
Rheinland-Pfalz

17. Speyer to Gemersheim

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The old arms of the Rhine, with their nature reserves, accompany you on this day.
Departing from Speyer you drive along the airport of Speyer and then follow the natural areas with a variety of flora and fauna depending on the season. Industrial sites occupy the right bank of the Rhine. The city of Germersheim will tell you its history.

4 points of interest

  • Altpörtel à Speyer
    Altpörtel à Speyer - Wikimedia Commons BlueBreezeWiki
    Historical

    The gate of the old city in Speyer

    The lower part of the tower was built between 1230 and 1250; the upper floor of the tower was added between 1512 and 1514.
    The tower survived the destruction of the town in 1689 during the War of the Palatinate Succession and is one of the few remains of the medieval town fortifications.
    In 1773, a watermill stood next to the Altpörtel, directly on the Speyerbach. The brook here turns north and flows under the houses into the Korngasse.
    Further information: Wikipedia
  • Vestiges de l'école des femmes (à l'arrière-plan) et de la synagogue (au premier plan)
    Vestiges de l'école des femmes (à l'arrière-plan) et de la synagogue (au premier plan) - Wikimedia Commons Manuae
    Historical

    The old Jewish quarter in Speyer

    The Judenhof Speyer was the central part of the medieval Jewish quarter of Speyer and included the synagogue, including the women's school, the synagogue courtyard and the yeshiva as well as the oldest preserved mikvah in Central Europe, the ritual immersion bath for Jews. The synagogue was built around 1100, the women's school was added a little later. The mikvah also dates from this period. The site was no longer used after 1534 and fell into ruin. The new synagogue in Speyer in Maximilianstraße, built in 1837, was destroyed during the pogroms of November 1938.
    Further information: Wikipedia
  • Musée des Techniques de Speyer
    Musée des Techniques de Speyer - https://speyer.technik-museum.de
    Cultural

    Museum of Technology in Speyer

    Welcome to the Museum of Spiral Technology - where one sensation chases the next! Just one hour south of Frankfurt, explore technology from underwater space to outer space: What does the belly of a submarine look like? What does a rescue cruiser need on board? How big is the jumbo jet? What does the largest Welte organ in the world look like? How did a Chinese steam engine get to Speyer or was the Buran space shuttle in space? In addition to Europe's largest space tour and remarkable naval exhibition, discover a wide variety of airplanes, classic vintage cars, racing motorcycles, historic fire engines, huge steam locomotives, mechanical musical instruments, rarities and fashions.
    The museum is 800 metres from the cathedral via Domplatz and Industriestrasse.  
    Technik Museum Speyer
  • Vannes d’un réservoir pour la régulation du débit du Rhin
    Vannes d’un réservoir pour la régulation du débit du Rhin - ikimedia Commons Hozro
    Panoramic

    Polder de Mechtersheim

    The Mechtersheim polder south of Speyer is part of the transnational concept of flood protection on the Upper Rhine, to which Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and France have jointly committed themselves within the framework of the contractually agreed "200-year flood protection".The principle is to create natural reservoirs fed by sluice gates, in the course of the Rhine during floods.
    More information

Description

Departure from Domplatz take the "Große Himmelgasse".
  1. Turn left into "Herdtraße", then into "St Markus Straße", then under the B39 and follow "Rheinhäuserstraße". At the fork turn right into "Alte Rheinäuser Straße".
  2. At 1 km 200 turn right and follow the trail for 5.5 km.
  3. Turn right and after 1,5Km
  4. Go right and continue to L507.
  5. At the railway station turn left into "Koplingtraße" then turn left into "Berliner Straße" then turn right into "Friedrich Ebert Straße" then turn right into "Kirschenallee" 100 m turn left into "Erlenweg" turn left and follow the path, cross the railway line and continue to K29 "Hafenstraße" continue to "Rheinbrückenstraße".
  6. Rheinwworth am rhein.à At the roundabout turn left into "Bahnhofstraße" and then right into "Hauptstraße" and then left into "Markstraße "t after 250 m left into "Klostestraße". Arrival at Skt Jakobus.
  • Departure : Speyer Cathedral, Cathedral, Domplatz,67346 Speyer
  • Arrival : St. Jacobus Church, Kloster Strasse 13, 76726, Germersheim
  • Towns crossed : Rheinland-Pfalz

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